Orka Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32747861 goodnight and farewell to the king of blues, you certainly will not be forgotten. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rounoush Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Farewell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Losin the greats. Liked his version of 'Thrill' he did with Ms Chapman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Along with SRV and James Brown, one of the legends I feel honoured to have been able to see. RIP bluesy soul brother. Lucille sleeps alone tonight. The Thrill Is Gone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fk2prKnYnI&sns=em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van_City123 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 RIP to one of the greats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 A guy like Clapton must feel the weight of so many contemporaries/influences passing, some of them so young(& long ago)... BB JJ Cale was it Bruce or Baker, from Cream? George Harrison SRV even Duane Allman(Derek & Dominoes) The memories these guys must have shared! They were living Gods back in the hippie-heyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Even Gretzky's hands weren't slicker than this. Classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOnzDKvn7YI&sns=em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Passed before his time. No matter how young. Heaven sounds better today... Saw Mavis Staples & BB King once in Chicago. Life changing, awe inspiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Proof that legends walk the Earth, and play guitar. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svengali Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 This is the first Off Topic "Death Thread" I've cared to post in ... Anyway, I copied his butterfly vibrato maneuver as a teenager and it has resulted in me thinking of him for a split second pretty much every single day for many many years. Huge impact on my playing. And I'm sure as hell not the only one that this happens to. Massive icon. And 89 years is fantastic, nothing to be sad about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 When i was young people would ask me to play gospel and sometimes they would tip me..When i was young people would ask me to play the blues and sometimes they would tip me and give me a beer. RIP bluesman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 In the '80s I had the pleasure of seeing B a couple of times in an intimate club setting here in Edmonton. He was a real gentleman and a master musician. Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 A huge loss to music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 The man is gone, but his works will last forever. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharnhayre Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Rest in Paradise! The skies have another legend to serenade the loved ones we have lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 This is a huge loss. RIP BB. I hope Lucille ends up in the Smithsonian or someplace equally worthy. Favorite line from BB King: (to The Edge) "I don't play chords"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Another great legend....RIP.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Prolific guitar riffs. BB King was my main inspiration for learning guitar in my youth. I vividly remember begging my Mum for an electric guitar because I couldn't play blues chords on the nylon string classical POS guitar I started on. I had to struggle with that thing for a year before she would even consider an upgrade (probably helped me immensely in the long run). When it was finally time to upgrade, I desperately wanted a Epiphone ES-335 because of BB King, but it was too much money. I bought my first ES 335 from The Captain (aye aye and goodbye) in the early 90's and I still have it. I literally scrimped, saved and traded any worldly possession of value I had to The Captain as trade for it. I would tape myself playing 12 bar blues on my cassette recorder and mimic BB King solos repeatedly. RIP BB King. One of the originators of Rock, the God Father of modern blues and proof people with stubby fingers (like me) can play with the best of them. You can keep your Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, BB King had more soul than those two freaky long fingers combined. It's tough to be sad when someone lives to 89, but selfishly I am truly sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Prolific guitar riffs. BB King was my main inspiration for learning guitar in my youth. I vividly remember begging my Mum for an electric guitar because I couldn't play blues chords on the nylon string classical POS guitar I started on. I had to struggle with that thing for a year before she would even consider an upgrade (probably helped me immensely in the long run). When it was finally time to upgrade, I desperately wanted a Epiphone ES-335 because of BB King, but it was too much money. I bought my first ES 335 from The Captain (aye aye and goodbye) in the early 90's and I still have it. I literally scrimped, saved and traded any worldly possession of value I had to The Captain as trade for it. I would tape myself playing 12 bar blues on my cassette recorder and mimic BB King solos repeatedly. RIP BB King. One of the originators of Rock, the God Father of modern blues and proof people with stubby fingers (like me) can play with the best of them. You can keep your Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, BB King had more soul than those two freaky long fingers combined. It's tough to be sad when someone lives to 89, but selfishly I am truly sad. No question BB is one of the Godfathers of blues Guitar. Vai and Satriani are in a completely different spectrum and guitar God's in their own right. Their technical mastery is mind blowing. No doubt they hold BB in the highest regard I love my vintage Epiphone LPC. So much resonance and sustain :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I saw him in Victoria a couple of years ago, the guy was old enough to talk of white water and black water fountains because he was there, man did the world change a lot during his life. Heck of a guitarist, also seemed like a truly good guy. he used to come up to the bridge of the ferries over to Victoria, never heard a crew man say a bad thing about him, true class. Not many of the old blues guard left now, I'd say John Mayall maybe the oldest most famous/accomplished on the planet, I figure Clapton for being a bit younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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