We Hear our First B.B King Song | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION!
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Welcome to The King. I am honored to have seen him live in an intimate venue. BTW, that’s not just a guitar… that, gentlemen, is the one & only Lucille.
Mid 80's in Reno, I saw him in that same type of venue, maybe 20 feet away...I'll never forget it!
B.B. actually had many Lucilles over the years.
@@jeffreyporter4678Each one was the one and only!
@@rubroken We had a table right on the stage for B.B. 's show in Houston at Rockefeller's. I took a girl and another couple joined us. The girl I was with drank so much during the show, but we got invited back stage after the show. She proceeded to tell B.B. that he needed to fire all his body guards because they were mean to her~~!!! I was behind her mouthing " I'm sorry Mr. King" as she ranted and he just signed her ticketstub and laughed, (The body guards were just doing their jobs & I never took her anywhere again):)
I had a ticket to see him at an outdoor venue in Toronto back in 1995, but caught the flu and couldn't go. My sister was screaming that she didn't understand how I could skip it, but the 104 degree fever won out!
From Songfacts: This was written and originally recorded by the blues musician Roy Hawkins in 1951. In the 1950s, King was a Memphis radio DJ who played the Roy Hawkins original on the air. The song is about moving on from a relationship that has gone bad. King recorded the song several times but didn't like any of the results. Producer Bill Szymczyk (most famous for producing the Eagles) called King at 4:00 a.m. and suggested the addition of strings (King later said that he'd agree to just about anything at that time of the night). The addition polished up the recording that gave King his first million-selling record. This was B.B. King's biggest hit. He didn't have much success on the charts, but became a blues legend who influenced a generation of musicians. King passed away in 2015 at age 89.
Now that you mention it, my uncle (born in the 20s) was a pianist and Snare Drum Blues guy, and I always knew that someone else did this song before BB King.
I will have to go search for others during the mid 40s.
I know most of the Big Bands.
Thank You so much for the Memory Jog.👍
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@@terriemartinez9989 You are most welcome Terrie; happy to help.
Caught BB around 2000 at a cool outdoor venue. Awesome show. Killer band. Full horns, ect. (Saw Merle Haggard at the same venue two months later)
My theory on the lack of chart success is that people were buying the albums instead of singles. My love of the blues began in the early sixties and I don't remember ever having a blues single, but I had dozens of blues albums.
Of course from the time he started in 1949 until almost the mid-sixties hit charted fairly well on the R&B charts, but since mainstream radio played very few black artists in those years he only managed to hit the hot 100 once in all those years, at number 95. I remember hearing him on WILD in Boston as a kid back then, which was the "race station", as they called the few black radio stations at the time. He fared better after that, but yes, great as he was, he had relatively few high charting songs for such a long career.
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The three Kings.. B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King.... All of them deserve a listen. Each great in their own way.
What happened to Elvis ("The King")?
💯 Blues At Sunrise is amazing.
Albert wad a mentor to Stevie Ray. Supposedly he was a better guitarist than B.B.
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B.B. King is about passion and simplicity. He can get more feeling from one note than others can from several bars.
You two lads listen to more great music in a month than most people your age hear in a lifetime.....and the best part is that you understand an appreciate every damn note you hear. Keep on "rockin' in the free world", brothers. Cheers from Alberta, Canada.
And from Muskoka Ontario. Live your reviews. But please do Rhe Tragically Hip sometime. They will impress 👌
Hey Alberta, condolences from Manitoba on the fires. Hoping you guys get lots of rain.
Hoping for rain for you guys…thoughts from the big Chill I wack!!
And another shout-out from Alberta, Canada. Great job.
For Real!
And that, boys, is why he’s the King of the Blues!
I had forgotten how tremendous the production is on this gem. How about next "When Love Comes to Town" from his later catalog, a duet with U2, 1988. It's a banger.
You read my mind
YES!❤❤❤
U2 and banger in the same sentence? Can't agree with you there.
Yes! Live.
Produced by Bill Szymczyk, who would later produce the Eagles. This was the first major hit he produced.
