He's the first musician I ever remember consciously hearing as a kid thanks to my parents, always had personal significance to me.
RIP
― meaty, desperate, and honest about the world we live in (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 15 May 2015 10:36 (nine years ago) link
Got Newport and Indianola Mississippi Seeds within the last year. I'm always picking up on artists right before they pass. RIP BB.
― DavidLeeRoth, Friday, 15 May 2015 12:46 (nine years ago) link
Playing Live at the Regal right now. GOT DAMN
― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 15, 2015 3:23 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Me too. Such a wonderful record. Gonna put on Midnight Believer next.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 15 May 2015 13:00 (nine years ago) link
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― 龜, Friday, 15 May 2015 13:07 (nine years ago) link
rip
I saw him in the mid-80s on my university campus and it was the first show I'd attended where the audience was an equal mix of white undergraduates and middle-aged African Americans ... it seems very naive now, but I was startled to see the ladies who fed us in the cafeteria shouting for B.B. and to realize they understood and appreciated him a whole lot better than I did ... an educational moment for sure
― Brad C., Friday, 15 May 2015 13:42 (nine years ago) link
I need to listen again to his album with Bobby Bland. RIP
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 May 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
The last time I saw him, at least a decade ago, the climatic numbers were free jazz blues, but still in the pocket. And in the late 70s, he did a couple albums with the Crusaders, def not just smoove, however. Going back to the early 60s, a good section on him in Charles Keil's Urban Blues. He went a lot of places. Chronicles of the King, by a reporter who interviewed him several times:http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/05/15/mississippi-mourns-bb-king/27360285/
― dow, Friday, 15 May 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
I saw him twice, once in the 90s and once in the early oughts, and he was already leaning pretty heavily on his backup guitarist and coasting through some pretty short sets. Really wish I could have seen him in his prime. RIP.
― Competent Cracker Barrel Manager (Dan Peterson), Friday, 15 May 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
Saw him once, though it was as much a lecture/demonstration/q&a as a concert:http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-19/news/9001140942_1_blues-style-king-standards-musicians
It was pretty fascinating, and to be in the same room as that sound was an amazing feeling.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 15 May 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
I think the only time I saw hin live was a short set at Radio City Music Hall in '97, in between a screening of the When We Were Kings doc and an appearance by Muhammad Ali. RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svoPEQHzR7s
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 May 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link
I saw him at least three times. The first time was at Cornell in December, totally by surprise. The woman who I was dating at the time took us. That was an amazing night, to be sure.
The second was at a theater in Baltimore in the summer of 1996, where that same woman and I were two of possibly 8 non-black people in the audience. The rest of the audience was a 30 year reunion of Poly High School. And it was double bill - BB and Bobby Bland. THAT was one of the top five best shows I've ever had the privilege of being at. Amazing.
The third was at his annual Indianola, MS homecoming concert and BBQ. I had lived in Indianola for about two years, and my younger brother and I got to see him play for his hometown. Again, amazing.
I put on Live at the Regal this morning, and plugged in my electric guitar, and realized that I was not only able to play along with his guitar parts, but that I was able to play his vocal parts, largely from memory. I don't really know if I'll ever be able to fully explain the profound effect his playing and overall musicianship has had on me, but I'm glad it's woven so completely into who I am and how I approach music.
I knew this day was coming, but I had no idea how it would effect me. Not overly sad - mostly grateful, and somewhat melancholy, but I know I learned a lot from him, and I'm thankful as hell for that.
― Hydroelectric New Deal Demiurge (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 15 May 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
*That was December, 1995.
― Hydroelectric New Deal Demiurge (B.L.A.M.), Friday, 15 May 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
@ericburdon
I first met #bbking in 1965 @ApolloTheater Years and years of beautiful blues. You'll be remembered. RIP BB King'
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFFEvRPUUAA9Tak.jpg
― dow, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
Vernon Reid@vurnt22
So Jon Tiven & I were in the studio waiting for Mr King to show up-He came in, sharp as a tack; jacket & tie! I was in a denim shirt(no tie)
Mr. King looked me up & down & quipped "I KNOW we didn't come here for VACATION". I believe I shrank down into my shoes SCHOOLED...
By the the 3rd take, Mr King's jacket was off, his tie was loosened, and we had a GREAT session! He played & sang MAGNIFICENTLY. INCREDIBLE!
To put that story in context, #BBKing was the FIRST Black man I saw play electric guitar on TV (Ed Sullivan)- an INDELIBLE IMPRESSION ON ME.
― dow, Friday, 15 May 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link
so awesome
i am loving the stories that are coming out
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 16 May 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
yes, very much so. I never saw this thread before, that 2006 piece is fantastic.
― sleeve, Saturday, 16 May 2015 03:23 (nine years ago) link
Check out today's Google Doodle!
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 September 2019 05:47 (four years ago) link
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― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 26 May 2022 09:58 (two years ago) link
nothing he is dead!
― xzanfar, Thursday, 26 May 2022 12:40 (two years ago) link