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, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He was 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p. |
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But no one could play the blues like B.B. King, who Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care. Although he kept performing well into his 80s, the 15-time Grammy winner suffered from diabetes and other problems. He collapsed during a concert in Chicago last October, later blaming dehydration and exhaustion. |
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LAS VEGAS: B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He as 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9. |
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Las Vegas - BB King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late on Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He as 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 21:40 PDT. |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that "as long as people have problems, the blues can never die." But no one could play the blues like B.B. King, who Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care. |
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Las Vegas: B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He as 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died.... |
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As a boy he worked as a cotton picker. "Cotton surrounded my life and invaded my dreams," he recalled. "I saw it, felt it, dealt with it every day in a thousand ways." In the six months between harvesting and planting he would walk five miles and back each day to sit with the 86 other pupils who shared a single teacher at Elkhorn School. |
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But no one could play the blues like B.B. King, who Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care. Although he kept performing well into his 80s, the 15-time Grammy winner suffered from diabetes and other problems. He collapsed during a concert in Chicago last October, later blaming dehydration and exhaustion. |
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B.B. King performs at the Denver Botanic Gardens on Aug. 11, 2014. Photo by Seth McConnell, heyreverb.com. BY KEN RITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS. LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the.... |
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The Mississippi native's reign as "king of the blues" lasted more than six decades and straddled two centuries, influencing a generation of rock and blues musicians, from Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to Sheryl Crow and John Mayer.
His life was the subject of the documentary "B.B. King: The Life of Riley," and the inspiration for the The B. |
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LAS VEGAS. B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He as 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p. |
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