Posted on 05/14/2015 11:02:11 PM PDT by dfwgator
Blues legend B.B. King has died in Las Vegas at age 89, his lawyer says.
Attorney Brent Bryson tells The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. PDT Thursday at his home in Las Vegas.
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The first time I saw him was at the Whiskey in the mid 70’s.
My cousin and her boyfriend worked at NBC and had ‘connections’ so we didn’t have to stand in the line that extended around the block. We just walked right to the front and then to our table. Boy, did I feel important and blessed.
Saw him again in Albany, NY a few years ago. He’d slowed down a lot (me too) and had to be helped out to his chair. Once there, he worked Lucille like a rented mule.
I’ll never forget. Thank you, BB. RIP
RIP B.B. King!
A couple of years back, with Eric Clapton, “Riding With The King.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJK78Y3zoQk
He came to Columbia MO back in the ‘80s. I got to rent my drum set to them, sit in the front row, and shake his hand. I was paid to be there! Pretty rockin’ show! I didn’t expect the drummer to tear stuff up! He was hittin’ ‘em!
Just Damn.
Glad I went to see him and Lucille 5 times.
Worked in a record factory back in the late 60s early 70s. ABC and Bluesway record. I have a respectable vinyl collection of BB King from there. All except 1 without jackets as the boss would sell us the records for $0.75 but the jackets for another $2. Got a copy of Indianola Mississippi Seeds a month before it came out as I physically made the record as a test pressing and we only had 1 label so it was pressed with the same label on both sides I hand wrote a list for the different side and taped it over the label. When the jacket became available weeks later I got that one.
Saw BB in 1969 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, when he opened for the Stones... The kids didn’t know who he was and at first booed him because they wanted to see The Stones. After the first song they calmed down and applauded.
Thanks.
Few legends remain.
R.I.P. One of the greatest.
That’s the one.
A great entertainer, but not a role model, 15 kids by an assortment of women.
RIP Mr. King. Thank you.
The Thrill... Truly... is gone; and Lucille gently weeps.
RIP, B.B... Thanks for the wonderful music.
Downhearted (segment) BB King:
I gave you a brand new Ford
But you said: I want a Cadillac
I bought you a ten dollar dinner
and you said: thanks for the snack
I let you live in my pent house
You said it just a shack
I gave seven children
And now you wanna give them back
I said I’ve been down hearted baby
Ever since the day we met
Our love is nothing but the blues
Tell me how blue can you get?
Read more: B.B. King - Down Hearted Lyrics | MetroLyrics
I was fortunate to see him many time. Rest in Peace
RIP
Very, very sad to hear it. But he had a helluva good run.
I remember when Stevie Ray Vaughn died; heard the news, left work, went home, got out the bourbon, and played blues on my Stratocaster all day while getting progressively drunk.
It’s like that...
oh bummer
RIP
Wow we have lost some greats in the last month. Percy Sledge on April 14, Ben E. King on April 30, and now BB King. RIP
RIP!
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