Breaking: 'King of the Blues' Legend B.B. King Dead at Age 89
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Source: Associated Press / USA Today
@AP: BREAKING: 'King of the Blues' legend B.B. King dead in Las Vegas at age 89, his attorney says.
m.twitter.com/AP
B.B. King dies at 89, attorney says
Jerry Shriver and Steve Jones, USA Today
B.B. King spread joy to millions by giving them the blues.
The iconic musician, along with his ever-present guitar Lucille, spent nearly 70 years thrilling audiences and spreading the music he learned as a poverty-stricken youth in the Mississippi Delta all over the world.
King, 89, died in Las Vegas, his attorney announced late Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
"Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you," King told USA TODAY in 2005. "I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.''
The same could be said of those who heard him play. No matter how stormy the tale he'd weave, by the time he was through, the clouds had parted.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/05/15/bb-king-obit/25381783/
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a7a7182043cc49be83058bde077f7a8e/king-blues-blues-legend-bb-king-dead-age-89
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Music mourns
charlyvi
(6,537 posts)Nothing on the news yet; I hope it's not true!
Behind the Aegis
(53,987 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)What a great talent. A legend gone.
This sucks.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)And his legacy will never die.
Salute
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)joshdawg
(2,651 posts)Thank you for posting it.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I love it too
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)RIP B.B.
Your beautiful blues will live on forever.
denbot
(9,901 posts)Pretty please?
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)denbot
(9,901 posts)Condolences to his loved ones, and all his fans.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)I hope his passing was peaceful and without fear.
Thank you for the music and the concerts, Mr. King.
OnlinePoker
(5,725 posts)That's the way to go after giving so much joy to so many people for so long. His life's work is over but will live forever.
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,852 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)RIP, Mr. King. You were indeed, the KING.
He left behind a legacy of great music, and a ton of kids, too, who will no doubt miss their pops.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)Nobody loves me but my Mother
And she might be jivin' too
One of a kind
irisblue
(33,023 posts)Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)love ya, B.B. You will always be the King of Blues.
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I saw B.B. King live so many years ago. One of the best concerts ever in my life.
The whole crowd got so so deep into the blues with B.B., Lucille and his awesome band. A night I will never forget.
Rest in peace Mr King. Your legacy, your music will live forever.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)RIP BB
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)RIP BB King. He IS and will REMAIN the KING of BLUES.....
"B.B.'s 1st hit which sent him on the road w/ no looking back. Recorded in the 'colored YMCA' in Memphis for RPM records in 1950."
3 O' Clock in the Morning is when I looked on Twitter and found on BB King had passed on.
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BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)One of my dad's favorites. He even had a live recording on reel-to-reel of him years and years ago. We knew his passing was close....
Lucille may have has lost her owner but he will not be forgotten.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Fare thee well, brother.
Thank You!
olddad56
(5,732 posts)ET Awful
(24,753 posts)Thanks for the years of great music.
appalachiablue
(41,171 posts)TM99
(8,352 posts)My father introduced me to all the greats, and I saw him in concert I don't know how many times.
Today we lost one of those last great bluesmen.
RIP B.B. King.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)Sads.
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)What a legend, and a class act.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Gemini Cat
(2,820 posts)What an incredible loss!
RIP Mr. King.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)I am honored to have been graced by your presence and your gift of music.
Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)I fell in love with Blues because of BB King and the channel 70 Bluesville on Satellite radio. I LOVE IT! His collabs over th years have been amazing as well...some greats like Eric Clapton, Elton John, U2, Bonnie Raitt, Brad Paisly, Willie Nelson, and many more. RIP KING!
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)He was unbelievably kind. I was at his concert at the Salle Pleyel with a group of local musicians (seven of us) including two black guys from Djibouti who had an outrageously gorgeous sister. When B.B. saw their sister back stage, it looked like the eyes would pop out of his head she was so beautiful and I spent a few minutes translating his questions to her. B.B. was a nice guy, let some of us guitarists take a few strums on his red Gibson ES 335 he called "Lucille", and gave each of us an autograph and one of his guitar picks (Fender "heavy" - I still have them in an envelope at home). A year later when I returned to the States to spend a year in Oakland, California, I walked past Mr. "Blues Boy" , B.B. in a music store and he did a double take. I shook his hand again. He was a great guy, completely without ego it seems, and very down to Earth and kind.
If there is an afterlife, may he find the heaven he richly deserved.
sdfernando
(4,941 posts)R.I.P. Mr. KING. You were legendary!