Full Coverage: Blues legend B.B. King | 1925-2015
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He was born Riley B. King on Sept. 16, 1925, on a cotton plantation between Itta Bena and Indianola, Miss. King went on to tap his music and oversized personality to transcend the typical limitations of the blues, forging an international identity as a beloved cultural ambassador.
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No single aspect of his talent earned B.B.
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Check out any guitarist at a nightclub, arena or recording studio, and chances are the sound you hear is being colored by an array of effects pedals that add distortion, echo, phase-shifting, wah-wah cries and more.
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The late blues musician B.B.
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B.B. King is best known for his blues riffs, but he had a way with words too.
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To guitar aficionados and blues fans, the name Lucille evokes the sweet, piercing electric tones of B.B.
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