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Etwas Musik mit ihm:

BB King & Bobby Blue Bland - The thrill is gone - 1977
auf YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUyKrNzW3Pc


und wer er auch war:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.B._King

Personal life[edit]
King was married twice, to Martha Lee Denton, 1946 to 1952, and to Sue Carol Hall, 1958 to 1966. Both marriages ended because of the heavy demands made on the marriage by King's 250 performances a year.[13] It is reported that he has fathered 15 children and, as of 2004, had 50 grandchildren.[13] He lived with Type II diabetes for over 20 years and was a high-profile spokesman in the fight against the disease, appearing in advertisements for diabetes-management products along with American Idol season 9 contestant Crystal Bowersox.[41][83]
King was an FAA certificated Private Pilot and learned to fly in 1963 at what was then Chicago Hammond Airport in Lansing, Illinois.[84][85] He frequently flew to gigs, but under the advice of his insurance company and manager in 1995, King was asked to fly only with another certificated pilot; and as a result, King stopped flying around the age of 70.[86]

His favorite singer was Frank Sinatra. In his autobiography King spoke about how he was a "Sinatra nut" and how he went to bed every night listening to Sinatra's classic album In the Wee Small Hours. King credited Sinatra for opening doors to black entertainers who were not given the chance to play in "white-dominated" venues; Sinatra got B.B. King into the main clubs in Las Vegas during the 1960s

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Eric Clapton zum Tode von BB King

Heute Abend - B.B. King - The Life of Riley (125 Min) Dokumentation.

21:55 Uhr auf arte oder um 23:35 Uhr auf BR.

Ich habe ihn noch live erleben dürfen. Wenn er gesungen hat, dann hat er das Publikum angeschaut, und wenn er die Gitarre gespielt hat, hat er immer die Augen zu gemacht.
Der war genial!