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Topic: B.B. King |
Jim Mathis
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Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2005 11:43 am |
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| Did anyone else see the interview with BB King in the Wall Street Journal this week. He said he always loved the steel guitar and tried to get that sound into his blues. |
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Dale Bessant
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Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 17 Sep 2005 11:56 am
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| No didnt hear that, but B.B. was the big "80" on Sept. 16...one of the nicest, musicians you will ever find........It wouldn't surprise me he likes the sound as he was one of the first to "bend"strings on the 6 string... [This message was edited by Dale Bessant on 17 September 2005 at 01:00 PM.] |
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Herby Wallace
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Sevierville, TN, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Sep 2005 6:34 pm
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I got to meet B.B. in Las Vegas in 1975. I was working the Hilton with Donna Fargo and B.B. was working the lounge at the same hotel. We were there for 2 weeks so some of us in Donna's band went down to see his show one night and we met him backstage. B.B. invited us up to his suite and I must say that to this day was one of the nicest people I have ever met in the music business. Anyhow, the next night he came and watched our show and he commented to me that he had always liked and appreciated steel guitar, which meant so much coming from him.
Herby Wallace
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 19 Sep 2005 8:52 pm
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| In his autobiography he said the same thing about steel guitar influencing his blues style. Imagine if someone had put a steel guitar in his hands way back when. |
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Joy Wofford
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Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2005 10:00 am
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I don't usually watch the Jay Leno show, but was flipping thru channels last night, and Jay was just introducing B.B. King! What luck.....he performed his famous The Thrill is Gone...man, nobody plays or sings like this guy. Then he signed Jay's new motorcycle....I'd like to know what that thing is worth! Jay asked him his age, and B.B. said he was the big 80. Wow, he hasn't lost a beat.
Joy |
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