Bb King

October 16, 1977 – John Clayton Mayer simply known as John Mayer, American singer, songwriter & guitarist is 42. Happy Birthday Sir

Stevie Ray Vaughan who would have turned 65 today, has duetted with a myriad of blues and non blues artists. We have selected twelve of them : Johnny Copeland, Buddy Guy, BB King, Dick Dale, Albert King, Jeff Healey, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lonnie Mack , Night Music Band, Jeff Beck, Colin James, Albert Collins Here, […]

In the excellent ‘Live At Greek‘ album, released today in 2016, Joe Bonamassa pays a tribute to the ‘Three Kings’ : Albert King, B.B.King and Freddie King. We searched our archives for the original audio and video versions and mirrored the Bonamassa’s ‘LAG’ album. Here are ‘Bonamassa’s Role Models’

September 23, 2003 – BB King is in New York at “Live By Request” where the set list is determined by viewer phone calls. Jeff Beck is due to join him on three songs.

B.B. King’s ‘Live in Cook County Jail’ is a live album recorded on September 10, 1970 in Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois and released In 1971 By Mca. Track Listing : 1.Introductions – 01:50 . 2.Every Day I Have The Blues (Memphis Slim) – 01:43 . 3.How Blue Can You Get? (Jane Feather, Leonard Feather) […]

September 5, 2012 – the rumour says that Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi who are the opening act plus John Mayer who is in town may join BB King for his finale at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles

Albert King’s ‘In Session’ is an album recorded live for Canadian television with Stevie Ray Vaughan and released on August 17, 1999 by Stax Records. Track listing : 1.Call It Stormy Monday (Aaron “T-Bone” Walker) – 08:59 . 2.Old Times – 1:15 . 3.Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) – 05:57 . 4.Ask Me No […]

August 11, 2013 – BB King and Peter Frampton will share the bill (and eventually play together) at Wolf Traps Performing Arts Center in Vienna Virginia

This day (July 30, 1936), in Lettsworth, Louisiana, is born Buddy Guy, an American blues guitarist and singer.

July 3, 2006 – BB King has invited all his friends at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland. Among them, John McLaughlin

June 28, 1990 – BB King and his band are at Estival Jazz Lugano, Switzerland

June 26, 2010 – Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival takes place in Chicago. BB King, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Warren Hayes, Citizen Cope and many others will be there

Albert King’s ‘Live Wire Blues Power’ is an album recorded live on June 26, 1968 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and released by By Stax Records. Track Listing : 1.Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock) – 04:04 . 2.Blues Power (Albert King) – 10:18 . 3.Night Stomp (Raymond Jackson, Albert King) – 05:49 . 4.Blues […]

This day (June 23, 2013), in Memphis, Tennessee, died Bobby Blue Bland, a;k.a. the Lion of the Blues an American singer of blues and soul.

‘Riding with the King’ by Eric Clapton & B.B. King is their first collaborative album released on June 13, 2000 by Duck / Reprise. Track Listing : 1.Riding With The King (John Hiatt) – 04:23 . 2.Ten Long Years (Jules Taub, B.B. King) – 04:40 . 3.Key To The Highway (Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar) […]

This day (May 28, 1944), in Atlanta, Georgia, is born Gladys Knight

May 28, 2014 – BB King makes a stop at Lifestyle Communities Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio

April 28, 2013 – BB King is at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

April 27, 1991 – BB King is at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

April 22, 1988 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and BB King will share the stage aboard S.S. Presidente during the “Jazz & Heritage Festival” in New Orleans, LA