B.B.King RIP

Very surprised nobody started a Thread of respect for the King of Blues.

He died peacefully at his home, age 89, after battling diabetes for years.

If you never saw this man play, and he toured up until about a year ago, you missed a guitar legend.

Not on my watch does this remain unheralded.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/arts/music/b-b-king-blues-singer-dies-at-89.html

 Just got back in the country today & heard this.

 Have a friend that is a big fan of his........saw him 10 years ago & said he was great........saw him about 3 years ago & said you could tell he was fading.

I remember my friend turning me unto " Live @ Cook County Jail " blasting his very nice speakers in the basement while mom & pop were gone.

  I saw him live several times in the late 80's & early 90's .He always put on a great show. His backing band was Top Notch too.   Biscuit : "CC Jail" is one of my favorite LP's. " LA Midnight " is a quality studio LP too .Joe Walsh, Taj Mahal and Jessie Ed Davis are on it . 

I never saw him play other than TV and Youtube videos but he was a legend no doubt.

seen him live 3 times in the 80's, and last just a couple years ago, one time around 85 it was in a small bar setting in Montreal which was the best. 

Furthermore, between BB and Little Richard one would be hard pressed to find ANY MORE TWO influential legends to the Rock & Roll genre....

Chuck Berry the true king of R & R 

But L.R. was rocking a little before Chuck 

L R Tutti Fruiti and C B Maybelline both first hits both recorded in 1955.  It's all good man.

Yes, GG my mistake....forgot about his stint in "Back to the Future"...I did realize I had it butt backwards

So many future R&R HFers' credit those guys as biggest influences

Like I said, it's all good man.

Just don't nobody be talkin' that Elvis shiit.

Fact... If it weren't for BB, LR & CB, you never get to Elvis, Beatles or Stones.

Glad I was able to see him and Chuck back in the day both were great shows.

 

REDRUM?

Quote Originally Posted by Jimmag:

Glad I was able to see him and Chuck back in the day both were great shows.

 

REDRUM?

Its sad that famous peoples death comes down to this at times, a lot of times it usually comes down to money

I hope it's unfounded

G-d bless Mr. King. Safe passage with G-d's speed

RIP..a true, pure legend - only saw him twice in the late 70's & early 80's, but both great shows. My favorite was him with Gatemouth Brown in Austin..

Berclair Mississippi,   near Indianola    Blues Boy = B.B.