#B.B. King

[theswordofdamntheseknees]

The Beale Street Blues Boy.

Blues Boy.

B.B.

B.B. King with Lucille

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B.B. King

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B. B. King sets the record straight:

“When Elvis appeared he was already a big, big star. Remember this was the fifties so for a young white boy to show up in an all-black function took guts. I believe he was showing his roots and he seemed proud of those roots. After the show he made a point of posing for pictures with me treating me like royalty. He’d tell people I was one of his influences. I doubt whether that’s true but I like hearing Elvis give Memphis credit for his musical upbringing.

Back in 1972, Elvis helped me get a good gig at the Hilton Hotel while he was playing in the big theater. He put in a call for me and I worked in the lounge to a standing room only crowd. Elvis fans came in different colors but their love for good music was all the same. They were always a good audience.

Many nights I’d go upstairs after we finished our sets and go up to his suite. I’d play Lucille [King’s guitar] and sing with Elvis, or we’d take turns. It was his way of relaxing.

I’ll tell you a secret. We were the original Blues Brothers because that man knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang every one of them. But my point is, that when we were hanging out in the Hilton in the 70s, Elvis had not lost his respect, his ‘yes sir’, his love for all fields of music. And I liked that."

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John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Buddy Guy New York City, 1991. Photo by Ebet Roberts

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These two needed friendship necklaces 💖✨

[musickickztoo]

B.B. King *September 16, 1925

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B. B. King, 1984

[rocknrollflames]

Duff Mckagan, Izzy Stradlin, Matt Sorum, and Gilby Clarke perform with B.B. King and Bo Diddley.

Performance at The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Grand Opening Concert, March 10, 1995.

This was the first ever rock and roll themed hotel, as well as the first Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to be built.

Wayne Neutron (Billy Idol & Friends) consisted of Billy Idol with several other artists, including current and past GNR members Izzy Stradlin, Duff Mckagan, Matt Sorum, and Gilby Clarke, as well as GNR affiliate (featured) musician, Teddy ZigZag Andreadis.

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“A Great Loss:” Saxophonist David Sanborn Dies at 78

Saxophonist David Sanborn, who recorded smooth jazz as a solo artist and toured and recorded with David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan and others as a sideman, has died.

“May the great David Sanborn rest in love and peace,” Rundgren’s Spirit of Harmony Foundation said.

Sanborn, 78, died May 12 of complications from prostate cancer, said a post on his Facebook page. The saxophonist had continued performing since his 2018 diagnosis and “already had concerts scheduled into 2025,” the post read.

“David Sanborn was a seminal figure in contemporary pop and jazz music,” the announcement read. “It has been said that he put the saxophone back into rock ‘n’ roll.”

Fernando Perdomo echoed this sentiment, crediting Sanborn with “defin(ing) the sax’s role in pop and rock in the ’70s and ’80s.”

Questlove recalled being “floored” by a Sanborn show in Colorado, where the saxophonist made the drummer “feel like a complete amateur” despite playing an instrument that requires a significant amount of oxygen at altitude.

“He told me that since being diagnosed with cancer, he got a renewed vigor … and decided henceforth to play like his life depended on it,” Questlove said. “Amen, David. Rest in melody.”

Sanborn played Woodstock with the Butterfield Blues Band and went on to a career that included more than two dozen solo albums, gigs with the “Late Night with David Letterman” and “Saturday Night Live” bands and collaborations with Bowie, Rundgren, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, B.B. King, Maynard Ferguson, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John and others.

“RIP, David S.,” Eric Clapton said.

The members of Spyro Gyra found themselves “shocked and beyond sad” at the news, while band leader Jay Beckenstein eulogized Sanborn as “a truly great saxophonist and musician, one of the most influential of my lifetime and an artist who had an extraordinary ability to play emotionally.

“Whatever he touched, whether jazz, gospel or pop, his approach was beautiful and powerful,” Beckenstein said. “A great loss."

5/13/24

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B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland, 1980

[tavolgisvist]

All day long I'm listening to Letting Go

and in the middle the opening riff every time I hear John's voice:

Here in some stranger's room Late in the afternoon What am I doing here at all? Ain't no doubt about it

He doesn't wait when Paul breaks into song his own lyrics:

Ah, she tastes like wine, Such a human being so divine. Oh, she feels like sun. Mother nature, look at what you've done. Oh, I feel like letting go

(and - before John begin to play Loosing You - aren't these She's A Woman chords?)

And then I see this great post with John's notes about Double Fantasy and, well, he writes on Loosing You - (afraid i'm) Losing You: [a' la 'How do you sleep' (imagine LP) + 'Thrill has Gone' - B.B. King]

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B. B. King

photo Baron Wolman

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B.B. King *September 16, 1925 

[oldshowbiz]

Martin Mull jams with B.B. King