player, and most of his career has been centered on his lead guitar and soloing abilities, which he usually plays in one key with very few notes (that's all he needs)
He's saying young players should pay more attention to the rhythm section behind them so they can make lead changes over the chords they're playing.
@cucuta95 your solo should follow the chords progressions. exemple, if you´ll play a song in G, you shouldn´t solo just in G...you should solo by the chords progression
@cucuta95 he means like take e major scale (yeah) the notes in that scale are, and to keep it simple keep it on the bass e string. so the notes are asending e, f sharp, a flat, a, b, c sharp, e flat and back to e. now the chords you would play instead of single notes would be emajor, f sharp minor, a flat ninor, a major, b major, c sharp minor, e diminished, and back on e major. that is the chord progression in key of e major you can mix those chords around and it will always sound musical
@cucuta95 When the band plays a G chord, you emphasize the G, B and notes, because they are in that chord. When the band switches to D7, you should be focusing on the D, F#, and A notes, as they are in that chord. Then you can get creative after that. It's a good start to understand how you are playing "over" the chords, "with" them... not just randomly playing within the scale. Hope that helps.
i watch this sometimes to realise just how much i suck at the guitar.. hahaha he just floors everyone with one finger.. its all about the feeling!!!!!
Its incredible, he's sitting there like your grandfather who's telling you a story about life and you just know: this guy has seen so much, probably more than you ever will see, and you really like to listen to him. And then again he's the total Guitar legend, and you would sell your soul and your body too to play guitar like him. Damn, im the total atheist but god bless this man!
i love when he says "I want the guitar to sing,... i want it to tell a story" that is what i always thinks when i listen to Jimi Hendrix like he was telling a story with his guitar, well alot of blues is like that and that is what got me into guitar :)
Haha BB King is absolutely amazing. I love the blues and his sound is immediately what i think of when i think of the blues. His tone is so great, it really does sound like the guitar is singing
I think it's not his tone that makes it sound like singing, but his phrases that resemble the notes and rhythm that one uses while singing. That's only what I think though.
gifted to the Pope John Pope2 in2003 When BB King had an audience with the holy father:tempting one of BB's boy to remark" the pope is playing the Thrill is Gone",
in wikipedia they say "The original Lucille was stolen from the trunk of B.B.'s car in Brooklyn NY".. it also says the guitar was presented to the pope, but doesnt say it was given
The one hes playing now was submitted as fee for the person who could find his runaway dog. I dont know the ending of that story , but i doubt the pope found it.
He's had 15 Lucilles, he calls every guitar Lucille. And he did give one to the Pope. And one did get stolen in NY. The first Lucille was an acoustic with a pick-up installed, that's the one that he rescued from the fire and named Lucille. The other 13 just got retired I imagine...
I find it so fucking amazing that he has such a poorly structured musical background (limited chord work, limited alternate picking) and he can still play so god damn well.
lol yea and he talks as if hes a lost cause with the guitar like "learn this cause i didnt" and he more than likely could shit on anyone watching the interview. i like that about him though. if you watch an interview with johnny jones and compare it to bb king you can hear the difference in modesty. dont get me wrong i freakin love johnny jones and he has all the right to be as confident(not cocky) as he is, but bb king truly speaks softly but carries a HUGE stick
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oh my god i ve never seen someone playing like this... he s really a god.. there isnt anyone in this whole world so magnific like him!!! its so much feel none has such feeling... look that vibrato he s the only guitarist who does vibratos!! ¬¬
No he isn't, in fact the "tremolo arm" or "whammy bar" you find on many electric guitar is actually a vibrato, and many guitarists use their hands to produce a vibrato effect. I personally use my hands to produce vibratos.
He has a somewhat distinctive style of doing vibrato.
so damn unique man!!!!..... he's got he's own world of music, it is because he FEELS the music... "you dont have to feed me....... this is already a food for me"... wonderful words from the king...
bb king retired in muskegon michigan{his last show} , i didnt get tickets to see him , i missed out on the chance of a life time , the best blues man i have ever heard
He's the best not cause of his technical skill but because of his feel, which you can't teach or perfectly duplicate. He plays those strings like they're vocal chords. Willie Nelson kind of does the same thing.
theres a difference between influencial and best... theres no best guitar player as theres no rules to playing the guitar. if u play like urself and play like u mean it thats all that matter.
