{"id":7598,"date":"2015-05-22T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T16:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=7598"},"modified":"2015-05-22T12:26:55","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T16:26:55","slug":"spotlight-on-rocks-backpages-database-b-b-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/spotlight-on-rocks-backpages-database-b-b-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Rock&#8217;s Backpages Database:  B.B. King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2015\/05\/BBKing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2015\/05\/BBKing-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"BBKing\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/BBKing-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/BBKing-100x114.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/BBKing-150x171.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/BBKing-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/BBKing.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a>Image courtesy of lyrics.wikia.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/SearchLinkRedirect?folder=bb-king-2002\"><B>B.B. King<\/b> (2002)<\/a><br \/>\nInterview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock&#8217;s Backpages Audio, October 2002<br \/>\nThe Chairman of the Board of Blues Singers looks back at his early days in Memphis, and on the observational nature of his songs, and their universal subject matter.<br \/>\nFile format: mp3; file size: 10mb, interview length: 10&#8242; 55&#8243; sound quality: ****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/SearchLinkRedirect?folder=tempo-bb-king\"><b>Tempo: B.B. King<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nInterview by Jim Delehant, <em>Hit Parader<\/em>, November 1967<br \/>\nB.B. King has been getting some attention lately; still not enough for a great master, but it&#8217;s attention anyway. Charles Keil did a chapter on &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/SearchLinkRedirect?folder=tempo-bb-king-part-2\"><b>Tempo: B.B. King (part 2)<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nInterview by Jim Delehant, <em>Hit Parader<\/em>, December 1967<br \/>\nANYTHING YOU want to sell nowadays, all you&#8217;ve got to do is advertise. I think people are just beginning to advertise blues. Aretha Franklin, for &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/SearchLinkRedirect?folder=bb-king-fleetwood-mac-sonny-terry--brownie-mcghee-duster-bennett-royal-albert-hall-london\"><b>B.B. King, Fleetwood Mac, Sonny Terry &amp; Brownie McGhee, Duster Bennett: Royal Albert Hall, London<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nLive Review by Max Jones, <em>Melody Maker<\/em>, May 1969<br \/>\nB.B. KING SPELLS OUT THE BLUES &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/SearchLinkRedirect?folder=newport-jazz-festival-1969-new-records--not-all-that-jazz\"><b>Newport Jazz Festival 1969: New Records &amp; Not All That Jazz<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nLive Review by Ian Dove, <em>Billboard<\/em>, July 1969<br \/>\nNEWPORT, R.I. \u2014 On paper at least the experiment of adding rock music to the Newport Jazz Festival 1969 came from the purest of motives. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/SearchLinkRedirect?folder=payin-some-dues--blues-at-ann-arbor\"><B>Payin&#8217; Some Dues \u2014 Blues at Ann Arbor<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nLive Review by Miller Francis jr., <em>Great Speckled Bird<\/em>, The, August 1969<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;d like for them to hear the real things. I don&#8217;t think yet that most of the white people like my music because it&#8217;s blues. I &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/Article\/bb-king-background-to-a-living-legend\"><B>B.B. King: Background To A Living Legend<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nInterview by John Abbey, <em>Blues &amp; Soul<\/em>, June 1971<br \/>\nB.B. KING is the undisputed King of the Blues \u2013 fact! Every press release in existence on B.B. will tell you that he is a &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/Library\/Artist\/bb-king\"> <b>MORE ARTICLES ON B.B. KING IN THE <em>Rock&#8217;s Backpages<\/em> LIBRARY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7600\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"B.B. King   at The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. 12-03-08\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2015\/05\/bigstock-B-B-King-at-The-Grammy-Nomi-57953042.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Image courtesy of unofficial.cc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image courtesy of lyrics.wikia.com. B.B. King (2002) Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock&#8217;s Backpages Audio, October 2002 The Chairman of the Board of Blues Singers looks back at his early days in Memphis, and on the observational nature of his songs, and their universal subject matter. File format: mp3; file size: 10mb, interview length: 10&#8242; 55&#8243; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/spotlight-on-rocks-backpages-database-b-b-king\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Spotlight on Rock&#8217;s Backpages Database:  B.B. 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