Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BB King would have turned 100 today, and to mark the occasion, Joe Bonamassa has announced an all-star album celebrating the life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He was the one to influence the greats, from O.G. Chicago blues phenoms such as Buddy Guy, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, the British ...

B. B. King died Thursday night in Las Vegas at the age of 89. He was one of the greatest, most influential guitarists in music history – and one of the most unusual. King never really mastered chords.

A month ago, on February 16th, a group of some of the greatest living blues musicians gathered at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, to celebrate the music of the late, great B.B. King.

Discussions about early rock ‘n’ roll and blues music often center around the likes of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles, respectively, despite B.B. King being an integral player in either genre. This ...

Willie Nelson‘s official Instagram recently posted a throwback clip of the Red Headed Stranger performing “Night Life” with the legendary B.B. King, and fans are getting emotional about it. The clip, ...

Sept. 16, 2025, will be a milestone in the history of Memphis and American music, as it marks what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday. To all who ever heard him play, King was the one true ...

Sixty-six years passed from the time in 1948 when Riley King auditioned for a spot on Sonny Boy Williamson's radio program, until his final performance at the House of Blues on October 3, 2014 in ...

One of B.B. King‘s iconic Gibson electric guitars — each affectionately nicknamed “Lucille” — will soon hit the auction block. The late blues musician’s black ES-345 prototype, a gift from the guitar ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Google honored music legend B.B. King on his birthday with a custom ...

BB King’s influence on blues guitar is immeasurable but we could begin to count the ways in which he shaped the art form, in the players who sought out his tutelage and counsel, who absorbed his ...