jimi hendrixs huge influence was bb king but its hard to say its kinda like paul gilbert or buckethead, paul taught him but buckethead is amazing....both amazing i guess you can never compare two guitarists.....amazing guitarists that is
There's no answer. All guitarists (and musicians in general) have their own style, each one completely unique in it's own way. It narrows down to who's style you connect with most. It's not hard to compare, it's impossible...
if only todays guitar players where like him, now adays its o ur crap since u cant do 50 notes a second and lose melody. plus blues is diein no bands or solo artists play it any more(i mean noticed ones)all unnoticed play blues really. except those that been playin it for years e.g eric,bb etc long live the king
There are guitarists who are faster, more technical and have a broader range but this guy is part of blues history...he is a blues god! He's been playing like this for years and other great guitarists have learned from him. Take Gary Moore for example.
To top it all, this man is a real gentleman in the truest sense of the word.
He plays the same way I do. Some how I can't get that vibrato the way he does. He must have lighter strings than I do. B.B. King is main influence on the guitar. I've been listening to him ever since I was 4 yrs. old.
I don't think it is, at least for me, trying to be BB or sound like BB...but it IS trying to get a really lovely singing tone! So many "Blues Lessons" and "teachers" show the student how to do Vibrato wrong. They bend the string all to hell...If you want to learn Vibrato you could do a lot worse then studying video of BB...
what scale is that he uses? >< just pentatonic?
MasssTR 1 week ago in playlist BB King
it's great during the slow blues solo you can hear the progression
NahuelMusic 4 months ago
oh how i wish he was my grandad
johnston6418 6 months ago
simple...and the best.
horaizon8288 8 months ago
he is and will always be a legend in history of blues and soul music
pytonormen92 9 months ago
@cucuta95
B.B has never been known to be a rhythm
player, and most of his career has been centered on his lead guitar and soloing abilities, which he usually plays in one key with very few notes (that's all he needs)
He's saying young players should pay more attention to the rhythm section behind them so they can make lead changes over the chords they're playing.
skeetv123 10 months ago
When BB king says learn the chords, learn the chord progression, what does he mean?
cucuta95 1 year ago
@cucuta95 your solo should follow the chords progressions. exemple, if you´ll play a song in G, you shouldn´t solo just in G...you should solo by the chords progression
frajolaking 1 year ago 4
@cucuta95 he means like take e major scale (yeah) the notes in that scale are, and to keep it simple keep it on the bass e string. so the notes are asending e, f sharp, a flat, a, b, c sharp, e flat and back to e. now the chords you would play instead of single notes would be emajor, f sharp minor, a flat ninor, a major, b major, c sharp minor, e diminished, and back on e major. that is the chord progression in key of e major you can mix those chords around and it will always sound musical
annabatarowicz 5 months ago
@cucuta95 When the band plays a G chord, you emphasize the G, B and notes, because they are in that chord. When the band switches to D7, you should be focusing on the D, F#, and A notes, as they are in that chord. Then you can get creative after that. It's a good start to understand how you are playing "over" the chords, "with" them... not just randomly playing within the scale. Hope that helps.
HurdRandy 1 month ago
@HurdRandy That's G, B, and D. Not just G and B.
HurdRandy 1 month ago
BB King such a great guitarist and gentleman :)
VoxMax1200 1 year ago
bb king is such humble guy and spiritual.. god,s gifted him a talent great stuff bb king really love to meet you london mole
TheMoll60 1 year ago
his "noodling" warm-ups are way beyond where most other players will ever get.
bouwmr 1 year ago
i watch this sometimes to realise just how much i suck at the guitar.. hahaha he just floors everyone with one finger.. its all about the feeling!!!!!
DMEB 1 year ago
he blows my mind just to show how he does the vibrato with all fingers.. 5:05
kyngnom1s 1 year ago
Its incredible, he's sitting there like your grandfather who's telling you a story about life and you just know: this guy has seen so much, probably more than you ever will see, and you really like to listen to him. And then again he's the total Guitar legend, and you would sell your soul and your body too to play guitar like him. Damn, im the total atheist but god bless this man!
Parabola001 1 year ago
What a fucking man. Puts clowns these days to shame
ewanf 1 year ago
awesome guitar playing! What a nice guy too.
Olegstuff21986 1 year ago
This King can play jazz just as much as blues... his solo's are kinda jazzy rather often :D
pianoplayer1224 1 year ago
bb is proof you don't need to play every note on the fretboard or play at lightning speed to be king
weathered79 1 year ago
@weathered79 You have to be born as a King :-D
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long live the king
pleaseu2nite 1 year ago
i love when he says "I want the guitar to sing,... i want it to tell a story" that is what i always thinks when i listen to Jimi Hendrix like he was telling a story with his guitar, well alot of blues is like that and that is what got me into guitar :)
iLik3c0o0ki3s 1 year ago 4
Paying the price of be The Boss!
