Willie Buck Photos

Willie Buck. Photo courtesy Duane Alan.

A young Willie Buck (left) with cousins George and James Moore. Photo courtesy of Scott Dirks.

Willie Buck 1970s promo photo.

Sunnyland Slim and Willie Buck

Lovie Lee, Illinois Slim, Willie Buck at the Checkerboard Lounge. Photo Bob “Slim” Rader.‘

Willie Buck, early 1980s. Photo by Bob Corritore.

Willie Buck, Dimestore Fred, Waitress, Illinois Slim, Greedy Man, 1980s, Checkerboard Lounge. Photo by Bob “Slim” Rader, courtesy Illinois Slim.

Louis Myers, Bob Stroger, Willie Buck, and that’s me partially cut off on the right. Blues On Halsted, Chicago, early 1980s.

Louis Myers, Willie Buck, Bob Corritore early 1980s at Blues On Halsted.

Willie Buck’s auto shop calendar, 1980. If you read the fine print you’ll see his blues band lineup. Bob Corritore would start doing gigs with Willie Buck that year, and must have been the replacement for Dimestore Fred who went off to pursue a career in rockabilly music. By today’s standards these girly calendars are politically incorrect, but in 1980 these types of calendars were common for auto shops. Calendar courtesy of Illinois Slim.

Willie Buck and his wife Berry Buck!

This photo from Muddy Waters funeral, 1983. Willie Buck is right next to Johnny Winter. Also in the photo is Big Moose Walker. The person in the front with the tie is Teddy Slatus, manager of Johnny Winter.

Ardella Williams, Willie Buck, Bob Corritore at the Woodlawn Taproom in 2009. Photo Jocelyn Richez.

Photo James Fraher

Jon Atkinson, Bob Corritore, Willie Buck at Poor House Bistro, California, 2015. Photo by Julie Jahns.

Willie Buck appearing at Biscuits & Blues, San Francisco, California, 2015. Left to Right: Kedar Roy, Jon Atkinson, Willie Buck, Bob Corritore, Danny Michel. Photo by Deb Lubin.

Willie Buck at the Rhythm Room for the 2018 CD release party for Don’t Let The Devil Ride. Photo by Robert Jackson.

Photo by Robert Jackson.

Photo Nanny Kajuiter

Willie Buck at Honey Bear’s Barbecue! Photo by Bob Corritore.

Photo by Bob Corritore.

Willie Buck reviewing a song at a recording session at Tempest Recording. Photo by Bob Corritore.

Tail Dragger, Amberly Stokes, Willie Buck at the Blues Heaven Foundation, 2019. Photo Bob Corritore.

Willie Buck, Bob Corritore, Tail Dragger in front of Jazz Record Mart.

Willie Buck. Photo Kurt Foor.

Willie Buck and Deborah Morganfield.

Willie Buck with Thaddeus Krolicki on guitar. Photo Vincent Di Sandro.

Carl Weathersby and Willie Buck at the 2015 Hayward / Russell City Blues Festival, California. Photo Joe Lempkowski.

Willie receives his award! Photo Connie Carrol.

Group photo: Alabama Mike, Jimi “Primetime” Smith, Willie Buck, Johnny Rapp, Bob Corritore, Brian Fahey, Oscar Wilson, and Bob Stroger at the Rhythm Room in 2018. This was for Bob‘s birthday party and the CD release party for Don’t Let The Devil Ride. Photo by Marilyn Stringer.

Willie Buck at the Rhythm Room. Photo Bob Corritore.

Bob Corritore and Willie Buck with Billy Flynn in the background at Smoke Daddy in Chicago.

Willie Buck and Oscar Wilson. Photo by Bob Corritore.

Willie Buck, 2022 at the Rhythm Room. Photo by Bruce Charles.

Willie Buck at the 2023 Willow Springs Blues Festival. Photo by Howard Greenblatt.

Willie Buck at the 2023 Chicago Blues Festival. Photo Laura Carbone.

Willie Buck with Bob Corritore in the background at the 2023 Willow Springs Blues Festival. Photo by Kurt Foor. Willie was a part of the Bob Corritore Reunion Revue set.

Willie Buck at the 2023 Willow Springs Blues Festival. Photo by Howard Greenblatt.

Willie Buck performs during the Blues Music Awards in Memphis on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Photo Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal.

Willie Buck performing at the 2023 Blues Music Awards with Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin and the Anthony Geraci Band. Photo courtesy the Blues Foundation.

Willie Buck at the Rhythm Room, September 27, 2024. Photo by Jimi Giannatti.

Willie Buck and Bob Corritore at Evanston Space on June 22, 2025 on the last of three days of Illinois shows celebrating their collaborative album Oh Yeah. Photo by Jennifer Noble.