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Danny Starwars
160 posts
May 14, 2015
11:01 PM
BB King. This one really stings. Loved that man.


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jbone
1948 posts
May 15, 2015
3:20 AM
I will remember Mr. King as one who always worked and lived on his own terms. I think he had no regrets. He definitely made this world a more tolerable place.

RIP sir.
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grahamonica
159 posts
May 15, 2015
4:24 AM
I,m with you there Danny.
RIP BB King.
2chops
390 posts
May 15, 2015
4:38 AM
I just saw this on my fb feed. Sorrowful news indeed. His turn to walk that lonesome valley.
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jason campbell
22 posts
May 15, 2015
4:47 AM
yeah, knowing this was coming doesn't make it any easier to take.
Sigh.
ted burke
221 posts
May 15, 2015
5:35 AM
Mr.King was the Gold Standard for blues guitar. Rest In Peace.
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Popculture Chameleon
67 posts
May 15, 2015
5:51 AM
long live the king of the blues- RIP BB KING
Goldbrick
997 posts
May 15, 2015
7:14 AM
I loved that he only needed one note to tell a story-
Arguably the greatest bluesman ever



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groyster1
2790 posts
May 15, 2015
11:04 AM
I loved his appreciation of the british recognition of the blues that was not in the USA at the time
Danny Starwars
161 posts
May 15, 2015
5:56 PM
Did anyone here meet him? Closest I got was a concert he did here (NZ) in the 80s. After most songs he would throw a pick or a pin to the crowd. One time he bent down and held a pin out to the crowd at the front. We all reached for it, and I felt the girl I had taken grab my belt and pull up to try and give me more height. I got the pin (and briefly touched his hand) and bruised testicles. Good times.

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Danny Starwars
162 posts
May 15, 2015
10:31 PM
Best. Night. Ever.

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shakeylee
279 posts
May 16, 2015
7:54 PM
i am fortunate enough to have met a lot of the blues greats,including the great mr.king.

i do not have a story that approaches either of yours.i simply had a connection with blues musicians more famous,or familiar with the stars, than me ,and would get backstage or on tour buses to meet them.

i can tell you,that during the short encounters,he was very humble and warm. he seemed generally interested in me,like for that moment i was as important as anybody.

i think his humility was amazing.

long live the king!
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PropMan
53 posts
May 16, 2015
9:56 PM
Some time in late 70's I was with my girlfriend and a couple of drinking buddies at Eli Mile High Club in Oakland CA pounding a few too many beers and dancing to the great Lowell Fulson and his crack band. At around midnight the front door swung open and in walked B.B. King with his guitar case in hand. He walked right up to the bandstand, plugged in his guitar and spend the next 90 minutes trading licks and vocals with Fulson.. It seems B.B. had just come from a gig at the Oakland auditorium and I guess he felt like jamming .

I said about three words to him and shook his hand at the end of the set.

There were about 60 people in the joint.

One of the best nights ever.


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