Salaminguana 1 year ago
am i the only one getting frustrated trying to do that single finger vibrato lol
JayRocFly 1 year ago 4
@JayRocFly ...,i have met the man...and that is no single "handed" Vibrato"
BluezBro604 1 year ago
then what is it?
JayRocFly 1 year ago
@JayRocFly i was very drunk at the time this comment was made. after looking at it, i make no sense lol.
BluezBro604 1 year ago
@JayRocFly No you're not, but I'm probably the only person using a bass.
DimensionsofChange 1 year ago
i thing i can by a house with is ring
fredbe31 1 year ago
B.B. King is awesome! Classic blues, what a beautiful sound! It's very inspiring, and he's also a very good and modest person!
Olegstuff1986 2 years ago 3
how in the hell... i mean what scale is he using? it sounds so awesome...
FatMaro 2 years ago
mix of minor and major pentatonic, but dont worry bout scales yet. just buy "Live at the regal" ( insane bb album ) and learn everything of it=)
Toris93 2 years ago
traduscanlo porfavor
lauuutaroo 2 years ago
BB King is awesome blues guitar man!!
kathmandunuwakot 2 years ago
I love B.B. King. my top three: Hendrix, Clapton, B.B. King
guineapigsRus1996 2 years ago 3
my top three are 1.B 2. B 3.KIng
davidoffon 2 years ago 2
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well if bb don't care about playing chords then neither should I! Look how far that got him!
amarmirza08 2 years ago
hes so modest
vFluX 2 years ago 5
Haha BB King is absolutely amazing. I love the blues and his sound is immediately what i think of when i think of the blues. His tone is so great, it really does sound like the guitar is singing
klingman308 2 years ago 4
I think it's not his tone that makes it sound like singing, but his phrases that resemble the notes and rhythm that one uses while singing. That's only what I think though.
monkeys350 2 years ago 2
BB KING
s2s2s2s2s2s2s
Eu queo te ver, pelo menos um dia na minha , eu sei que vou te ver!
TE AMO!
GiovanaBrand 2 years ago
Lol what he calls "noodling" is basically in incredible solo .
Lesterchesterlp 2 years ago 25
Seeing him live on saturday!
TapeMeasureandhair 2 years ago 2
BB's tone is fantastic.
Someone mentioned Slash... I'm not a huge fan of Slash's playing, though he is most definitely a tone master as well.
bvdon 2 years ago 5
BB's tone comes from his fingers
TapeMeasureandhair 2 years ago
wow his ton is completly orgasmic
IllusionaryMind8 2 years ago
someone said the same thing on a slash solo vid
touchcoma 2 years ago
but they dont have a clue xD slash sucks...BB forever!
Toris93 2 years ago 5
now why do you have to be all negative
touchcoma 2 years ago
hehe i was just joking=) i prefer BB king but slash isnt that bad, i like it when he does blues jams
Toris93 2 years ago
some ppl like the rhythm and powerful form of blues, cant hate that man
touchcoma 2 years ago
great stuff, a down to earth guy whos completely honest about his abilities..
davidgilmour1234 2 years ago 4
Ghehe this is from the dvd
Drekdwerg 2 years ago
wow this is great. thanks for posting.
PROUDTOBEFAT 2 years ago
I like that guitar :)
Bluzer86 2 years ago
That is a beautiful guitar he has.
jacksonV66 2 years ago
Lucille isn't just beautiful, she sounds absolutely awesome too =D
BvdLNL 2 years ago
Lucille was gifted to the late Pope John 2
aditiajaya 2 years ago
what? I think lucille was stolen..
senhorpatrao 2 years ago
gifted to the Pope John Pope2 in2003 When BB King had an audience with the holy father:tempting one of BB's boy to remark" the pope is playing the Thrill is Gone",
aditiajaya 2 years ago
in wikipedia they say "The original Lucille was stolen from the trunk of B.B.'s car in Brooklyn NY".. it also says the guitar was presented to the pope, but doesnt say it was given
senhorpatrao 2 years ago
no,BB gave it away
redhanded618 2 years ago
He did not.
The original was stolen in NY .
What would the Pope do with a guitar? Think.
