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According to Gibson, "When it comes to guitars in movies, no guitar was more iconic or more influential than the Cherry Red ...
One of B.B. King‘s iconic Gibson electric guitars — each affectionately nicknamed “Lucille” — will soon hit the auction block. The late blues musician’s black ES-345 prototype ...
BB King sadly passed away ... greatest guitarist of all time, King has been described by critics as "synonymous with the blues". From how he learned guitar and the tragedies he overcame, to ...
In his 1996 autobiography, “Blues All Around Me,” King recalled being awed at first by the scene around Beale, where intermingling sounds of guitar ... bass tones. It failed to chart. “B.B ...
GROSS: When I spoke with B.B. King in 1996, his autobiography, "Blues All Around Me," had just been published. I asked him about his first guitar ... meaning if I had a bass player or keyboard ...
My favorite guitar player, B.B. King, died Thursday ... At 4:20, most of the musicians drop out, leaving a tugging but subtle bass line, a barely audible chugga-chugga rhythm guitar, and a ...
But from blues to country to rock, the most famous guitar might be B.B. King’s Lucille. Unlike other guitarists, King didn’t bestow the name Lucille upon a single guitar. Instead, he gave it ...
Freddie King, Albert King, and B.B. King, three undisputed ... Elevated Basement Studio) on guitar, Dominique Harris on drums, and Eric “Big E” Moore on bass. The band also boasts a Memphis ...
The guitar that kickstarted B.B. King’s career is going under the gavel at Guernsey’s this summer. The auction house’s Legends and Treasures sale, which will take place online on September ...