This hit is one of the most-recorded songs in the blues genre ever, and B.B. King’s rendition is likely the best of them all. “Rock Me Baby” was the perfect song for King, and his incredible vocals ...

When B.B. King passed away in 2015 at the age of 89, he left behind a challenge. “Do what you can to keep the blues alive,” he often told those who crossed his path. Today, on what would have been ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

The biannual Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival was one stop on a fifteen-date European tour for B.B. King and his seven-piece band. French national radio was on hand to record the entire concert.

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

He was born in Berclair, Mississippi, with the name Riley B. King, a last name that would — though he wouldn't know it as a small child — point to the great things he would do. Riley was born on a ...

B.B. King had enjoyed a long friendship and musical relationship with Eric Clapton prior to his interview with Guitar Player ...

From ZZ Top to Jimmy Page to Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King has been a significant influence on rock and blues artists who came after him. Yet, when we think of the most ubiquitous musicians of either ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tuesday would have been B.B Kings' 100th birthday. It also wraps up the 100 Days of Blues in Memphis, which started June 8 and honors the international blues legend. On Tuesday night, ...