The one hes playing now was submitted as fee for the person who could find his runaway dog. I dont know the ending of that story , but i doubt the pope found it.
Kurnous 2 years ago
He's had 15 Lucilles, he calls every guitar Lucille. And he did give one to the Pope. And one did get stolen in NY. The first Lucille was an acoustic with a pick-up installed, that's the one that he rescued from the fire and named Lucille. The other 13 just got retired I imagine...
yjmrules 2 years ago
hey BB, I assure you, there is nothing wrong with your right hand. one of the best ever.
jlkendri 2 years ago 3
what a guy
veggieburgerfish 2 years ago
windows 7 is awesome.
T1DoDo 2 years ago
this man is my inspiration
mjkded 3 years ago 4
I love that B.B., he is such a good person and I wonderful musician!
Phodie56 3 years ago 3
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Nice tie lol. Croatian flag. hehe
xYhonnyx 3 years ago
this guy is inspirational. not just as a guitarist but as a person.
rocknflip66 3 years ago 28
AMAZING, love this interview because it was made for GUITARRISTS, and not for people who want to know about BB. King's life.
He's amazing,BB King, Clapton and SRV forever!
gersonboav1 3 years ago 7
I second that!
Lesterchesterlp 2 years ago
What's the song playing at 4:50? It sounds great.
kzearo 3 years ago
Fantastic! very talented.
avim111 3 years ago
best vibrato i`ve ever heard. all hail the king of blues.
BOTFA111 3 years ago 6
This guy is So Much better than that Chateroo guy here on youtube...
its al about feeling.
GuitarEbb 3 years ago
bb king is a god among men. so sweet. his tone, everything. man. amazing.
jeffskry 3 years ago 3
lol
"i like...to make the guitar.... make it so its like...singin.."
cheesebowls 3 years ago
whats the tabs for this?
Nordman15 3 years ago
you serious?
alapunk13 3 years ago
BB King is just like I he used to work on a farm just like me
He is my friend.
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ronaldveneboer 3 years ago
like ME you should say
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belgium
kareljuwet 3 years ago
I find it so fucking amazing that he has such a poorly structured musical background (limited chord work, limited alternate picking) and he can still play so god damn well.
Kurasuke 3 years ago 4
lol yea and he talks as if hes a lost cause with the guitar like "learn this cause i didnt" and he more than likely could shit on anyone watching the interview. i like that about him though. if you watch an interview with johnny jones and compare it to bb king you can hear the difference in modesty. dont get me wrong i freakin love johnny jones and he has all the right to be as confident(not cocky) as he is, but bb king truly speaks softly but carries a HUGE stick
gretschdrummer1218 3 years ago 2
santo
gersaoo 3 years ago
BB KING, a maior prova: ser génio da musica não é preciso ser um "porra louca de substancia de laboratório".
se é que me intende...rsrsr
tieldevilla 3 years ago 2
dude his guitar spits a fantastic soup in my face that i wanna eat
nicebunnies55 3 years ago 4
BB KING!! ROCKS
sandersonleon 3 years ago 6
nop... BB KING!! BLUES....:pp
kullisman 3 years ago 9
LOL
frajolaking 3 years ago
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oh my god i ve never seen someone playing like this... he s really a god.. there isnt anyone in this whole world so magnific like him!!! its so much feel none has such feeling... look that vibrato he s the only guitarist who does vibratos!! ¬¬
catapei 3 years ago
No he isn't, in fact the "tremolo arm" or "whammy bar" you find on many electric guitar is actually a vibrato, and many guitarists use their hands to produce a vibrato effect. I personally use my hands to produce vibratos.
He has a somewhat distinctive style of doing vibrato.
FugginNorb 3 years ago 2
"somewhat distinctive style"??
more like insane "make-that-fucking-string-shake-like-a-motherfucka" vibrato
barba666ruiva 3 years ago
catapei you suck
mourkos 3 years ago
bb king is an incredible human being
bh9f 3 years ago 7
"I just call it doodling around"
I call it heavenly! Man, if just I could "doodle" like that..
Gardash111 3 years ago 2
awesome guitarist
agogs72 3 years ago 4
what a pure tremolo, wow
step1970 3 years ago
so damn unique man!!!!..... he's got he's own world of music, it is because he FEELS the music... "you dont have to feed me....... this is already a food for me"... wonderful words from the king...
earljayr 3 years ago
he is so damn cool...
his guitar sounds so fuckin smooth...i love this man.
tofurkey0 3 years ago
BB king is a god i will anyone who says otherwise
liaserethguitarist12 3 years ago
" Learn the chords, learn the notes and the progressions. I didn't do it well, but you can" :DD
Long live, B.B King !
