#electricblues

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ROSY-CHEEKED KING OF THE BLUES.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the late, great B.B. King (1925-2015), American blues guitarist/vocalist/singer-songwriter and all around legendary bluesman, artwork by William Stout for his "Legends of the Blues" (2013) portrait series.

MINI-BIO: "Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. After his father left the family, Riley grew up in his mother’s and grandmother’s homes. He worked as a sharecropper and sang gospel, then moved to Indianola, Mississippi, in 1943. Country and gospel were his first influences, followed by the music of T-Bone Walker, Lonnie Johnson, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt. In 1946, he studied guitar for ten months in Memphis under his cousin, bluesman Bukka White. After months of hardship, Riley returned to Indianola.

King came back to Memphis in 1948, working at radio station WDIA as a singer and disc jockey, gaining the nickname “Beale Street Blues Boy,” (hence, “B.B.”; not “B. B.”, by the way). Upon first hearing T-Bone Walker, he promptly purchased an electric guitar. King cut tracks for Bullet, then began recording for RPM with (famed Elvis Presley) producer Sam Phillips. King’s first R&B #1 was Lowell Fulson’s “Three O’Clock Blues” (1951).

In the mid-1950s, while B.B. was performing at an Arkansas dance, a kerosene stove got knocked over during a fight, setting the place ablaze. B.B. raced outdoors with the crowd. Realizing he had left his beloved $30 acoustic guitar inside, he rushed back in to retrieve it, narrowly escaping death. After finding out the brawl had been over a woman named Lucille, he named his guitar “Lucille” as a reminder never to be so crazy as to fight over a woman. Since then, each of his Gibson guitars has been named Lucille. The original Lucille was stolen from his car’s trunk in Brooklyn. He offered a $20,000 reward but no one ever came forward. He eventually had an open offer of $100,000 for the return of that beloved guitar."

-- WILLIAM STOUT, slightly revised B.B. bio from WS's "Legends of the Blues" book

Sources: www.comicsgrinder.com/2013/06/14/review-legends-of-the-blues-by-william-stout and www.williamstout.com/news/journal/2015/05/15/b-b-king-1925-2015.

[elliscraddock]

Here's my #8thRocksShuffle #8thRocks dance video w/song called #HeyBaby by the late #KoKoTaylor(Rest In Power).

(w/heavy rain sound effects/high tone version). I don't own this song but enjoy. #ElectricBlues #SoulBlues #OldSchool #Blues

[realguitars]

(Joey Stebanuk)

[elizaneals]

This PAST JUNE 17 @NorthJerseyBlues International Blues Challenge is headed to @StanhopeHouse North Jersey ‼️ I have been chosen to be a judge on the road to Memphis @bluesfoundation 👈🏽 "NJBS will be participating in the Blues Foundation's 2024 International Blues Challenge. First step is to hold a local competition -- #Crossroads to #Memphis Local IBC Challenge 11 am to 4 pm... The judges are blues professionals and aficionados with a deep understanding and historical perspective of all blues forms." Read More: https://www.northjerseybluessociety.org/post/crossroads-to-memphis-local-ibc-challenge-meet-the-judges 📲

[johndunwin]

This photograph captures a Chevrolet with electric blue customization, juxtaposed against an urban Evanston backdrop. The chrome details and bold color contrasts embody the 'lucky six' theme, merging urban exploration with an eye-catching aesthetic.

[2020ea]

[malfnction-54]

[sketchsketchdraw]

A work in progress.

One of the more dynamic poses I've tried. Loving the colors as well

What are y'all working on?

[amanofcolours]

“Electric Blue” Riverview, FL 01/28/2023 #electricblue #blue #night #camry #toyota #photograph #picture #pic #justshoot #camera #shoottokill #snapshot #photographer #artist #amanofcolours #photo #amocphotography #photography #photographyart #photogram #art #iphonography #jaredrayeaton (at Riverview, Hillsborough County, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoHrmbiuaOZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[leatherwooddesign]

(via Intricate Cobalt Blue Marble Pattern Wall Clock) Cool look

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

MANNISH [POSTER] BOY FOR POST-WAR CHICAGO BLUES & CHESS RECORDS.

NOTE: ^See what I did there. Only hardcore blues nuts will know.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the crucial electric bluesman who in the 1940s and 1950s led the way in transforming traditional Delta blues into the electric Chicago blues style that paved the road to rock ‘n’ roll -- MUDDY WATERS (1914-1983), illustrated by William Stout for his "Legends of the Blues" portraits series.

"Perhaps no other player represents post-war Chicago blues and Chess Records like Muddy Waters does. Sexy, classy, admired and feared, Muddy excited groups like THE ROLLING STONES and MANFRED MANN. His thrilling records were covered by most of the British blues bands. Muddy's recording of Willie Dixon's "You Need Love" was lifted by the SMALL FACES and perfromed as "You Need Loving" on one of their first LP's. Robert Plant saw the Small Faces perform it live, then turned it into LED ZEPPELIN's "Whole Lotta Love," not realizing the song's earlier origins.

"What color should I make the background?," was a question I often asked myself during the creation of "Legends of the Blues," wanting as much variety as possible. In Muddy's case the choice was obvious: something suggesting the color of mud."

-- WILLIAM STOUT (American painter/fantasy artist/illustrator/blues music aficionado)

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/435582595181080137.

[elliscraddock]

Here's my #8thRocksShuffle #8thRocks dance video w/song called #HeyBaby by the late #KoKoTaylor(Rest In Power)(w/heavy rain sound effects/high tone version) on YouTube. Also click the like, share, subscribe, & hit a notification button on my YouTube channel. #ElectricBlues #SoulBlues #OldSchool #Blues

[misskohane]

Old Quay

July 2024

[elizaneals]

#HappyHumpday Well I did not expect this to take off on Twitter but hey thanks #JoeBonamassa for starting the avalanche 🌊 "If someone says “yea the blues is dead.” Point em too @SIRIUSXM CH.74 #BBKkings #Bluesville with 36million subscribers who tune in every commute to listen to classics & modern blues every week day. Thanks to #SteveLeeds @LouBrutus @shemekia.copeland @EarlyTimesBand @JoeBONAMASSA ++🎶❤️" #GoViral #TwitterPost #BluesMusic #AliveandWell #LongLiveMusic #TuneIn #SiriusXM #newmusic #oldmusic #greatmusic #supergroove #electricblues #pianoblues #bluesrock ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-HzSmOVmn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[snazzyfolk]

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