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Guy Buttery
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Born in November 1983, guitarist and composer Guy Buttery was raised in a small coastal town along the South African coast against the Indian Ocean. His mother played the piano and his older brothers played guitar, and the sounds of The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Dylan and Bob Marley made their way into the teenager’s songbook. Practicing hours every day on his older brothers ‘hand me down’ Sae Han guitar, these icons opened doorways and became the impetus to pursue a wider range of styles. During these formative years, he got an understanding of rock and folk harmonies, almost serving an apprenticeship for greater things to come. At the age of 13, Buttery was introduced to classical harmony through his first guitar teacher, Leandros Stavrou. The quest for new musical boundaries was inevitable, and through friend, guitar teacher and present collaborator, Nibs van der Spuy, Guy was introduced to fingerstylist extraordinaire, Michael Hedges. Guy then went on to study Jazz at the Kwa-Zulu Natal Technikon and later on, at the Durban School of Music to reunite with Leandros Stavrou, to further his classical training.
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