B.B. King Music

Origin: Indianola, MS

Decades: 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and 2000's

Universally hailed as the reigning king of the blues, the legendary B.B. King is without a doubt the single most important electric guitarist of the last half century. A contemporary blues guitar solo without at least a couple of recognizable King-inspired bent notes is all but unimaginable, and he remains a supremely confident singer capable of wringing every nuance from any lyric (and he's tried his hand at many an unlikely song, anybody recall his version of "Love Me Tender?"). Yet B.B. King remains an... Read More

Django Reinhardt, Lonnie Johnson and T-Bone Walker Quintet

Eric Clapton, Albert King, Canned Heat, Shuggie Otis, Fleetwood Mac, Rufus Thomas, Little Milton, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Freddie King, Luther Allison, Robert Cray, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Z.Z. Hill, Jimmie Vaughan, Gary Moore and Smokin' Joe Kubek