Rabs Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 WOW.. I didnt even know this was coming BB King: The Life of Riley will be released in movie theaters across the U.K. on October 15. The movie is directed and produced by Jon Brewer, and tells the story of how young B.B. went from being a Mississippi cotton farmer to becoming King of the Blues. Morgan Freeman serves as the movies narrator and it includes contributions by the likes of Eric Clapton, Slash, and Bill Wyman. Brewer also had full access to B.B.'s friends and family while making the movie. B.B. King's guitar of choice for most of his career has been the Gibson ES-355. King has named every guitar that he's played Lucille, which refers to an event from his early career where two men who were fighting over a woman by that name inadvertently knocked over a barrel of kerosene and ended up burning down the dance hall where King was playing. Gibson launched the B.B. King Lucille model in 1980. Perhaps the most noticeable aspect of the Gibson B.B. King Lucille is the lack of F-holes - a feature that B.B. requested in order to minimize feedback. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTiRcC5reAE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl M Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 What a class act. That's must see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 What a class act. That's must see. Yeah.. Im really looking forward to this.. found another clip that makes me want to see it even more :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcIS5UxTOSE&feature=relmfu make that two :) (no more I wanna see the whole thing) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-bSnuO4qE&feature=relmfu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 This is my favorite BB King saying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrn9RaqzwpQ&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Got to see that. God bless B.B.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 You ever get the feeling if Morgan Freeman was narrating your day you'd have an EPIC day? Cool vids. Informative. I never was curious about him before, ironically. It was Blind Lemon at my house as blues went, along with Winter. Mom never liked BB for some reason so I never got to listen to him. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 B.B.! Gosh, what can one say, that hasn't been said a million (or more) times! He's IS unique, and IMHO, a true "National Treasure!" My first ever, "blues" concert, was B.B. King, in K.C. Missouri (3-19-1973) at the old "Cowtown Ballroom. No advanced seating, so you could go right up to the stage, and watch. I was one of the very few "white" people, there. It didn't matter a damn, either. The only thing anyone was interested in, was BB! Ladies took off their underwear, and tossed it on stage. These were not teens, or even 20 somethings...they were 30-40 somethings, by in large. One lady tossed some red panties, and they landed on the head-stock, of his Lucille. BB never missed a note, he was so "in the zone," I don't think he even noticed it, until he finished the song. Then, he just gave a big smile, waved, and said: "Thank You, Darlin'...and, went into the next song! That was great, for a young, white (wanting to learn "the blues") guitar player, to see! ;>) CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looks like a good flick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Ive really got to go and see this, Im a huge fan of BB. Ive started teaching guitar to my housemates and a few days ago introduced them to blues music. I think this would be great as a learning tool for them to understand more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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