The man born Riley B. King had every right to play the blues. Revered by peers such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Albert King, Chuck Berry and Otis Rush, he also garnered a plethora of later admirers, ...
B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...
Everybody is talking about the great "Blues Revival" of 1968 but there is much confusion as to what exactly Blues is and what is being revived. The bald term "Blues" covers an incredible number of ...
When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Daniel de Visé began contemplating a biography of B.B. King — one of the most iconic figures in American music — he was shocked at what he discovered.
The Mississippi guitar aficionado and father of Lucille was a tireless road warrior. By Phil Gallo, Billboard B.B. King Performing - H 2014 B.B. King, the last of the Southern-born blues musicians who ...
BB King’s Blues Summit 100 is out Feb 6 and features guest spots from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, George Benson, Eric Gales and more When you ...
See and hear B.B. King in performance while musicians share the same response to the King of the Blues’ artistry: they know it’s B.B. King playing by hearing just one note of his guitar. This film ...
A guitar once owned by B.B. King and photographs of Marilyn Monroe – along with other items from history and pop culture – are going up for auction next month. The "Legends & Treasures" auction, held ...
One of B.B. King‘s iconic Gibson electric guitars — each affectionately nicknamed “Lucille” — will soon hit the auction block. The late blues musician’s black ES-345 prototype, a gift from the guitar ...
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