Shawn Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 http://variety.com/2015/music/news/blues-legend-b-b-king-dies-at-89-1201496991/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Just heard this and sorry to hear it, RIP. He had a good long life though and a timeless legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Riley B. King belongs to the ages. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 What sidewinder said. RIP the great BB King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) RIP, BB King. Edited May 15, 2015 by Cyril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 The thrill is gone. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Thank you for everything you gave us, Mr. King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 It's a little sad to think that future generations will only be able to experience B.B. King through records and YouTube. But I'm thankful that he was once among us. RIP B.B. King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) We all knew it was coming. Regardless, it is a sad day. Thank Mr. King for all the music. May you rest in peace. Edited May 15, 2015 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 The King is dead. Long live the King. He touched us forever. When this young boy heard him for the first time, my life was never the same. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 I say without shame or embarrassment that when I got in the car I put in a comp I had put together and listened to "We're Gonna Make It" (from a concert in the 90s) and started bawling. And next on the comp. was Maria Muldauer's "He Don't Have the Blues Anymore" and I started bawling again. Words can't express how I feel about B.B. King, the man or the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Thanks for everything you gave us RIP BB!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Thank you for the music and RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 It's a little sad to think that future generations will only be able to experience B.B. King through records and YouTube. But I'm thankful that he was once among us. RIP B.B. King This. I saw BB a few times, in varying venues playing to different audiences. Sometime his show would begin earlier than others, but it was always killer. And from all I've heard, he was a supremely ethical business man, had his band on salary with full benefits, health insurance, retirement plan, and all that. When you did the B.b. King gig, you were not just doing a few one-nighters and paying your way as you went along. The last time I saw him, him and Bobby Bland were doing a show at the Meyerson (sic). Brenda wanted to go, and I told her that we needed to take the kids too, they needed to see these men in the flesh, put faces, and most importantly, actions to the names, because those are names and sounds they're going to be experiencing in some for or fashion for many year to come. They were both totally enthralled, and both still remember the concert to this day. Lots of people are called "giants", but few truly are. B.B. King was a gaint, and you don't kill a giant, they don't die, they just move on to the next phase. RIP to a genuine giant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 B.B. King will be greatly missed. He was a major part of American Music. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeith Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 One of my all time favorites - both as a singer and guitar player....saw him in concert about half a dozen times beginning in 1969 Thanks for the wonderful music, BB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Never got to see him in the flesh but damn, what a life and what music came from it. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 It's a little sad to think that future generations will only be able to experience B.B. King through records and YouTube. But I'm thankful that he was once among us. RIP B.B. King Lots of people are called "giants", but few truly are. B.B. King was a gaint, and you don't kill a giant, they don't die, they just move on to the next phase. RIP to a genuine giant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Definitely with him on the whole not singing and playing at the same time thing. A useful alibi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Bye bye Blues Boy, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 r.i.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Edited May 15, 2015 by bluesoul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 https://youtu.be/YpnJry5Buak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) I saw him many times in the 1970s and 1980s. What struck me was how varied his live performances could be, although all were excellent. I recall a concert at the Civic Center in Madison, Wisconsin, in early 1982 when he was just ferocious, just as intense and on fire as any live performer I have ever seen. He was grimacing with fury, whipping his head around, as he played guitar as intensely as possible. Other times he was a bit more laid back but still very compelling. I heard a lot of great guitar playing live from him, and wonderful singing. Then there was the time at the Roxy in Los Angeles, when he did a soul music show, very different from every other concert of his which I attended. I am very glad that his 1950s and 1960s albums were reissued on CD and that I decided to spring for all of them. There are great riches in those earlier recordings. Edited May 15, 2015 by Hot Ptah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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