Skin Deep featuring Buddy Guy | Playing For Change | Song Across the USA

Playing For Change and Buddy Guy united to record and film his anthem, “Skin Deep” across the USA. The song includes over 50 musicians from coast to coast featuring Buddy Guy, Tom Morello, Billy Branch, Chicago Children’s Choir, and Roots Gospel Voices of Mississippi. Originally, this was going to be a song across Chicago to bring light to all the violent shootings across the city but as time marched on, along with various shootings across our country, we realized we needed to expand our vision and use this song as a tool to unite our divided nation.

"Skin Deep" is the first song from our Listen to the Music series — our newest body of work comprising 12 new Songs Around The World and featuring Buddy Guy, The Doobie Brothers, Warren Haynes, Dr. John, Jack Johnson, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and many more. All music in this series was recorded live outside with a mobile studio and features over 200 musicians from 25 different countries. The album is available now with one new video from the series dropping every month!

100% of Playing For Change’s profits from this album will go to the Playing For Change Foundation, helping to support music education across the globe. Listen to the music; change the world!

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Playing For Change (PFC) is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. The primary focus of PFC is to record and film musicians performing in their natural environments and combine their talents and cultural power in innovative videos called Songs Around The World. Creating these videos motivated PFC to form the Playing For Change Band—a tangible, traveling representation of its mission, featuring musicians met along their journey; and establish the Playing For Change Foundation—a separate 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to building music and art schools for children around the world. Through these efforts, Playing For Change aims to create hope and inspiration for the future of our planet.

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[subliminal]

Buddy, if you ever read these messages, know one thing: I am a white middle class kid who lost his dad early on. I made something of himself, but nothing ever made a real difference in my life until I heard you play and sing. Without you, I am not sure where I would be. It sounds crass, but it's very true. You sang about getting along before getting along was a thing. Thank you. I donate to Playing for Change every year and I hope other listeners will too. Music can make a huge difference in peoples lives. It did in mine. I love you Buddy and I love Playing for Change!

[timechange]

I am a 63yr old White former Prison Officer. This my favourite record. Underneath we are all the same.

[peterberglund]

Man just makes me cry, tears of joy and anguish and I will always be grateful thanks for all the shows! Thank you sir 😁

[danpitts]

My lord king 👑 Jesus Christ is clear God bless you brother buddy

[tomosbon]

I'm an old white man from Louisiana and I agree with this song 🎵 totally. I understand and lived through times like he is singing about and thankfully we have come a long, long way. Thanks Mr. Buddy ❤

[royogden]

846 people dislike the song and the arrangement of should all leave this country if you can't appreciate a song like this...go to one of the COUNTRIES where you won't have the privilege to listen to what you want or do what you want where someone else tells you what to do and how to do it....

[MarieStreppa]

This is my favorite song of all! Buddy said it the way it needs to be said. God bless him!!!

[kennychetty]

The pain, the tears, the hurt, the sadness, the loneliness, the colour of our skin has caused to millions of human beings over the centuries has got to come to an end, for humans sake, let us all live together, Amen.

[pronczka]

I have a suggestion, I wish a bunch of these Playing For Change Artists & songs...Starting with this one....could be the Next Superbowl Half Time show <3

[krugera.]

Every News channel should be require to play this each every day till it sinks in.... Amen!!!!

[kathleenburns]

And isn't the playing for change band absolutely fabulous??? I love every one of them.

[sheenahlee]

Why cant we just be thankful we have skin, no matter the color. Nature is full of color

[alexc]

This should be the anthem of the world

[goodygappmusic]

How is this song not being played on the mainstream airwaves like everyday!

[albertpaugh]

I love listening to this song if everybody in the world would feel like this it'd be a lot better place to live

[suzyq]

The man is preaching love and tolerance to all races. I love the line “Boy do this and boy do that, but I never once complained, I knew he had a good heart, but he just didn’t understand, that I needed to be treated like any other man”. Buddy put it gently, and beautifully and does not sing about anger or retribution.❤️

[johntinsley]

Thank you for singin the words that we all need 2 hear . MUCH ❤

[thomasmedeiros]

Buddy is a living Blues legend. He is one my favorite Blues Men. 80+ years old and still getting better with age.

[ronaldyakobchuk]

This has got to be one of the most inspirational songs I have heard in many years. Buddy Guy is a genius with a compassionate heart for his fellow human beings. Thank you for this video !

[jameswells]

this could very possibly be the best song out there hands down...its 100 pct accurate...