Riley B. King. People have learned many things from this amazing musician. He sings and plays the blues. His fans are a part of him. When blues lovers think of the blues they think of B.B. King. Riley B. King nicknamed King of the Blues, had his share of struggles, awards and many other things yet to come, because he is still making an impact with his music by playing around the world for his fans.
Finding who he really is . B.B. King performed on the street and learned he made more money when he sang the blues (Lester, 2001). In 1947 B.B. King left Mississippi to start his dream on Beale Street. If B.B. King wanted something he went after it and almost always accomplished it. He was nicknamed the Beale Street Blues Boy, Blues Boy …show more content…
King plays at a lot of venues throughout the world. King performs two to three hundred nights a year (Freeland, 2006). In the mid-’50s B.B. performed three hundred one-nighters a year. Now he only performs about one hundred performances a year, but they are always full houses. Every year in the first week of June King plays for the children of Indianola Mississippi. B.B. King states “That it is and always has been the highlight of the year” (Parham, 2007)
King has shared his talent, guitar playing, and his interesting life to many people all over the world. King formed some fresh new interests , by aperture B.B. King’s Blues Club in Memphis. He performed into the 1990s. The most popular things he sang were Simpsons Sing the Blues and Yakety Yak (Take it Back). He also published a book called Blues All Around Me (Blackwell, 2014). Archie Fair taught Riley B. King the guitar which is what started all the music in his life (Lester, …show more content…
was influenced by jazz musicians from the 1940s. From the musicians he learned many many technical skills, and then mastered these, then they slowly mutated into his own sound. The 5th Beatle, George Martin influenced King by playing his guitar with the rest to the Beatles's. Influenced by Lester Young to play and sing differently, but instead of playing the guitar he plays the tenor saxophone (McGee, 2005). Riley King learned from a few different blues, and jazz musicians, a few are T-Bone Walker, Charli Christian, and Django Reinhardt. B.B. immensely changed the vibration of Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, by using the characteristics in his music but still made it his own (Blackwell, 2014). Riley started listening to the blues and jazz legends on Handy’s Park which is adjacent to Beale Street when he just moved to Memphis, Tennessee (McGee, 2005). Riley B. King has changed people through his music and singing.
Lucille, his favorite guitar was in a burning house and he ran into the fire to rescue his guitar. After B.B. King saved it he heard two men fighting about a lady whose name was Lucille. So he thought if she was worth fighting over that it would be a good name for his guitar (McGee, 2005). Lucille his famous Gibson electric guitar is a part of his and his fan’s lives as well. Lucille is his trademark and most favorite guitar which has influenced many blues, jazz, and rock music (Blackwell,
Finding who he really is . B.B. King performed on the street and learned he made more money when he sang the blues (Lester, 2001). In 1947 B.B. King left Mississippi to start his dream on Beale Street. If B.B. King wanted something he went after it and almost always accomplished it. He was nicknamed the Beale Street Blues Boy, Blues Boy …show more content…
King plays at a lot of venues throughout the world. King performs two to three hundred nights a year (Freeland, 2006). In the mid-’50s B.B. performed three hundred one-nighters a year. Now he only performs about one hundred performances a year, but they are always full houses. Every year in the first week of June King plays for the children of Indianola Mississippi. B.B. King states “That it is and always has been the highlight of the year” (Parham, 2007)
King has shared his talent, guitar playing, and his interesting life to many people all over the world. King formed some fresh new interests , by aperture B.B. King’s Blues Club in Memphis. He performed into the 1990s. The most popular things he sang were Simpsons Sing the Blues and Yakety Yak (Take it Back). He also published a book called Blues All Around Me (Blackwell, 2014). Archie Fair taught Riley B. King the guitar which is what started all the music in his life (Lester, …show more content…
was influenced by jazz musicians from the 1940s. From the musicians he learned many many technical skills, and then mastered these, then they slowly mutated into his own sound. The 5th Beatle, George Martin influenced King by playing his guitar with the rest to the Beatles's. Influenced by Lester Young to play and sing differently, but instead of playing the guitar he plays the tenor saxophone (McGee, 2005). Riley King learned from a few different blues, and jazz musicians, a few are T-Bone Walker, Charli Christian, and Django Reinhardt. B.B. immensely changed the vibration of Duke Ellington, and Count Basie, by using the characteristics in his music but still made it his own (Blackwell, 2014). Riley started listening to the blues and jazz legends on Handy’s Park which is adjacent to Beale Street when he just moved to Memphis, Tennessee (McGee, 2005). Riley B. King has changed people through his music and singing.
Lucille, his favorite guitar was in a burning house and he ran into the fire to rescue his guitar. After B.B. King saved it he heard two men fighting about a lady whose name was Lucille. So he thought if she was worth fighting over that it would be a good name for his guitar (McGee, 2005). Lucille his famous Gibson electric guitar is a part of his and his fan’s lives as well. Lucille is his trademark and most favorite guitar which has influenced many blues, jazz, and rock music (Blackwell,