B.B. King @ RollingStone.com
B.B. King is considered to be one of the greatest blues guitarists of the late 20th century. His unique style of playing -- integrating single string runs, "bent" chords and left hand vibrato -- has influenced countless musicians after him. Continues here...

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King of the Blues Guitar
"The eight annual B.B. King Blues Music Festival will kick off August 3 with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Tower of Power and another act to be named"

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an interactive biography, tour schedule, and related links Throughout the 1990's as well as the 1980's, 1970's, 1960's and 1950's, there has been only one King of the Blues - Riley B. King, affectionately known as B.B. King. Since B.B. started recording in the late 1940's, he has released over fifty albums, many of them considered blues classics.

B.B. King: The King of the Blues
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B.B. broke through the barriers of race and national boundaries when he recorded an adaptation of the Roy Hawkins'song, "The Thrill Is Gone." The song shot up to #15 on the Pop charts and topped out at #3 on the R&B charts in 1970, leading to the solidification of B.B. King as the premier blues artist of our time.

B.B. King @ All-Music Guide
AKA: Riley B. King
Born: Sep 16, 1925 in Indianola, MS
In 1948 King broadcast his music live via Memphis radio station WDIA, a frequency that had only recently switched to a pioneering all-Black format. King's on-air handle became the "Beale Street Blues Boy," later shortened to Blues Boy and then a far snappier B.B.

B B King: "I liked Elvis a lot. I saw him as a fellow Mississippian and I was impressed by his sincerity," said King who toured Australia in May '97. "I thought he was honourable when he came to play The Goodwill Revue, a yearly benefit in our home town for needy black kids. When Elvis appeared he was already a big, big star," said the legendary bluesman. "Remember this was the fifties, so for a young white boy to show up at an all-black function took guts. I believe he was showing his roots. After the show, he made a point of posing for pictures with me, treating me like royalty. He'd tell people I was one of his influences."

B.B. King has influenced countless numbers of musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Buddy Guy, just to name a few.

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