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

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.

B.B. King was already a 20-year veteran bluesman when he began to ... King would stand in the middle of the room and sing and play his songs, and the rhythm section surrounding him would come up with ...

‘Live At The Regal,’ recorded in November 1964, remains one of the great live albums of all time, demonstrating why BB is The King of the Blues ... should happen to play one that you remember ...

In order to play the correct Blues notes it is ... is not as polished or perfected as that of B. B. King but he is years younger than B.B. and is far more adventuresome. Unlike many contemporary ...

B.B. King. It was in 1967 that Albert King released what many consider to be his standout album, Born Under A Bad Sign, but, I’ll Play The Blues For You is an equally fine record and one that ...

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 ...

While the premiere is happening days before Marthin Luther King Day on Jan. 20, Young’s imagining of events is far from a reverential “what if?” scenario. Instead, the play aims to address ...