Willie Nelson‘s official Instagram recently posted a throwback clip of the Red Headed Stranger performing “Night Life” with the legendary B.B. King, and fans are getting emotional about it. The clip, ...
B.B. King was already a 20-year veteran bluesman when he began to seep into mainstream America's consciousness during the late '60s, via the praise of rock guitarists like Eric Clapton and Mike ...
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 ...
When B.B. King passed away in 2015 at the age of 89, he left behind a challenge. “Do what you can to keep the blues alive,” he often told those who crossed his path. Today, on what would have been ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is set to honor legendary blues musician B.B. King with a series of events celebrating what would have been his 100th birthday. The celebrations, organized by Memphis Tourism ...
Blues legend B.B. King has a good time telling the story of how he got his radio gig at WDIA in Memphis, TN, a station that turned its sinking fortune around by becoming the first radio station in the ...
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 ...
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music will launch a new photo exhibit, "B.B. King in Memphis," on July 24. The exhibit features photos of B.B. King's 1982 Labor Day weekend concert at the Mud Island ...
This year marks five years since B.B. King‘s death, but the thrill of King’s music will live on during two ambitious nights: February 16th and 17th, 2020, at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New ...