5/15/15 B.B. King

[user]

What is your favorite song by B.B. King?

[johndisk0]

Lucille

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[glennny]

I love to hear him play. I don't really think of him as much of a song writer. I mean it's all 12-bar blues. I love his guitar tone and his soloing. I'll have to think about which is his best jam.

[user]

His stuff does tend to all blend together in my head. "How Blue Can You Get" stands out though, because it's sampled in that Primitive Radio Heads song: "I been downhearted baby, ever since the day we met."

EDIT: Primitive Radio Gods, that is. It's still a little early for dementia to be setting in.

[Niveous]

R.I.P. B.B. King

I've got to go with the song that first introduced a young Niv to King, When Love Comes To Town.

[JonPorobil]

I want to say "Key to the Highway," but that's more Eric Clapton than B.B. King (Clapton recorded a version with Derek & the Dominos and a couple of solo versions of his own before this duet with B.B.). Still, I think it's worthy of note.



If no one else has said "The Thrill is Gone,", then I suppose I will. That song is incredible.

[Niveous]

I want to say "Key to the Highway," but that's more Eric Clapton than B.B. King (Clapton recorded a version with Derek & the Dominos and a couple of solo versions of his own before this duet with B.B.). Still, I think it's worthy of note.

I agree with that.

[Jerkatorium]

The Thrill Is Gone.