The night marked the moment King recognized his influence on the new generation of blues guitarists —but he had no bitterness ...

This hit is one of the most-recorded songs in the blues genre ever, and B.B. King’s rendition is likely the best of them all. “Rock Me Baby” was the perfect song for King, and his incredible ...

B.B. King was already a 20-year veteran bluesman when he began to ... “The goal was to shake up B.B.'s music and make it chart-friendly,” Jemmott told Bass Player. “The first thing we did was turn all ...

Blues legend B.B. King has named every guitar he played Lucille since one fateful night in the winter of 1949 in an Arkansas dance hall.

According to the rep, the Peabody date was King’s first show in four weeks and was preceded by a 24-hour drive from his home in Las Vegas to the Gateway City. He also apparently forgot to take ...

THEY SHOWED US, ALL OF US, EACH IN THEIR OWN POWERFUL WAY, HOW TO TRANSFORM, STRUGGLE INTO STRENGTH. AS B.B. KING WAS PLAYING, HIS MUSIC AND SUPPORTING HIS FRIENDS, HE WAS ALSO PROVIDING A PLACE FOR ...