B.B. King
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How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings
By Phil Weller published
When the King speaks, his subjects listen

When a 13-year-old Jimmie Vaughan was stopped from watching B.B. King play, another blues great came to his aid
By Phil Weller published
Vaughan wanted to watch his guitar hero play live for the first time – and another hero saved the day
![B.B. King [left] cups his hands to his ear as he asks the crowd for more. Joe Bonamassa, with a Les Paul, gives his crowd a thumbs up.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3XrQLh86C27JfPp4AGp6n-320-80.jpg)
“I met him in 1990 when I was 13 years old. We became lifelong friends”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to B.B. King
By Joe Bonamassa published
Bonamassa says King was the kind of player who could say it all with one note – “Just one stinging vibrato and you know it can only be him”

A B.B. King biopic is on the way – and it will chronicle the blues legend's life, legacy and Lucille
By Phil Weller published
The film will chart B.B. King’s rise from extreme poverty to global stardom – and his life-long partnership with his iconic ES-355 will be at the heart of it all

Joe Bonamassa once called Eric Clapton his favorite guitar player of all time. Now, the two blues greats are set to collaborate on a B.B. King classic
By Janelle Borg published
Bonamassa's star-studded tribute project to B.B. King – B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 – is set to be released in February, with collaborators including Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, Larkin Poe and Jimmie Vaughan

Meet Dino Muradian, the pyrographer who makes a living burning artwork into stars’ guitars
By Phil Weller published
Defecting from his home country by flying himself over the border, the Romanian pilot wound up making guitar art for Metallica, B.B. King and the ESP Custom Shop

Joe Bonamassa announces a landmark B.B. King tribute album with a jaw-dropping roster of collaborators
By Janelle Borg published
B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 features Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, George Benson, Slash, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Larkin Poe, and Warren Haynes

Carlos Santana on soul singer phrasing, the spiritual essence of playing and “visitations” from B.B. King, Miles Davis and SRV
By Amit Sharma published
Single-cuts are like merlot, solos are like grapefruit… the inimitable, peerless Carlos Santana shares stories from his legendary career and insights from the cosmos
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