Michel731 3 years ago 6
bb king retired in muskegon michigan{his last show} , i didnt get tickets to see him , i missed out on the chance of a life time , the best blues man i have ever heard
richsara987 3 years ago
damn, I saw in early May of 08, he's such a good person as well.
germany10 3 years ago
wow !
overandout58 3 years ago
such a class act, i read in a book about the clash that when they were on tour once with BB that he put Lucille on the bed and BB slept on the floor.
spliffbunker 3 years ago 4
Es el mejor músico de la historia. No es el mejor en lo referente a la técnica, pero es el que más feeling pone en la guitarra, toca lo que siente
nrtgl911 3 years ago
Secundo tu opinion, amigo.
surfco 3 years ago
He's the best not cause of his technical skill but because of his feel, which you can't teach or perfectly duplicate. He plays those strings like they're vocal chords. Willie Nelson kind of does the same thing.
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he is great singer and good guitar player but i wouldn say that he is the BEST he isnt so good at playing guitar but he`s voice is just something !
Jerepoika07 3 years ago
he plays nice music....just nice....happy blues my dad calls it...
DMEB 3 years ago
such a modest person
GuitarAddict420 3 years ago 5
definately..he never let the good life get to him.
6stringANDacoke 3 years ago 4
'nobody has to feed me'... haha brilliant!!!
NikkiMackenzie3 3 years ago 3
conflicts with his image but its still brilliant! no offense to him, gives hope all of us who dont exactly work out enough
totalfenderfan 3 years ago 2
haha.. nar no offense to him because hes a complete legend in every respect...don't think he'd be the same guy without that image!
NikkiMackenzie3 3 years ago
this is blues, the rest is silence
indiovihue 3 years ago
so clapton, beck and all the others are terrible? BB King is my favorite, but hes not the only one.
totalfenderfan 3 years ago
b.b king is the best guitar player..
gatozeppelin 3 years ago 4
possibly the most influential but not the best
sheikyerbouti1983 3 years ago 2
theres a difference between influencial and best... theres no best guitar player as theres no rules to playing the guitar. if u play like urself and play like u mean it thats all that matter.
NikkiMackenzie3 3 years ago 6
agreed 100%
frajolaking 3 years ago
yay!!!!
NikkiMackenzie3 3 years ago
Obrigada por este vídeo!!! Não existe melhor professor. E que humilde, dizendo que não sabe fazer um montão de coisas...
letipike 3 years ago
he is great musician and i think one of the best!!!!!
crowerta 3 years ago 2
"i would do this for HOURS" legends are made not born. play hard friends.
kingny17 3 years ago
shredding can be music. even if you disagree you can't TELL a person what MUSIC is. think about it.
kingny17 3 years ago 4
thank you.
johkonut 3 years ago
He's got wise words for anyone who cares to listen..."work with the rhythm section!"
SedanChair 3 years ago
god, you can truly tell he feels his music through and through. true musician, and one of my personal favorite guitarists.
StraightEdgeShredder 3 years ago
hes a great man god bless the king
timothywebber 3 years ago 4
he is so feaking modest
CatfishOneZillion 3 years ago 9
Right, most people are afraid to talk about their weaknesses, but he keeps it real!
True Legend
stratoblues07 3 years ago 4
Whoever made this interview was an idiot. These questions are on the level of a 10 year old.
csotanyag75 3 years ago
who is the best ???? bb king or jimi hendrix ?? reply ;)
metalife2006 3 years ago
jimi hendrixs huge influence was bb king but its hard to say its kinda like paul gilbert or buckethead, paul taught him but buckethead is amazing....both amazing i guess you can never compare two guitarists.....amazing guitarists that is
Titliest07 3 years ago 2
ye...i think it to ... but it's a big question...so i ask it to everybody ... because i don't know the answer
metalife2006 3 years ago 2
There's no answer. All guitarists (and musicians in general) have their own style, each one completely unique in it's own way. It narrows down to who's style you connect with most. It's not hard to compare, it's impossible...
nadavnaz2 3 years ago
Both are great and it's very hard to say who's better. But I'll tell you one thing, NOBODY plays w/ more feeling than hendrix and king
frijolero01 3 years ago 2
great ;)
metalife2006 3 years ago
only a giant of soul can be so honest about his life as musician and, God thank you, what a musician!
