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05-15-2015, 08:43 AM
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A few years ago he came to the city I was living in and I remember being bummed when I couldn't get tickets because I knew that was probably going to be my only and last chance to see him perform. RIP
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05-15-2015, 08:51 AM
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 RIP BB. Thanks for all of the great music. I'm sure Lucille will be lonely without you. Texbike
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05-15-2015, 08:51 AM
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I saw him when I was in London... 4 years ago.
He was an outstanding contributor to music for many decades and will definitely be missed. That sort of contribution to many artists just doesn't exist with the modern pop era..
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05-15-2015, 08:55 AM
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The thrill is gone...
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05-15-2015, 09:02 AM
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BB King
I first saw him play over 20 years ago and have seen him play many times since. He had such a pure sound that was instantly recognized.
RIP. Your music will live on. Mike
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05-15-2015, 09:04 AM
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A colleague of mine used to be a bouncer at a music club. BB played at the club sometime in the mid 80s and Skip, being the talkative guy he is, started up a conversation, rambling from the weather to the fact that he was going to go back to college next semester. Skip was still working part time the next year when BB swung back around. The first thing BB asked Skip was how he was doing in college, what his major was and if he was keeping up his grades.
So much more than incredible music.
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05-15-2015, 09:38 AM
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My brother was on a photo assignment to shoot him some 20+ years ago and I had the opportunity to assist and spent the better part of an afternoon with him. A very gracious, sweet, genuine man.
If you play guitar and have not taken the time to study "Live at the Regal", there is a giant gap in your knowledge/vocabulary.
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05-15-2015, 10:04 AM
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I worked for B.B. one night in the late 80s, when he was recording at MediaSound Studio on West 57th St in NYC. He apparently found the studio a bit too austere and wanted to somehow recreate a noisy gritty nightclub atmosphere, so I was hired to bring in a big PA system so he could perform to an invited audience in the studio. Didn't have a lot of interaction with him but from what little I did I could tell he was a really sweet guy, incredibly generous and professional.
My favorite memory of B.B. though is from reading about him when I was 8 or 9 years old, before I'd even heard any of his music. As I wrote on my Facebook page this morning I'd come across a description in Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia where she talks about a gig in the late 60s featuring Eric Clapton, Elvin Bishop, & King sharing the stage for a blues jam. Clapton & Bishop are at the height of their psychedelic-blues-rock popularity and are dressed accordingly, and they preen/strut/wail under the spotlights & strobes. And then... “Well, for a start, old B. doesn’t even stand up. He doesn’t have to. He just sits back in his chair, still relaxin’, smilin’ a little and smokin’ his Tiparillo, and suddenly he lets go a little pure and ever-so-simple soul. Like he’s been doin’ this for a long time. No fancy playing now, just a couple of strokes, and – well, the whole room is wiped out.”
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05-15-2015, 10:48 AM
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I wonder what will become of Lucille
 If she was to be auctioned off, what might it bring? Has to be in the top 5 most known/recognized guitars ever.
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