B.B. King

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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.
“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”

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B.B. King
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

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Eric Clapton and Joe Bonamassa perform on stage at the Royal Albert Hall on May 4, 2009 in London, England
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

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James Hetfield of Metallica during K-Rock DFP-7-Tarium at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, New Jersey, United States.
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

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B.B. King with a young Joe Bonamassa
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

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Carlos Santana wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white patterened shirt as he plays his signature salmon-colored PRS signature guitar.
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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Isaiah Sharkey performs during the 2025 Newport Jazz Festival at Fort Adams State Park on August 03, 2025 in Newport, Rhode Island
Isaiah Sharkey on what he learned about guitar soloing – after playing with the likes of John Mayer, D'Angelo and Paul Simon

By Janelle Borg Published

The singer-songwriter and sideman to the stars insists it all starts with “taking the ego out of it”

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BB King, Jimmy Rip, Buddy Guy, and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Rip remembers recording Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and more for one of the greatest all-star albums of all time

By Phil Weller Published

The project saw the producer and guitarist travel the world and record legendary players in unusual locations

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A montage image of Billy Gibbons in a blue suit playing a custom Gibson guitar and B.B. King onstage in 1968 with his Gibson ES-335, Lucille
Billy Gibbons shares the story of the “treasured moment” he sat in on a B.B. King session – as a child

By Matt Parker Published

Long before he got the chance to pick it up for himself, the ZZ Top man found himself in a truly formative session with an icon of electric guitar

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Cut-out black and white images of T-Bone Walker and B.B. King on a purple and blue background. Text reads 'Bl-azz?! Where blues meets jazz.'
Bend it like B.B.: What you can learn from these 6 blues and jazz guitar greats

By Alex Farran Published

Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of the jazz and blues icons

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