Mike Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 View full article 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Just heard it on the news ,one of the greatest ,very sad RIP BB King Edited May 15, 2015 by Bazza 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Dayo Posted May 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2015 If it's not unseemly to ask so soon; what the heck is gonna happen to Lucille? 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
richo991 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I suppose its Inevitable as we are all getting older that such great men will pass on but we seem to have lost so many an a short space of time. RIP Sir a great great artist 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Smudger Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Loved B.B. King 1st time i heard The Thrill is gone it blew me away,and always loved his version of To know you is to love you ,there was a great interview by Alexis Corner in the seventies on BBC radio with B.B. A.C. and Colin Hodgkinson did a fantastic concert on channel 4 years ago and paid tribute to the blues including B.B. Rest in peace and thank you Edited May 15, 2015 by smudger Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kev Cane Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Just Like his namesake Ben. E, an undeniable legend, got some of his stuff and I love it, thanks for an incredible contribution to soul/blues music over an incredible amount of time, the mark of a genuine legend. R.I.P. B.B 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Orotava Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Long live the King... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Garswood Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Yep sad sad news, a true legend.. RIP Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ezzie Brown Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 wonderful artist in every way...r i p Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tivoli Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Sad day for the Blues. Had the privilege of seeing BB King on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2011. Awesome. R.I.P. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Zed1 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 No matter what the Genre, the Band or the Artist, pretty much all music can trace it's history back to the Blues, and 'BB' was one of it's finest exponents. RIP the King. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Corbett80 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 One of the best records i've ever heard bar none - RIP to the King. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Corbett80 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Don't get any cooler than this: Edited May 15, 2015 by corbett80 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simsy Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Percy Sledge, Ben E King, BB King... So many gone, so few left. R.I.P BB. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
hullsoul Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Heard the sad news just as "Heartbreaker" landed on the doormat. Without question one of the greats. R.I.P Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ceejay Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 A very sad day!! The word legend is used often.............. but B.B. King truly befits the word!!! The one they all aspire to...............GOD BLESS.............R.I.P. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Westender Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Another giant has passed, leaving an astonishing and enduring legacy. We wont see his like again. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Pinch Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 R.I.P BB 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dean Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Saw him at Nottingham Rock City in the 80s, one of the memorable performances of my life, just a 1/3 full, laid back night. Brilliant musician, what a history. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
45cellar Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Extremely Sad News. A Legend R.I.P. B. B. KING Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) Sad to hear. One of my favourites (especially from 1949-55). I saw him live at Dootone's Music Center in South Central L.A. in 1965, in Amsterdam in 1986, and in Kopenhagen in 1990. Edited May 16, 2015 by RobbK Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Louise Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Just received this B.B. King anecdote from Denis Wilcox the former lead singer of Elbowed-Out. Good memories of meeting B.B. King. In the late 70's,my band "Elbowed-Out" had the great privilege of opening for B.B. King at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle Washington. We had finished our set,and I decided that I wanted to watch B.B. King's set from backstage. Soon, I'm standing in the wings as the band is getting set up and ready to go on. I look up,and here comes B.B.,and he comes right up to me and starts telling me how he enjoyed our set. WOW! He has a big hamburger in one hand and a Coke in the other,and continues eating and drinking while we are talking. Then his band starts playing,and the MC starts calling out,"People,are you ready?! Are you ready for the King?!" And B.B. says to me,"well,I gotta go now,can you take these for me"?, and he hands me his hamburger and Coke! Then he went out on stage while still chewing,and proceeded to show everyone just why he is called The King of The Blues. I feel so lucky and honored to have touched with him. Rest in Peace, B.B.. Denis 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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