B.B. King

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Buddy Guy performs during the 52nd annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Buddy Guy just turned 90, but he still remembers the guitar lesson that changed everything

By Adam Levy Published

The future blues legend wanted to learn how Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker played. His high school music teacher had other ideas.

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American singer, songwriter and guitarist B.B. King (1925-2015) performs live on stage playing a Gibson ES-355 guitar named Lucille at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana on 9 May 1982.
B.B. King on his trick for getting more sounds out of your guitar

By Christopher Scapelliti last updated

The King offered invaluable advice that any guitarist can put to use

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American Blues musician BB King plays guitar as he performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, June 21, 1980.
Joe Bonamassa on the most overlooked aspect of B.B. King's guitar genius

By Phil Weller Published

Bonamassa‘s all-star tribute album to the King is out today

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Stevie Wonder during a photo session in Griffith Park on September 15, 1972 in Los Angeles, California.
Session guitar legend Dean Parks on his historic hit recordings with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, and B.B. King

By Joe Matera Published

His classic licks can be heard across some of the artists’ biggest albums of the 1970s and ’80s

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LEFT: Joe Bonamassa performs on stage as part of his British Blues Explosion tour, special tribute tour to Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page at the Old Royal Naval College on July 7, 2016 in Greenwich, England. RIGHT: Eric Clapton performs at the Royal Albert Hall on May 07, 2022 in London, England.
Joe Bonamassa on the artist who demanded Eric Clapton play “The Thrill Is Gone” — and why only an icon can tackle the B.B. King hit

By Phil Weller Published

Joe calls his tribute to King "a labor of love," but fans will have to wait for the album's release to hear it's most exciting collaboration

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Blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy performs on October 25, 2018 in Heichal HaTarbut, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Buddy Guy on the one thing every guitar player needs to play the blues

By Adam Levy Published

“There’s some things they do that I wish I had known!” the blues guitar icon says of a few select guitar heroes who followed in his footsteps

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Best blues guitars: my pick of the best guitars for playing blues

By Daryl Robertson last updated

Get your best pentatonic licks ready for the top blues guitars from Gibson, Fender, Yamaha, and more

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Buddy Guy stands outside Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago Illinois, January 26, 2024.
Buddy Guy’s wild tales about Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and the Bassman that got left on the runway

By Jimmy Leslie Published

At nearly 90, Guy has seen and performed with some of guitar's greatest in blues and rock, and experienced the crazy ups and downs of touring

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DK Harrell performs during the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 04, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
How D.K. Harrell kickstarted a one-man blues guitar revival

By Joe Bosso Published

“I want to grab people and make them feel good,” Harrell says. “Blues songs don’t have to be sad to resonate"

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CIRCA 1967: 1967, New York, New York City, Eric Clapton, B.B, King, Elvin Bishop.
B.B. King on the night in 1967 when he jammed with Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix

By Christopher Scapelliti, Andy Ellis last updated

The night marked the moment King recognized his influence on the new generation of blues guitarists — but he had no bitterness for his years in obscurity

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