lamiamano 4 years ago 2
from what year is this interview??
kgtateddy 4 years ago
I love this man so much. Love is the word too.
beakwithteeth 4 years ago
i love how hes telling everyone else how he screwed up learning and how to do it better....and hes world famous
gecko345 4 years ago
Such a humble man, this is great.
ulfy01 4 years ago 5
god B.B. King is the raddest cat to ever play, he seems like such an awesome guy. If I could smoke a doob or do lsd with anyone it would be B.B. King
HBasslinEH 4 years ago
Man.....i learned more here than i have in College !! Ain't he just fooking cool or what ?
flickofdaswitch 4 years ago 3
he seems like a realy nice bloke
warriors1313 4 years ago 2
live forever BB
motokev 4 years ago
he will even past the day of his death
BrainHii 4 years ago 2
The day BB dies is the day my guitar cries.
GodsentHellraiser 4 years ago 9
Thanks for this.iv learned a lot.
diagreen 4 years ago
Same here, I got addicted to the lick he's showing us for his vibrato :D
parapedal1 4 years ago
best guitarplayer ever, perhaps some ppl play better than him, but his things soung better than anything anyone has even played
LondonKuzz 4 years ago 3
That section on Vibrato changed my entire idea on soloing, BB King is an Icon!
parapedal1 4 years ago
lol, wow, his "exercises" are more advanced than my "solos"
props to the master
EelsOnWheels 4 years ago 2
if only todays guitar players where like him, now adays its o ur crap since u cant do 50 notes a second and lose melody. plus blues is diein no bands or solo artists play it any more(i mean noticed ones)all unnoticed play blues really. except those that been playin it for years e.g eric,bb etc long live the king
jordno 4 years ago 6
it would b pretty cool if him and elvis did a song. the two kings
george14141414 4 years ago
Its so cool to see the king give a lesson
emericask8r420 4 years ago
The music is IN him, and he IS the music. They are two in one. Amazing.
BassPlayer85 4 years ago 19
Yeah!
barrydegooijer 4 years ago
How jazz rooted his runs sound when he is solo like this beautifull.
merrilltim 4 years ago 3
this man.. he is an example of someone time who really understood the art of blues and playing guitar.
he's so legendary, he's human, he's so clever.
TimberlakeRules 4 years ago 8
"it's like a sword that goes through me when I hear it"
....that gave me chills. Legend.
ShaShaZane88 4 years ago 2
same here.
"I could never do any of that". he sounds so frustrated even though he is one of the best blues player to ever live.
it shows how humble he can be. he's a master, but not a master at everything. always striving to be better.
weplaytheguitar 4 years ago 3
He's a creative player. He has a unique style that can't be emulated and shouldn't be.
Although it's obvious he doesn't know the terminology, but irregardless, he's still a blues legend.
gogogzus 4 years ago 2
Seeing him in febuary, B.B.King and John Lee Hooker are the reasons i play guitar.
Garettenator 4 years ago 2
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I AM FROM ISRAEL ITS VERY GOOD
hruakho 4 years ago
i have no idea why u got so many negative points :S i agree its very good :P
underground235 4 years ago
does he have fat finger? i heard jimmy hendrix has fat finger is that true?
ShardedFire 4 years ago
There are guitarists who are faster, more technical and have a broader range but this guy is part of blues history...he is a blues god! He's been playing like this for years and other great guitarists have learned from him. Take Gary Moore for example.
To top it all, this man is a real gentleman in the truest sense of the word.
Skodster 4 years ago 3
He plays the same way I do. Some how I can't get that vibrato the way he does. He must have lighter strings than I do. B.B. King is main influence on the guitar. I've been listening to him ever since I was 4 yrs. old.
B.B. King is the man!
whouwit24 4 years ago
Truth is pretty much nobody can play like BB so why not try and get yer own vibrato tone? Lots of people try to copy but its not the same.
jesusjones2944 3 years ago 4
I don't think it is, at least for me, trying to be BB or sound like BB...but it IS trying to get a really lovely singing tone! So many "Blues Lessons" and "teachers" show the student how to do Vibrato wrong. They bend the string all to hell...If you want to learn Vibrato you could do a lot worse then studying video of BB...
NoirMusic 3 years ago
BB KING lol he said i call it noodling or doodling lol ahahhaa
Bdubindahouse 4 years ago
MAN I love BB!!
He's a living legend...what more can I say!?? ;-)