You can see why Rock's roots are in the Blues. That bass just accentuates the guitar perfectly in this rendition. I wasn't sure we were going to get Alex back from whatever planet he was orbiting... but he made it. Really good reaction. There is emotion in every bend.
whatever planet he was orbiting.....🤣
Alex is so right. There have literally been millions upon millions of people who have played guitar, but the one guitarist who can be picked out on a single note is B.B. King (Carlos Santana, two notes, and David Gilmour three).
Welcome to the blues. You've just entered a whole new world of music.
B.B. King was a legendary guitarist and performer. And “The Thrill is Gone” is a stone cold classic. It is interesting that he never sang and played at the same time. If you didn’t notice it in this song; give it another listen.
There's an appearance of BB King on a U2 song, "When Love Comes to Town." He played just a couple notes that had more soul in them than the entire U2 catalog combined.
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He didn't want to interrupt Lucille while she was singing
@@dicdug Like he and Lucille are having a conversation.
@@dicdug most def!! ❤️🔥
And you would never see BB play chords. EVER. He himself said that he does not play chords.
That song made an entire generation fall in love with the blues. Lucky enough to see him three times and even get a guitar pick.
BB is the man. I’ll listen to him doing anything. His duet with U2 on When Love Comes to Town is not to be missed.
There's a nice version of this with... The Man ... and the Manhattan Transfer. Much more guitar, too !
I felt emotional from the first note. BB is painfully brilliant and connects with your soul like no other
The Grandfather of Soul..mr BB King can make a guitar cry
One of the few songs where each instrument is impeccably dominant yet blends beautifully and epic vocals
...my eye cashed a check my heart couldn't handle."
Pure poetry.
"Live in the Cook County Jail" is a great live album by B. B. King, including this song.
The best version by far.
One of BB King's greatest attributes is his ability to both choose, repeatedly, just the right note at the right time, but then to leave you space to savour, digest, appreciate, admire, and understand it before hitting you with the next. A one-off genius.
Yep, he was the master of choice. Just impeccable.
The beauty of music can move you to tears. S tier breakdown, fellas.
There has never been a better fade out in music history! No way this is anything but S tier!
I was just about to reach through the internet and give Andy a 👋 to the side of his head when I heard him first say this EXCELLENT song was only A+. I'm glad Alex changed his mind with FACTS. This song is definitely 1000% S-TIER. RIP BB.
He gives me chills. Serious ones. The late, great BB King. More please. Never disappoints.Lost in the sauce blues.
This is B.B. King's "Freebird", a must play at his concerts.
I saw him several times, and when he launched into this song, nobody was sitting down.
I was blessed to see BB King several times and he never disappointed. Even in his later years, when he had to sit for the whole show and spent half the time telling stories, it was still a spellbinding concert!
Yes! He never lost it
Oh yeah. Nothing better than starting the day with some BB. Enjoy guys.
The LEGENDARY Mr. BB King. I have a feeling that this will be the first of MANY songs of his that you hit. The premier blues player (in my opinion) with SRV being a close second. Hope you enjoyed it (have not gotten to the end of the video yet). Take care all and rock on!
Amazing, legendary song covered by a legendary blues guitarist. S tier.
You can feel the pluck oh my gosh guys you have to watch this man perform it's just phenomenal nobody's like him Please please please watch and perform live next time
I was 11 years old when this song came out… hardly in a position to understand what life experiences BB King was drawing from. Yet, in my gut, I absolutely knew, because I could feel it in his voice. Listening to it now, with you guys, feels even richer now that I’ve lived the ups and downs of several romantic relationships. I will hug my sweetheart even more tightly than usual when she comes back home today.
Beautiful comment! My folks grew up under Jim Crow in Mississippi. Because of their stories, the feeling in Blues hits different, evsn though didn't suffer what they did.
Thanks... and wonderful insight,@@breebarry4422. I was focused on the vicissitudes of romantic relationships -- but, of course, you're right that the racial, cultural (as well as generational) differences are going to infuse themselves into this music. And I find it fascinating that, while we may not have had the vocabulary or interpretational skills as children to fully describe what was going on around us, our sensitivity and relative innocence allowed us to feel it deeply.
I saw BB King in the 90’s. Great music. When the stage light hit it just right, his big diamond ring flashed the audience.
I saw him perform twice, once in the early 70's, standing to play, and again in 2000, when he had to sit in a chair. Both were S tier. B.B. is a legend!
