B.B. King was already a 20-year veteran bluesman when he began to seep into mainstream America's consciousness during the late '60s, via the praise of rock guitarists like Eric Clapton and Mike ...

Blues legend B.B. King has named every guitar he played Lucille since one fateful night in the winter of 1949 in an Arkansas dance hall.

His guitar playing is not as polished or perfected as that of B. B. King but he is years younger than B.B. and is far more adventuresome. Unlike many contemporary Rock stars success seems to have ...

It’s the guitar B.B. King was playing back then that’s replicated here. As we very carefully pull this model from its accompanying case, you’d almost believe it was 50 years old with its ...

A B.B. King Blues Experience tour – which will take place to honor what would have been the year of the late blues guitar legend’s 100th birthday – has been announced for 2025 in the USA and ...

From country to rock to blues, we explore five iconic guitars almost as distinctive as the musicians who play them.

The strictly limited edition instrument is a perfect replica of King’s ES-335 in the original Argentine Grey Sunburst finish commissioned by the artist. Gibson is proud to commemorate the ...

Both Reed and Brim were guitarists, which forced King to play drums in the group. At this time, he adopted the name Albert King, which he assumed after B.B. King’s “Three O’Clock Blues ...