Loki Loc: Georgia

BB King has died in Las Vegas, at the age of 89, and we are a poorer world because of it. Godspeed.

RockKnutne Loc: Valhöll

So then, it's true... 'What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas'!

Sorry, it's late and I'm me.

Here's to the great B.B. King. Gone maybe but, not forgotten.

-The Thrill Is Gone

http://youtu.be/4fk2prKnYnI

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fiatlux

89 years old. Full life. More than is to be expected normally but in that industry? That is a great testimony to BB. We put to rest but flesh and the spirit blows where it will. Music is God's reminder we have a soul...and to be grateful for it. In that regard, Mr. King was a Rolodex.

plainlogic

It's only successful because of the individual perceptions.

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

Boy, are we poorer with his loss. I'm glad to be able to say he's one great I saw perform. His warmth just enveloped the audience.

Should Little Richard perform 'Lucille' at his funeral?

Bruce Kennedy Loc: Kansas

I hadn't heard about BB King's death. I had heard he was in the hospital. First Ben E. King and now BB King, two legends in the music business, are gone. I enjoyed their music.

beammeupscotty Loc: 31°07'50.8"N 87°27'00.8"W

Yep sad day in the Blues world.

RIP BB

bdamage Loc: My Bunker

Indeed.
There's not a musician in the WORD that wouldn't drop everything for chance to play 5 minutes with him.

This is one of favorite vids of BB and friends playin' Rock Me Baby.
Buddy Guy gets REALLY greezy on this one...BB is amused.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OXrmxDp44

RIP BB.....Lucille's strap says it all

Searching Loc: Rural Southwest VA

Such a rich tapestry of music he wove....

MKB-TEXAS

Love his music and sad to see him pass. Another music master gone to paradise. God bless B. B. King.

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

You're absolutely correct - first Ben E. & now B. B. They were both great. They taught this white boy that music knows no barriers.

bdamage Loc: My Bunker

Yep, He even played at Sing Sing Prison.
You know it's gonna be good if JJ does your intro!

BB King Calls This One Of His Best Performances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLAAzOBoBI

JMHO Loc: Utah

We lost a great one...one of the best guitar players there ever was. He will be missed.

PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco

He was truly a great gift on many, many levels.

Talking bout how he decided to be blues player than gospel, BB king said:

'I’d have me a hat or box or something in front of me. People that would request a gospel song would always be very polite to me, and they’d say: ‘Son, you’re mighty good. Keep it up. You’re going to be great one day.’ But they never put anything in the hat.

“But people that would ask me to sing a blues song would always tip me and maybe give me a beer. They always would do something of that kind. Sometimes I’d make 50 or 60 dollars one Saturday afternoon. Now you know why I’m a blues singer.”

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Something that made B.B. smile.


Now rock on you mega blues star~~~You'll be missed, loved your music~ . .





B.B. King’s Stolen ‘Lucille’ Found and Returned

Las Vegas, NV (December 3, 2009) -- Surely every gearhead has imagined walking into a pawnshop and finding the guitar of their dreams. For Eric Dahl of Las Vegas, that dream became reality two months ago—producing an ending even he couldn’t have dreamed up.

Like many guitar collectors, Dahl routinely visits pawn shops. He’s also left his contact information hoping to get a call when an interesting guitar comes up for sale. He received such a call on Sept. 10, regarding a unique Gibson ES-345 B.B. King 80th Anniversary model a pawn shop had just purchased. Intrigued, Dahl went straight to the shop to check it out.

“It was definitely a Gibson ES-345 B.B. King Lucille guitar, but it didn’t have the original case, or any of the original paperwork, and I was disappointed that it had been gigged pretty hard and full of pick scratches and small dents,” Dahl said. “Also, I flipped it over and looked at the headstock expecting to see standard serial numbers, but to my surprise saw ‘Prototype 1’ stamped where the serial numbers should have been. I figured maybe it was a fake, or a really cool piece that had once been approved by B.B. King himself then given away to a fellow musician, friend of the family or relative.”

Fortunately for Dahl, it was neither. After spending several weeks calling various guitar historians, including Gibson’s customer service department, trying to figure out the guitar’s history, Dahl felt like he’d hit a wall—until he received a call on November 9, from Pat Foley, director of artist relations at Gibson Custom.

“First, he asked me if I still had the guitar here in the United States, which seemed odd because where else would I keep it?” Dahl said. “Then he informed me the guitar had been stolen from Mr. King at the beginning of the summer [2009]. Gibson presented to him as his 80th birthday present in Los Angeles in 2005, and it had been Mr. King’s main gigging guitar for the last four years. He was so upset that it was stolen that he asked Gibson to make him another one as close to the original as possible.”

Needless to say, King was overjoyed when he learned his beloved Lucille had been found. He even arranged for Dahl to receive a brand new Lucille from Gibson Custom upon returning the original, which happened a few days after Thanksgiving—an appropriate holiday for Mr. King to celebrate the return of his beloved lady.

“We met at Mr. King’s offices here in Las Vegas,” Dahl said. “He was one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life. He just kept shaking my hand and thanking me. He really wanted his birthday present back and was amazed he was actually getting it back. He really thought he’d never see it again.”

Dahl got King to autograph his new Lucille from Gibson Custom, and took a bunch of pictures of the meeting—one of which will go back to King as a memento of their unlikely encounter.

“I’m just happy that I was able to return a prized guitar to one of my guitar idols and inspirations,” Dahl said. “Now he can continue to give joy to so many other blues fans around the world.”

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/B_B_Kings_Stolen_Lucille_Found_and_Returned

Lucille~~~~~

http://youtu.be/-Y8QxOjuYHg



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