He also had some very memorable tunes with perhaps one of the smoothest male vocalists to ever sing, Booby Blue Bland and even U2 ("When Loves Comes to Town") and Eric Clapton ("Riding with the King"). His guitar style was very controlled. His black guitar famously named Lucille, was legendary. BB influenced a generation blues and rock artists.
I love the stuff he did with Bobby Bland, hi on my playlist.the kid of music I could Lauren to all day
Music History in this country is mind blowing! Thank you BB! ❤🙏♥
Have always loved BB King. I am in total chill mode now🦋Thanks so much guys for reacting to this legendary blues artist 🧡
One of the best Blues songs ever!!!
Great choice!! S-Tier all day long. I've seen him live and he's (Well he was, R.I.P.) just a great showman, lots of interaction with the audience. Plenty of great songs to choose from, but "How Blue Can You Get" stands out for me.
Yes. I saw him live a number of times. Incredible performance. “How Blue Can You Get” live (Cook County Jail) shows him at his best.
Meh.... give moi his couisins, ALBERT &/or FREDDIE any time for aurhentic Blooz & insane bkues lead guitars. This song is way too ooppy.
Absolutely.. Not to take away from BB but Duane Allman did a BB King Medley on his An Anthology album that is amazing!
One of the greatest blues guitarists of all time. Nuff said.
I have had the honor of seeing him in concert. Second row seats.
This is beyond S-tier. When I was 14yrs old, BB King was on the Sanford and Son TV show and I was HOOKED on blues music.
That's when Fred found out he stole BB's girl (Lucille) away, and BB didn't know it. LOL
I loved that show. Plus the theme song was good too
@@kirkknudsen4278 Don't know how I missed that episode. S&S was an effing hilarious show.
YOU BIG DUMMIE! 😂😂
"Live at the Regal" That is his live masterpiece. And you need to hear him live.
Here to add my vote for that one!
"My eyes wrote a check that my heart couldn't cash." Damn.
1972..Yellowknife NWT, Canada, 35 below 0, sharing the stage
with a cross-dressing comedian, this man blew the doors off
the place!! One of the best shows I EVER saw. So sweet, funny
and SO good. A time-machine for me..for sure and yes..S tier!
Had front row seats to BB King in the 2000's he was amazing. Such control over both his instrument and the band, a great entertainer.
Same experience, but it was 1995. THRILL is the word.
A&A, for more blues, anything off Albert Collins ‘Ice Pickin’ album is great. Try his “Master Charge”, “Conversation With Collins” or "When the Welfare Turns Its Back on You”.
He could really make that guitar talk. Blues artists I’ve seen in concert include Albert Collins, Son Seals, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray.
Eric Clapton did a great blues tribute album called 'From The Cradle' (1993)
An S-tier song that brought the gents to tears? B.B. King's voice and music will do that yah.
Gotta chance to see him perform at a outdoor venue with Koko Taylor, Eric Johnson and Robin Trower back in the 80’s. Great show to be sure.
So many great BB King tracks you could listen to. Every one a gem.
Also check out the other Kings. Freddie King - “Have You Ever Loved a Woman” live in Europe 1973 and Albert King - “Born Under a Bad Sign”. And if you want to hear an epic call and response between two blues legend, check out B.B. King with Gary Moore playing this song “The Thrill is Gone”
The king was king for a reason his playing was so simple yet so mesmerising to both listen and watch but so much passion in his playing and vocals aint no one like bb king RIP
It's the spaces between the notes. BB knows how to space his notes.
I saw him in 88 at Wichita's Jazz Fest. He stopped the show when he spotted a little girl about 3 yrs old was walking in the aisle. He very gently in a soft voice called her to the stage and made her feel safe until her very embarrassed mama came and got her. That endeared me to him forever! What a sweet loving soul he was
B.B. King is pure GENIUS! Absolute LEGEND 💯
B.B.King has always been too cool for most people to understand or appreciate.
He is diabetic and had to do the finger prick, sometimes more than once per day and STILL demonstrated such awesome fretwork.
When I was in Basic Combat Training at Ft. Leonard Wood, July `73 we were given a treat. A blues jam with B.B. King, Ray Charles, Dr. John, Leon Russel (on guitar) and a couple of well known session, studio musicians ALL ON STAGE AT THE SAME TIME, performing each other's hits.
