Blues legend B.B. King dies

[MFG38]

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/15/king-of-the-blues-blues-legend-b-b-king-dead-at-age-89/21183697/?icid=maing-grid7

May he rest in peace.

[Superluigieth1]

Shit. May He R.I.P

[geo]

I thought he already was. My bad. He's a true genre defining legend. In a way he's the Elvis of his genre.

[Memfis]

Same here geo, I thought he died in the 90s or so. But yeah, legendary man. RIP.

[Technician]

Goddamn it another I wanted to see live is dead.

[dg93]

Ah shit :( The best generation of musicians are dying

[SYS]

Sad day indeed. I saw B.B. King when I was five years old with my grandpa. First concert ever, RIP B.B.

Technician said:

Goddamn it another I wanted to see live is dead.

B.B. was getting up there. His live performances were deteriorating along with his health. Seated in a stool the entire set, hitting the wrong notes, forgetting lyrics. One one hand you're like "yeah I'm seeing a legend!" and on the other, it's sad paying money to see someone on their way out.

That's my grandpa's perspective anyway having seen him play live since the start of B.B.'s career.

[Philnemba]

While I was never a fan of B.B. King, I did enjoy the collaboration album that he & Eric Clapton did together back in 2000.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_with_the_King_(B.B._King_and_Eric_Clapton_album)

[Cupboard]

One of the very best.

[Netherstorm]

A great musician.

Rest in peace.

[RUSH]

My local radio station was playing a lot of B.B. King songs all day today. Too bad he's gone but like the DJ said, "Thanks for everything. You will always be a music legend."

[Csonicgo]

Saw him in 1998, and it was amazing. I'll never forget it.

[nxGangrel]

What a shame. He was good man... What a rotten way to die. I wish there was something more I could say.

[Stygian]

I saw him perform only last year in the little old theatre in my hometown. He spent most of the act seated in his chair kind of rambling and reminiscing. He was clearly very frail, but I like to think he was performing willingly and not being forced to do gigs by his family.

Also, his opener was that guy who wrote and performed blues music for the Walking Dead. I forget his name.

[Doomkid]

Music just wouldn't be the same without you, B.B.

Thanks for everything, man. RIP

[Enjay]

I didn't wake up this morning...

[Clonehunter]

I read about BB King in an article about his albums the other day, and the next day he dies. This is like how I found Rock & Rule, and the next day, Lou Reed dies.

Deadly coincidences? Or accidental murders?

[nxGangrel]

Clonehunter said:

I read about BB King in an article about his albums the other day, and the next day he dies. This is like how I found Rock & Rule, and the next day, Lou Reed dies.

Deadly coincidences? Or accidental murders?

Well shit, I hope you don't read anything on Doom or UT. On the other hand... Could you read something about Hillary Clinton perhaps?
You would be an American hero.

[Cupboard]

Stygian said:

I saw him perform only last year in the little old theatre in my hometown. He spent most of the act seated in his chair kind of rambling and reminiscing. He was clearly very frail, but I like to think he was performing willingly and not being forced to do gigs by his family.

Also, his opener was that guy who wrote and performed blues music for the Walking Dead. I forget his name.

Wow, what year did this take place in? I am dying to know

[Fulgrim]

His loss is huge. A lot of people don't know how big of an impact he had on music and in a lot of ways American history. He was one of the first black musicians that gained a white audience in the south when the south was still deeply segregated.

I read a doc on BB King years ago and the author spent a lot of time going over BB King's life as a musician during segregation. When he was allowed to play at white bars and clubs the management forced him and his band to adhere to a bunch of rules.

They had to enter and exit the back of the building and where not allowed to venture outside of back stage. A lot of the time BB King could only be on stage when he was preforming. Also, many places required his band to play behind a curtain with BB King in front of it.

As he became popular and started drawing larger crowds many bar and club owners would remove the white only restriction on their establishments for his shows. After the show was over a lot of the establishments would immediately go back to being white only. But, as time went on and the south become less segregated a lot of clubs and bars quickly became desegregated and they started inviting more black musicians to play at their venue.

[NiTROACTiVE]

Upon hearing how he was a blues legend, it's shocking that B. B. King died. I didn't know him too much to be honest, but I'm sure many people loved him. My condolences go to his friends and family.

[doom_is_great]

Well, I will be checking out his music for sure. Never heard of the guy, but I know that there is some sweet blues music out there.