{"id":6616,"date":"2015-05-15T01:13:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T08:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/?p=6616"},"modified":"2015-05-15T01:18:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T08:18:34","slug":"r-i-p-bb-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/r-i-p-bb-king\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. BB King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 14, 2015 marks the end of an era&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6618\" src=\"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/young-BB-King.jpg\" alt=\"young BB King\" width=\"250\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/young-BB-King.jpg 250w, https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/young-BB-King-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>BB King passed away quietly at his Las Vegas home, according to his daughter Patty. He had been in hospice for a couple of weeks after suffering from exhaustion and dehydration in Chicago on tour.<\/p>\n<p>Born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925 on a plantation near Indianola, Mississippi, BB King was a driving force behind blues music for the latter half of the 20th Century and well into the 21st.<\/p>\n<p>The first time I saw BB King perform I was about 20 years old and he played an outdoor festival in Orange County, California. I was struck by how tight his band was and his absolute command of an audience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It honestly felt like I had gone to my grandfather&#8217;s house and was just sitting listening to him spin wonderful tales of his life and music all wrapped up with some of the tastiest guitar playing ever.<\/p>\n<p>There certainly will never be another BB King and he will by sorely missed by this guitar player and millions more besides.<\/p>\n<p>A few of my favorites:<\/p>\n<p>Let The Good Times Roll:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-plugin-new youtube\" style=\"max-width:100%; width:560px; height:auto; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0; margin:0 auto;margin:0 auto; border: 0px solid #fff;margin-bottom: 20px;\"><div style=\"width:560px;height:0;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top:0;\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DYB5vLzEHvI?wmode=opaque&showinfo=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;vq=&amp;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Sweet Little Angel from a live 2003 performance<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-plugin-new youtube\" style=\"max-width:100%; width:560px; height:auto; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0; margin:0 auto;margin:0 auto; border: 0px solid #fff;margin-bottom: 20px;\"><div style=\"width:560px;height:0;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top:0;\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rdEaxrYsYnM?wmode=opaque&showinfo=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;vq=&amp;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Thrill Is Gone live from 1993<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-plugin-new youtube\" style=\"max-width:100%; width:560px; height:auto; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0; margin:0 auto;margin:0 auto; border: 0px solid #fff;margin-bottom: 20px;\"><div style=\"width:560px;height:0;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top:0;\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4fk2prKnYnI?wmode=opaque&showinfo=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;vq=&amp;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 14, 2015 marks the end of an era&#8230; BB King passed away quietly at his Las Vegas home, according to his daughter Patty. 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