B.B. King had his breakthrough blues guitar moment with The Thrill Is Gone – but it was Jerry Jemmott’s bass that made it groove
B.B. King was already a 20-year veteran bluesman when he began to seep into mainstream America's consciousness during the late '60s, via the praise of rock guitarists like Eric Clapton and Mike ...
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The Life-Threatening Story About How B.B. King Named His Guitar
Blues legend B.B. King has named every guitar he played Lucille since one fateful night in the winter of 1949 in an Arkansas dance hall.
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B.B. King Blues Experience tour announced for 2025 in honor of the late blues great’s 100th birthday
A B.B. King Blues Experience tour – which will take place to honor what would have been the year of the late blues guitar ...
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Guitar legend T-Bone Walker, top, pioneered the jump blues style of the 1940s, and BB King, above, headed the blues revival in the 1960s Chattanooga-born Bessie Smith, nicknamed the Empress of the ...
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5 Guitars That Are Almost as Iconic as Their Players
From country to rock to blues, we explore five iconic guitars almost as distinctive as the musicians who play them.