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The biannual Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival was one stop on a fifteen-date European tour for B.B. King and his seven-piece band. French national radio was on hand to record the entire concert.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Windsor lives in Nashville, Tennessee and writes about music. It’s been a little over a decade since the death of B.B. King, ...
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B.B. King on the night in 1967 when he jammed with Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix
B.B. King had enjoyed a long friendship and musical relationship with Eric Clapton prior to his interview with Guitar Player ...
Sept. 16, 2025, will be a milestone in the history of Memphis and American music, as it marks what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday. To all who ever heard him play, King was the one true ...
This September, Memphis will sing the blues in the most joyful way possible: by celebrating the 100th birthday of B.B. King. Born September 16, 1925, his music transcended genres, inspiring ...
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 ...
Today, as the world marks what would’ve been King’s 100th birthday on Sept. 16, it seems ludicrous that anyone would call his powerful vocals “modest” or his wailing guitar twangy. But while he’d ...
From ZZ Top to Jimmy Page to Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King has been a significant influence on rock and blues artists who came after him. Yet, when we think of the most ubiquitous musicians of either ...
B.B. King and Willie Nelson do not reside in the same genre of music, but they reside in a shared taste. A taste that cannot be defined by executives, marketers, or anyone who wishes to slap a label ...
As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...
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