The thrill is gone

[99cobrablack]

Lost a good one, rest in peace b.b. King.

 

[bokyo1987]

The King of Blues... May he rest in peace.

 

[Blown 89]

R.i.P.

 

[oldmodman]

Sure listened to a lot of his music over the decades.

Lucille. She made such sweet sounds.

In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In order to heat the hall, a barrel half-filled with kerosene was lit, a fairly common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began to fight, knocking over the burning barrel and sending burning fuel across the floor. The hall burst into flames, and the building was evacuated. Once outside, King realized that he had left his guitar inside so he went back into the burning building to retrieve his beloved $30 Gibson guitar. Two men died in the fire, and King learned the next day that they had been fighting over a woman named Lucille. King subsequently named that first guitar Lucille, as well as every guitar he has owned since, as a reminder never again to do something as stupid as run into a burning building or fight over women.[1][2]

B.B. King wrote a song called "Lucille" in which he talks about his guitar and how it got its name. The song was first released as part of Lucille and is included on the B. B. King Anthology 1962–1998 album.

 

[HEMIHUNTER]

Sad news

 

[Deceptive]

Sad to lose such an icon

 

[silver2001cobra]

Yeah, we lost a good one. Rip

 

[Coiled03]

Aww....hell no.

 

[Blk04L]

Been a bad couple of weeks for talented musicians. First Ben King and now BB King.

RIP

 

[Willie2]

RIP Blues Boy. Glad I got to visit his museum earlier this year.

 

[ssssnake]

Sure listened to a lot of his music over the decades.

Lucille. She made such sweet sounds.

In the winter of 1949, King played at a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. In order to heat the hall, a barrel half-filled with kerosene was lit, a fairly common practice at the time. During a performance, two men began to fight, knocking over the burning barrel and sending burning fuel across the floor. The hall burst into flames, and the building was evacuated. Once outside, King realized that he had left his guitar inside so he went back into the burning building to retrieve his beloved $30 Gibson guitar. Two men died in the fire, and King learned the next day that they had been fighting over a woman named Lucille. King subsequently named that first guitar Lucille, as well as every guitar he has owned since, as a reminder never again to do something as stupid as run into a burning building or fight over women.[1][2]

B.B. King wrote a song called "Lucille" in which he talks about his guitar and how it got its name. The song was first released as part of Lucille and is included on the B. B. King Anthology 1962–1998 album.

I don't think anyone but B.B. should play Lucille. Hopefully, she'll be put on display for all to see. What a team. RIP

 

[ViciousJay]

RIP, i'll say this living till 89 is no easy task ha

 

[James Snover]

B.B. King lit a fire and showed how to make it burn bright. It's up to the new kids now, to see if they can keep it burning. Fortunately, Blues music seems to be undergoing a renaissance, it has never been more popular than now and there is a lot of great new talent. And there's always that kid in a barn, somewhere, practicing on old rusty strings, waiting to hit it big.

 

[DJinAC]

Rest in Peace BB.

 

[MTBSully]

Grew up listening to him, and I was born in 1990. Really made me appreciate the blues. RIP

 

[32ValveRom]

Wow, rip

 

[Lambeau]

RIP B.B.

My son and I had the honor of seeing B.B. King at the legendary Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA back on October 5, 2013. At that time, dementia had set in and B.B. was on stage for about 1-1/2 hours... He performed about 4 songs during that time and spoke to the crowd. The band idled but would pick-it-up when B.B. started up for a few versus…

We were just happy to be in the presence of B.B.,"The King Of The BBlues".

Our son received a guitar pick and lapel pin from B.B. that night.

I got the concert memorabilia framed along with an autographed album and pieces of the dance floor from The Surf…

 

[CobraRed01]

Rip bb

 

[CobraBob]

Heard the sad news yesterday as well. RIP, BB!

 

[RedRocketMike]

I was blasting up the CT-15 in Connecticut in the middle of the night when I heard the news. My first thought was "the guy is still alive!?" It's awesome that he had the life he did for as long as he did. I wonder how many of his 15 children he outlived.