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B.B. King dead at 89 (1 Viewer)

When love comes to town, I'm gonna jump that train

When love comes to town, I'm gonna catch that flame

Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down

But I did what I did before love came to town

RIP B.B.

 
Wow. What a bummer. Was front row for BB at The Paladium at Carowinds back in the early 90s.

RIP

 
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Rip Mr. KING. Thanks for turning me and countless others onto the blues. God bless B.B. King.

 
Sad Day. At a point in my life, good music was one of the few things my dad and I had in common. The only "concert" my dad ever attended was when we saw him together probably 20 years ago.

RIP Blues Boy. :cry:

 
Between Ben E. and now B.B., it's been a rough couple of weeks for the R&B world. RIP to a another king legend.

 
zamboni said:
Between Ben E. and now B.B., it's been a rough couple of weeks for the R&B world. RIP to a another king legend.
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and Percy Sledge died two weeks before Ben E. King.

To me, BB was the ultimate bluesman. I feel fortunate to have been able to see him perform live over the last few decades, and he always gave a great show. He has said before that he either wanted to die on stage or in his sleep, and he died in his sleep. RIP BB

 
Nothing like being a young high school kid in the 70's coming home late at night from partying and putting on the headphones and getting to hear a "The Thrill is Gone" from the FM radio station- nearly every note and run is perfect on that song.

One of the highlights is a late 70's show with Bobby Blue Bland - damn those two were something.

RIP B.B. - thanks for turning a whole generation of midwest white kids on to the blues

 
ffldrew said:
Nothing like being a young high school kid in the 70's coming home late at night from partying and putting on the headphones and getting to hear a "The Thrill is Gone" from the FM radio station- nearly every note and run is perfect on that song.

One of the highlights is a late 70's show with Bobby Blue Bland - damn those two were something.

RIP B.B. - thanks for turning a whole generation of midwest white kids on to the blues
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They put a couple of live albums out recorded from those shows. Man, they were good. Hopefully, they're still in print.

 
Played blackjack with him at Mille lacs casino in mn like ten years ago. Cool guy. Sad news.

On the other hand, anybody still tracking that death pool on that oth:e:r board? :unsure: :excited:

 
Uruk-Hai said:
ffldrew said:
Nothing like being a young high school kid in the 70's coming home late at night from partying and putting on the headphones and getting to hear a "The Thrill is Gone" from the FM radio station- nearly every note and run is perfect on that song.

One of the highlights is a late 70's show with Bobby Blue Bland - damn those two were something.

RIP B.B. - thanks for turning a whole generation of midwest white kids on to the blues
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They put a couple of live albums out recorded from those shows. Man, they were good. Hopefully, they're still in print.
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Bobby Blue Bland is one of my very favorites.

Saw BB live about 25 years ago. He was amazing and quite a showman.

 
Zow said:
Played blackjack with him at Mille lacs casino in mn like ten years ago. Cool guy. Sad news.

On the other hand, anybody still tracking that death pool on that oth:e:r board? :unsure: :excited:
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You probably still have zero points, guy.

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
Uruk-Hai said:
ffldrew said:
Nothing like being a young high school kid in the 70's coming home late at night from partying and putting on the headphones and getting to hear a "The Thrill is Gone" from the FM radio station- nearly every note and run is perfect on that song.

One of the highlights is a late 70's show with Bobby Blue Bland - damn those two were something.

RIP B.B. - thanks for turning a whole generation of midwest white kids on to the blues
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They put a couple of live albums out recorded from those shows. Man, they were good. Hopefully, they're still in print.
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Bobby Blue Bland is one of my very favorites.

Saw BB live about 25 years ago. He was amazing and quite a showman.
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Many blues purists don't like Bland (for that matter, B.B. himself), because they're not "real" blues. Bobby wasn't a guitarist and used - gasp! - horns, which automatically excluded him in their eyes. All he did was sing the ####### hell out of a blues better than anyone else.

And B.B. knew that those same idiotic purists didn't like him. They wanted everyone retconned back to Robert Johnson (but, hey! Stevie Ray Vaughn is ok! because guitar!).

People think the blues (and bluegrass, for that matter) is some kind of "frozen in time" type of art that can never change (of course, the baseline starts with where the individual listener wants it to and it's usually some white kid from Westchester who's doing it).

 
Uruk-Hai said:
RedmondLonghorn said:
Uruk-Hai said:
ffldrew said:
Nothing like being a young high school kid in the 70's coming home late at night from partying and putting on the headphones and getting to hear a "The Thrill is Gone" from the FM radio station- nearly every note and run is perfect on that song.

One of the highlights is a late 70's show with Bobby Blue Bland - damn those two were something.

RIP B.B. - thanks for turning a whole generation of midwest white kids on to the blues
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They put a couple of live albums out recorded from those shows. Man, they were good. Hopefully, they're still in print.
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Bobby Blue Bland is one of my very favorites.

Saw BB live about 25 years ago. He was amazing and quite a showman.
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Many blues purists don't like Bland (for that matter, B.B. himself), because they're not "real" blues. Bobby wasn't a guitarist and used - gasp! - horns, which automatically excluded him in their eyes. All he did was sing the ####### hell out of a blues better than anyone else.

And B.B. knew that those same idiotic purists didn't like him. They wanted everyone retconned back to Robert Johnson (but, hey! Stevie Ray Vaughn is ok! because guitar!).

People think the blues (and bluegrass, for that matter) is some kind of "frozen in time" type of art that can never change (of course, the baseline starts with where the individual listener wants it to and it's usually some white kid from Westchester who's doing it).
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A good example of why I generally disregard the opinions of "purists" of any kind.

A couple of the Bobby Bland and BB King albums are on Spotify. :thumbup:

 
RIP. caught a blues festival show with him, buddy guy, john hiatt and maybe someone else years ago. great night of music

 
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