The King of the Blues, B.B. King, died Thursday, May 14, at his home in Las Vegas after suffering from high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. ... But they didn’t put nothing in the hat.

Although B.B. King never officially recorded for those, ... whom Wood notes is the gentleman in the captain’s hat noodling at the keyboards while King jams with U2 in Rattle and Hum.

GROSS: B.B. King was born in 1925 in Indianola, Miss. He was a sharecropper's son who worked on a plantation until, as a young man, he relocated to Memphis in 1947 and began busking on streets ...

Chris Stapleton Brings Soul to 2016 Grammy Awards With B.B. King Tribute. Annie Reuter. ... He then leaned into the microphone without his signature cowboy hat to begin "The Thrill Is Gone," a ...

B.B. (real name Riley) King, who passed away May 14, ... “A pinstripes White Sox jersey with his name on it and a hat already are on the way to Rome,” the team said. By Eric Lutz.

The festival went ahead as planned, featuring B.B. King, James Brown, Miriam Makeba, Bill Withers, The Crusaders and more, and is documented in 2008’s Soul Power, plus B.B.’s Live In Africa film.

B.B. King died in May 2015. The Life Of Reilly is available to watch on streaming platforms. Advertisement. About Our Ads; Solve the daily Crossword. 30,546 people played the daily Crossword recently.

Legendary Jackson blues guitarist Jesse Robinson will join B.B. King's Blues Band on the road, starting with a Sunday gig at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. "They're keeping his legacy ...

The Gibson B. B. King “Lucille” Electric Guitar is available now, and retails for $6,999. A true limited-edition collectors piece, it’s being made available to the public again as a ...