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Old 05-15-2015, 10:47 AM
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Default In Memoriam of B. B. King 04 / 15 / 15

We lost one of the last true giants today, Mr. B. B. King. Even as one of the only, if not the only blues musician that the general public knew by name, his influence on musicians whose fame far out-passed his own leaves a legacy few will attain.

As anyone familiar with his work knows, and as he himself has readily acknowledged, King had a profound influence on the early playing style of Peter Green.

Here is a partial list of songs Green recorded or performed that were associated with King:

All Over Again – (a.k.a. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living)

Buzz Me

How Blue Can You Get

If You Let Me Love You

Mean Old World

Need Your Love So Bad

Sweet Little Angel

Sweet Sixteen

Worried Dream
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Old 05-15-2015, 12:12 PM
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Thanks for posting this list. RIP BB.
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Old 05-15-2015, 01:24 PM
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Thanks for posting, BklynBlue. So appropriate here seeing how big an influence King's playing was on Peter Green.

In reading some of the articles and posts by various people on the web today, it's sad how little most of the writers know about the blues. Of the articles I've read so far, many mention (mostly white) guitarists influenced by King, though I've yet to read any that mention Green among them - though several articles mention guitarists whose playing showed far less if any direct influence from B.B. King's style. As you mention, King (and Eric Clapton) are about the only musicians associated with the blues that most people know, and I'm sure few of those who know the name are familiar with King's music - perhaps they've heard "The Thrill Is Gone" but that's probably it.

It's also sad for me to think that this could well mark the end of an era for blues. Since the 1960s, other than a brief revival of interest in the 1980s with people like Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a couple of others (perhaps Albert Collins and George Thorogood), it seems like the blues may be a musical form that is continuing to slide from relevance. Its impact on rock and jazz is undeniable, but I wonder how many people understand or care about that impact and where it came from?
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Old 05-15-2015, 05:44 PM
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The influence he had and continues to have on Peter Green.

A few years ago with the friends, he performed The Thrill is Gone, you could tell it meant a lot to Peter Green.

It was mutual respect, as BB King is famously quoted as saying of his playing "He's the only one who made me sweat" I immediately thought of this, 'cos it does the same to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ytgYYZuLs

BB King's songs were a profound inspiration to him.

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Old 05-24-2015, 06:58 PM
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Just for the record - the date in the original post is incorrect -
It should read 05 / 14 / 2015
Apologies for any confusion

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Thanks Wouter!

Your post made me listen to all the Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac versions afterwards.
At the moment I prefer the one from Stockholm despite the bad sound quality.

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