That must have been amazing
Finally. Thank you. 🙏
(Elegance = the most impact with the least effort.)
I have a pic of my son when he was 15, standing beside BB and holding the guitar BB had just signed for him. Taken at the Broiler Festival in Forest, MS. My boy is 38 now and still has the guitar, signature intact. 🤘
I've seen him three times. First time was as a senior in high school in 1982. I had been to a bunch of rock concerts, but this was the first that was in a small venue, sober, and non-rock. Amazing.
Classic blues. This man's guitar playing is so good. Every note is a symphony.
Welcome to B.B. King. In time, you need to listen to B.B. King Live at the Apollo. A fantastic live album.
Yes!!! Welcome to the Late & Great B.B. King!! Dive in- there’s a world of incredible blues to enjoy!
Love this song!
I saw B.B. and Willie Nelson do about a 20 minute version of this live at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin TX back in the mid seventies. It was incredible.
RIP Armadillo.....special place
@@jr-xs9tf A legendary venue.
I was honored to have been able to see The King live. What a show. I have listened to this music for over 50 years, and it never gets old. Try ""Don't Answer The Door". Or "You Got Something on Your Mind" with Etta James.
I was blessed to see the master Mr. King with his main squeeze, Lucille, many times over 50 years. And believe me, the thrill never left me.
Saw B.B. for the first time when he opened for the Rolling Stones in Detroit in November 1969. The best time I saw him was 2nd row center, directly in front of his mic, at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. What a great performer!
Smooth. So much space between thoughts and words. And so few guitar notes that tell the whole story. Thanks, guys.
So honored to have seen Mr. B.B.King several times live!
Me too, a national treasure.
One of the GREATS I have been blessed to see live. So thankful for that.
Great analysis both
Saw him at Framingham State College in the early seventies. I was right up front watching him work his magic.
You guys clearly left the space for a moment.
The King of the Blues!
Every summer I looked forward to BB King coming to the Ravinia summer music concerts. Talk about putting soul into your music! RIP Mr Blues Boy King. Cheers....
Loving the blues, the roots of rock n roll
Snd BB is the master ✌️✌️😎🔥❤️
It seems super odd to me, that I’ve known this song and heard it so many times for over 40 years - but I’d never heard the studio version! His voice is so good!
Now you’ve done it! You could dive into his music for the next couple of years and not cover it all. In addition to being the blues master, he was completely welcoming and open to other artists, recording with U2, Eric Clapton and others. I had the pleasure of seeing him in 1996 and he had a presence! When he stepped onstage, you just knew you were in the presence of greatness. RIP to a GOAT!
B.B. King is one of the few musicians I can tell you to just listen to everything they did. You can even listen to this very song performed decades later and hear it for the first time again.
Olympia was a brand of beer, Oly for short. Our campus newspaper (1975) would run a series of ad's based on this theme: "you told your new roommate you really like BB King, and he says: yeah, I like HER too" ---YOU, need an Oly!" Music is a time and place, and also timeless. At least at it's best, like this.
Epic song
The master of subtlety on electric blues guitar.
I don’t know if anybody else has brought it up BUT : Thanksgiving Day 1972. BB King, Joan Baez and Jimmy Walker (comedian) performed in concert at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. Mr King says it was one of his favorite shows he ever did and one of the best live recordings of his music. It deserves a Patreon listen.
GLAD YOU HEARD THE KING! ow please keep going!
Great, great choice. This song is like butter. Just so so good, the ultimate *mic drop* - hardly any lyrics, but he just lays it all out, the guitar is so powerful and simple and yet, not simple at all. It's gorgeous.
BB King IS the blues! OMG I love this song so glad you are doing it!!!
My father drove past a record store on his way home from work back in the 60'S , He'd come in with a 45 record in his hand gathered the family around And play these songs that had just hit the charts , This song being one of them ! Along with Respect by Aretha Franklin & Anything Herb Albert and the Tijuana brass ! I was 8 in 1969 when this song came out ! My father turned me on to a lot of great music at a very young age ! To be 61 now and watch you guys enjoy this , Literally brings tears to my eyes ! Keep it alive man Keep it alive 💯
"Why I Sing the Blues" very very fine
When U2 came to the states and filmed the documentary Rattle and Hum, they wrote a song to perform with BB King called When Love Comes to Town, highly recommended!
