This hit is one of the most-recorded songs in the blues genre ever, and B.B. King’s rendition is likely the best of them all. “Rock Me Baby” was the perfect song for King, and his incredible vocals ...
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 ...
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 ...
B.B. King had enjoyed a long friendship and musical relationship with Eric Clapton prior to his interview with Guitar Player in the October 2000 issue. That year he and Clapton released Riding With ...
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 ...
He was born in Berclair, Mississippi, with the name Riley B. King, a last name that would — though he wouldn't know it as a small child — point to the great things he would do. Riley was born on a ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tuesday would have been B.B Kings' 100th birthday. It also wraps up the 100 Days of Blues in Memphis, which started June 8 and honors the international blues legend. On Tuesday night, ...
The funk/soul icon, 72, and English rock legend, 80, are proving they're both still going strong, joining forces to release a ...
The renowned bluesman, who died in 2015, spoke to Fresh Air in 1996 about growing up as the son of a sharecropper — and leaving the plantation as a young man to pursue a career in music. This is FRESH ...