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"Most Beautiful Day Of My Life," B.B. King Says After Ceremony At MS Capitol
WLOX (Biloxi, MS) ^
| 02/15/05
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Posted on 02/16/2005 8:11:04 AM PST by bourbon
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To: bourbon
As a white, 7 generation Mississippian, I'd walk a mile just to wave at that black dude! Love his music!
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posted on
02/16/2005 8:34:33 AM PST
by
Chapita
(There are none so blind as those who refuse to see! Santana)
To: bullseye1911
I thought Clapton sold most of his collection back a few years ago in the relief effort for that Caribbean island that had the volcano.
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posted on
02/16/2005 8:40:55 AM PST
by
reagandemo
(The battle is near are you ready for the sacrifice?)
To: bourbon
They don't make'em like B.B. King anymore.
To: bullseye1911
>>
Clapton has the most vast collection of guitars . . .
<<
And the least amount of talent.
To: Mr. Mojo; bourbon; dixiechick2000; WKB; onyx
My dad flew BB around Mississippi some a few times gratis in his bird at the request of some MS Governor some years ago when BB was doing some campaign performances.
I had met BB before when we produced a concert of him at the Ole Miss chapel back in 76 or 77. That concert was recorded.
A real class act.....very genial demeanor. I think he had known sadness but not demons like most bluesmen whether modern like himself or the originators like Son or Charlie.
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posted on
02/16/2005 8:51:35 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(I don't think Muslims are good for America....just a gut instinct thing.)
To: facedown
I've always been a rocker. I've seen the rockers beat the heck out of their guitars when playing. But the first time I saw B.B. play, I realized that he wasn't playing the guitar, he was making love to it. Nobody NOBODY can play like B B.
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posted on
02/16/2005 8:53:45 AM PST
by
fredhead
("It is a good thing war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." General Robert E. Lee)
To: bullseye1911; All
I gave you a brand new Ford,
You said "I want a Cadillac,"
I bought you a ten dollar dinner
You said "Thanks for the snack"
I let you live in my penthouse
You said it was just a shack
I gave you seven children
And now you want to give them back
I've been downhearted baby,
Ever since the day we met
Your love is nothing but the blues
Baby, HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET?
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posted on
02/16/2005 8:58:12 AM PST
by
fredhead
("It is a good thing war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." General Robert E. Lee)
To: noblejones
And the least amount of talent. Man, you like being flame bait? I would only say I recently bought the DVD of his Crossroads Guitar Festival and he doesn't take a backseat to ANYONE!!
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:02:49 AM PST
by
bullseye1911
(Not as good as I once was, but as good once as I ever was!)
To: bourbon
I used to love to hear his music. Even admired him until I saw a documentary about his life. When he started bragging about how many fatherless children he'd left around the country, that was it. He then was added to my "do not support" list.
To: wardaddy
I think he had known sadness but not demons like most bluesmen whether modern like himself or the originators like Son or Charlie. Yes, sliding into old age happily is a much better fate than being poisoned by a cuckolded man (a la Robert Johnson).
Of course, dying a painful death at a young age is a real b!tch, especially if you've sold your soul to the Devil
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:10:51 AM PST
by
bourbon
(You see me here, and yet I am already changed, already elsewhere.)
To: bourbon
I'll bet the Democrat Klan members in Mississippi are upset that the Republican leadership honored him at the state capitol. That certainly didn't happen when the democrats were in power.
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:11:09 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: bullseye1911
There's just no question that Clapton has always been enormously talented and he's certainly in the top 10 rock guitarists of all time --although (IMHO) he can't touch Jimi.
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:15:00 AM PST
by
Bonaparte
(Of course, it must look like an accident...)
To: Zivasmate
How do the "racial arsonists" respond to this beautiful statement by a G-d fearing man Good question. I don't know. Why don't you ping them to this thread and let's find out? LOL!
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:19:31 AM PST
by
bourbon
(You see me here, and yet I am already changed, already elsewhere.)
To: PAR35
Hehe, it's especially sweet that Haley Barbour is the one to finally honor BB in his home state.
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:19:55 AM PST
by
Bonaparte
(Of course, it must look like an accident...)
To: bourbon
Bump for a great musician and a true class act.
If you've never seen the man perform, pick up a copy of "Live at the Regal" or "Live and Well" and you'll get a slight idea of what it's like.
To: myheroesareDeadandRegistered
And you can't hear the pain of his decisions, and his attempts to rise above those decisions, in his music?
I can. In some ways, it's the very essence of the blues.
I'd be interested in knowing who remains on your play list. Have you vetted all of them for moral suitability?
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:23:32 AM PST
by
dmz
To: reagandemo
I wouldn't be surprised of King takes Lucille with him. This is a good story. I enjoyed reading it.
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:32:56 AM PST
by
Ruth A.
To: dmz
"Have you vetted all of them for moral suitability?"
Yeah, a few. Bob Seger, one of my favorite top 3, is another I ridded my ears of. Found out he has a habit of beating women. That and child abandonment don't fly with me.
I would suspect that Mr. King's songs of "pain" have netted him a good fortune. A small portion of that sum would allow his scattered seed to live like "kings".
To: noblejones
And the least amount of talent. <
LOL - man you are just asking to get flamed LOL -
I appreciate your honesty though
He's certainly had more sorrow than anyone deserves
To: bourbon
But BB is Black
How can this be be.
BBttp
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posted on
02/16/2005 9:48:27 AM PST
by
WKB
(Is it weird here, or is it just me?)
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