Luckily got to see him with Lucille perform several times. Amazing guitar 🎸 player ❤
Awesome. His collaboration with U2 is worth a listen, "When love comes to town. "
Even before watching the video, I thought, if they don’t rate THIS as S-Tier, I may have to stop watching them. Alex had it right away 👍 I absolutely ADORE this man. Blues Boy King ❤❤. I feel so fortunate I got to see him in concert not long before his death. He was already in his late 80s, had diabetes and other health issues. I was so afraid he would pass away before the show. But there he was, sitting on stage, chatting and interacting with the audience. That alone was worth the price of admission. And, damn, he could still play. RIP, B.B., you are forever a legend ❤️❤️❤️
Saw him at an outdoor concert in 1977. BB King and Chuck Berry.
How Blue Can You Get? Live at The Regal. Doesn't get any better!!
I saw BB in Burlington VT in 1996. Small, packed auditorium. He played sitting down the entire time because of a broken hip - he coaxed so much energy out of Lucille that night. Unbelievable.
National treasure.
Everything was about feel. It was real. Goes to show you that speed on a guitar isn't everything to. And that voice... You feel the pain in it. Always loved this of his....
Excellent description of both his playing style and also the complicated interplay within the Rhythm Section even while there is a solo going on. B.b. King isn't all that flashy notebook guitar player in the regular sense, but he was such a master of nuance and the ability to evoke such stinging emotions and heart-wrenching feelings with such fine precision that still seems totally organic and intuitive.
I saw him play a few times when he was much older but I feel so grateful that when I had just turned eighteen, I got a chance to go see him in a medium-sized intimate venue in the late 70s. I'd heard his stuff and had a couple of his records but it just blew me away and Bobby Blue Bland was opening up and they each came out during the others set and did some stuff together and that was incredible.
I don't even have the space here to describe the ambience of that concert. It was incredible beyond belief. And he was strutting around the stage with Lucille, but I remember the one that blew me away and I had to go find it on vinyl the very next day, then it goes by two different names because of two slightly different versions of it that he recorded. If I remember correctly I think it's in a minor, and it is a tearjerker. It's just so sad and beautiful. It's called, I've Got A Good Mind to Give Up Living (And Go Shopping For A Tombstone Instead).
The audience was about 95% black and dressed to the nines. It was a very interactive audience but on something slow like that that was so powerful? There was a lot of respect and space given to it by the audience, but still at just the perfect moments, fairly often, there would be interjections in the audience, and a lot of Amen, and, that's right, and, I know that's right. These women were pulling handkerchiefs out and dabbing at their eyes. And the song and the performance itself was just giving me goosebumps. There wasn't any sort of RUclips to preview anything, so I first bought that album, and it's a great album. But having just heard it live and having been so moved by it, I did a little hunting, and I found a British import live album, and it had that as the middle song. And it was really long, just like in concert,
I don't remember which album is on, although I definitely heard it that night and it's also on that British live album, I think it's something about maybe he's live at the Royal Crown Theater or something like that? But anyway, When It All Comes Down is a fan-favorite of his and it's such an absolutely fun song and so beautiful. It really has a great kind of slow shuffle feeling to it and I think it's in either A flat or D flat major and it makes for such a great sound, and of course those keys work very very well with horns. And it just makes you feel so good and I love singing it and playing along on the piano. It's amazing. And his singing on it is incredible.
This was a top 40 hit. It is amazing how many different kinds of music used to get played on top 40 stations.
Back when DJ’s decided their play list and not some faceless corporation!
My favorite BB King tunes are "How Blue Can You Get" performed live at Cook County Jail, and "Paying The Cost To Be The Boss", and "The Trill Is Gone" in that order
BB was so good live. Saw him many times!
Saw B.B. at the Ludlow Garage when I was a junior in HS. It was the day after Christmas 1969 and I remember it like it was yesterday! Stood right in front of the stage for two shows that night and watched him play. I’ve been a bluesman ever since.
Many years ago I saw him in concert in Chicago. He had his own club. Buddy Guy's Legends.