BB King live in Montreux 1993. King’s thirds could be wayward, mischievous, reflective, reckless, argumentative, morose, pensive or accusatory. Take a listen to his performance from Montreux in ...

B.B. King and other blues guitarists who came out of the Mississippi Delta approached ... They just needed to play with passion and soul. “B.B. and all these great players didn’t think of ...

Wendell Pierce has officially got the blues. The actor, known for his performances in The Wire and Treme, announced he will be portraying legendary artist B.B. King in a new film. "We are official ...

An earlier version of this post said B.B. King recorded a duet with country musician Brad Paisley for King’s all-star duet album “80.” That duet was for Paisley’s 2008 album “Play ...

That was B.B. King: A humble, straight-talking, one-of-a-kind blues singer/musician who grew up in Kilmichael, Miss., and spent part of his teen years in Indianola, Miss. His home state mourns, as ...

BB King began performing in the 1930s, on the street corners of his hometown Itta Bena, Mississippi. And ever since his big break, playing on a radio show in Memphis in 1948, he has maintained his ...

The "King of the Blues", guitarist and singer BB King, has died aged 89. King, known for his hits My Lucille, Sweet Little Angel and Rock Me Baby, died in his sleep in Las Vegas. Born in ...

To play BB King licks on a slinky setup would be an feat of strength let alone with the action like this, but then he was a generational talent. This is what makes him the GOAT. BB was incredibly ...

Born Riley B. King on this day, Sept. 16, 1925, he would move from Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee where he would take on the name "Blues Boy," which he shortened to BB.

As BB King is being mourned by fans around the world, ... "Live at the Regal." It was recorded in 1964. Jethro recalls how BB forced him to play the piano because the organ was broken.

Riley B. King, the legendary guitarist known as B.B. King, whose velvety voice and economical, expressive style brought blues from the margins to the mainstream, died Thursday night. He was 89 ...