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Went to see BB in Louisville sat. night & all I can say is wow!!!

Kim got me tix last year for the B day. Great outdoor show! Talks more than he plays, but he can still get the riffs out and has an AMAZING backing band!

He does talk alot but I didn't mind @ all. He won't be around forever & I'm tickled to death to have watched the legend in person.

I saw him the first time in SandyEggo California back in 1973. WOW is a good word. Kenny Loggins and Jimmy Messina opened up for him.

I saw him a couple of years ago when he came to Chattanooga.

BRILLIANT. Cant think of any other word to describe him.

BB Trivia -- The very large (5x?) type horn player (if he's still with him) is his nephew, Walter Riley King.

In 06 he said his touring days were over. At age 81, with Diabetes, it's a miracle he can still perform. A living legend indeed.

I think they called Walter "bugaloo"

I saw him for the third time last November in Spingfield, MA for my birthday.
He does still put on a good show!

Very large horn? You mean a bari?
I've seen him 3 times now too, great show for sure!

No - very large man, like, size 5x-tra large - Think nearly the girth of BB, (but not quite) and add 10 or 12" of height

I can't remember what he plays.

Last time I saw BB King's band, (when he headlined for an Alligator records tour, but I don't think that's his label) he had an old guitar player with him who looked around 110 years old, and played a few licks per stanza. You couldn't hear him, but that's OK. Maybe an old friend who needed the work or something to do?

I think Martin's Talking about the large sized trumpet player.
"Boog-A-loo"?

I worked a lot of shows w/BB when I was with JW. He is a true
ambassador of the blues. After a show, he'd sit in a dressing
room, and personally greet everyone who lined up backstage to
meet him. At times, there were well over 100 people lined up.
And he wouldn't leave, until he'd said hi to everyone.

Not to mention his feel for the blues,
Uncle Charlie

Ah yes the trumpet player! Robert Randoph had a trumpet player like that. He only came out for a couple tunes. I think they called him Tiny or something.... Anyway, he rolled out to the front of the stage, blew the roof off the houses across the bay from Jones Beach, and then left. IT was awesome.

I thought I was the BB King...

har har har, you are so easy.....

How could you call yourself the "King"??? Your wife's bike is faster than your's. har,har back at ya!

OMG! yota CRUNCHED the Pat-Master!!

Your wife's bike..... LMAO!!!



Uh....., this won't effect my learning/you telling the carb specs will it?

Pat.......? Hello?

I think that was a crunch with a capital K.

did'nt you just go and see Eric Clapton last week? Jeez, lots of concerts in Kentucky....going to see G3 tonight in Atlanta at the Tabernacle (Joe Satriani and co)...

I really love music & try to catch every show I can.

Told Lynn about you seeing BB and she said she saw him in Satellite Beach a handful of years ago. Man, I wish I could see him in concert.

last yr, we were on our way northward after working all day and got as far as Valdosta Ga. stopped in for a nights sleep and ask about the activities at the amusement pk they have there. the girl at the desk told us the price for admission and the activities and that it was a nice park and worth the $$ but that as an added feature the next day, for the price of admision to the park included a B.B.King concert......what did you say??? for one small price, i can play at the park all day AND see Riley??? well ma'am can i book my room for another night??? we were a day behind schedule for our trip, but i dont think Mrs. Newt minded at all hahahahahahaha WHAT A SHOW!!!!! one of my all time favorites and we just stumbled into it. sometimes ya just git lucky, even if the times are few hahahahahahaha

now!!! if i could just stumble into a Joe Bonamassa concert, my going to concert's life would be complete hahahahahahaha

BB King is a showman in the truest sense of the word, he's not half baaad with a guitar either. He rode a purple bus into Missoula, maybe the best show I've seen, maybe 8 years ago. He actually played on a stage below a bridge "down by the river"

jh