B.B. King Proflie
October 7th, 2009
Photo: Stawiarz/Getty Born
September 16th, 1925
Key Tracks
“The Thrill Is Gone,” “Every Day I Have the Blues,” “Early in the Morning,” “Ain’t Nobody Home”
Influenced
Eric CLapton, Ben Harper
“The beauty of B.B. is that the guitar playing is an extension of his voice,” says the Allman Brothers Band’s Derek Trucks, a longtime fan of King. “He’s the embodiment of [...]