Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "In the early years, I thought that everybody seemed to get a break but me," B.B. King tells Guitar Player. "I wasn't bitter about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When putting the tracks together for B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 – my band's two-disc, 32-track tribute to B.B. King in ...

Discussions about early rock ‘n’ roll and blues music often center around the likes of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles, respectively, despite B.B. King being an integral player in either genre. This ...

When you think of blues guitar, who comes to mind? Likely one of the first—if not the first—is Mr. B.B. King, the Mississippi-born six-string player who rarely played chords but who always played the ...

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 ...

In 1980, Gibson introduced its first B.B. King signature guitar, a black ES-355 Thinline Dual Pickup Stereo Varitone model with a TP-6 fine-tuner tailpiece and “Lucille” spelled out in script on the ...

A new tribute album reimagines B.B. King's 1975 record, "Lucille Talks Back." The project features a diverse group of blues, rock, pop and soul musicians. In 2026, music fans continue to celebrate the ...

Sept. 16, 2025, will be a milestone in the history of Memphis and American music, as it marks what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday. To all who ever heard him play, King was the one true ...

B.B. King’s 1975 album Lucille Talks Back is receiving a fresh push this year as a 50‑year anniversary tribute that will be available on all major streaming services. The original record, which had ...