BB King began performing in the 1930s, on the street corners of his hometown Itta Bena, Mississippi. And ever since his big break, playing on a radio show in Memphis in 1948, he has maintained his ...

B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ Guitar Going Up For Auction. ... The story goes that King first used that moniker for a guitar he rescued from a fire while he was playing an Arkansas club in 1949.

King is known for naming all of his guitars Lucille. The name inspired by a Cross County town called Twist. In the mid 1950's, B.B. King was playing in a juke joint in Twist.

See and hear B.B. King in performance while musicians share the same response to the King of the Blues' artistry: they can recognize B.B. King is playing by hearing just one note of his guitar.

That night King was playing a cheap Gibson L-30, but the guitar most frequently associated with the name “Lucille” is a Gibson ES-355. With its fat, curvy, semi-hollow body, mother-of-pearl ...

B.B. King on What His Hand Looks Like After Decades of Playing Guitar "I almost chopped my thumb off once." By B.B. King Published: Jul 18, 2013.

B.B. King, who died Thursday at ... In fact, there have been many Lucilles, most famously a series of custom-designed Gibsons but starting with a $30 guitar he was playing at a bar in Arkansas ...

Best of 2019: The late BB King, also known as the King Of The Blues, was one of the hardest working bluesmen in history, performing an average of 300 shows a year well into his 70s. These days we’re ...

JACKSON, Miss. — It didn't sound right coming from the mouth of a genius. "I'm stupid when it comes to the guitar," B.B. King said. I waited for the punch line. Instead, he explained: "I don't ...

Long before he got the chance to pick it up for himself, the ZZ Top man found himself in a truly formative session with an ...

B.B. King had an epic career spanning over 60 years — many of which was spent playing this guitar — with the legendary musician landing on Rolling Stone’s list of Top 100 Guitarists of All Time.

The Texan troubadour knew how to give the crowd their money's worth, and players such as Jimi Hendrix were watching. This ...