We play a lot of blues music on this podcast, primarily since I (Steve) love the blues. As such, I asked the guys if it was cool that we dedicate this show to blues legend BB King (website; Wikipedia; CNN tribute video) since he passed away on Thursday. Their answer was a resounding, “Yes!”.
The music chosen for the intro today evokes that guy, Riley B. King, who became known by his stage name B.B. King (he got the “BB” starting out since people called him “Blues Boy King”). He was an American Hall of Fame blues singer, songwriter and guitarist with over 50 albums and 15 Grammy awards. Rolling Stone ranked King number 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. RIP BB King.
Videos: Riding With The King with Eric Clapton and The Thrill is Gone a few years ago and BB performing that same song in 1971 when he was 46 years old.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Slow Blues BJ by Paulman Paragon under a Creative Commons License.
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