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It's kind of weird when you find a Video Clip with not only the Artists that were on a record you worked, but also the TV Host mentioning how great the album is. But that's what's happening here, the late DON CORNEILUS introducing: B.B. KING and BOBBY BLUE BLAND on Sou...

B.B. King & Bobby Blue Bland - The Thrill Is Gone (1977)

In the mid-70s word came down that B.B. (Blues Boy) King was releasing a new single of "The Thrill Is Gone." It seemed kind of strange. It hadn’t been that long since his original record of the song had been rele...

The Thrill is Gone -  B.B. at the Crossroads Festival

I was covering a B.B. King concert at a big Club one weekend. B.B.’s agent joined me and we went out for a nice dinner during the first half of the show. We knew B.B. would start on time and take his break almo...

The world lost one of the great bluesmen of all time on Thursday. The official B.B. King website is reporting that he died peacefully in his sleep May 14. He was 89.

King, pictured here with his beloved guitar "Lucille," was one of the most influential guitarists to ha...