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Jimmie Vaughan was a garbage man listening to B.B. King. Then he wound up touring with his hero  Yahoo

Hotel bombings, car crashes, conspiracy theories, towering infernos and more: The A to Z of B.B. King  Louder

Joe Bonamassa Talks 32 Track Double Album- ' B.B. King's Blues Summit 100' (INTERVIEW)  glidemagazine.com

B.B. King's Heavenly 100th. A Personal History and Musical Appreciation  Alan Paul | Substack

Long live the King in modern music  University of Colorado Boulder

Joe Bonamassa Announces B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 All Star Lineup  Rock & Blues Muse

Recalling an encounter with B.B. King, the 'King of the Blues'  KCRA

A Centennial Fit for a King  Memphis magazine

B.B. King would have turned 100 Tuesday. His legacy endures.  Mississippi Today

B.B. King's 100th birthday: Events planned in Memphis to pay tribute to blues icon  The Commercial Appeal

“When we did the tribute to my brother, we had B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy. And just to watch B.B. playing close up was amazing”: Jimmie Vaughan was a garbage man listening to B.B. King. Then he wound up touring with his hero  Guitar World

“I’d never met B.B. and thought he’d look at me like, ‘Who the hell are you?’ So I just froze”: Warren Haynes remembers B.B. King – from being in awe to playing with him  Guitar World

“There are many approaches Slash could have taken for his solo – I thought it was cool he did his own thing”: How Joe Bonamassa and Slash channeled B.B. King and the Edge for an iconic cover of an iconic tune  Guitar World

“There was a big snowstorm. The governor asked him to postpone the show. He wouldn’t do it. He goes, ‘I told them I’m going to be here and I’m here’”: Joe Bonamassa on his friendship with the ultimate bluesman, B.B. King – and paying the ultimate tribute  Guitar World

“There is no greater story of triumph than that of B.B. King. I’m humbled to help bring it to life”: A B.B. King biopic is on the way – and it will chronicle the blues legend’s life, legacy and Lucille  Guitar World

“Every lick he plays sounds perfect, like it’s etched in stone. But I’m sure that he simply improvised everything”: How to play B.B. King’s greatest song (with some help from Joe Bonamassa)  Guitar World

“B.B. asked to try a few licks on my guitar. He smiled and asked, ‘Why you working so hard?’” How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings  Guitar World

“Are you f**king kidding me? He's one of the only guitarists you can identify with one note”: Joe Bonamassa's brutal response to those who claim BB King “doesn't play much on guitar”  Guitar.com

“Are you effing kidding me? He's one of the only guitarists that you can identify with one note.” As he releases ‘B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100,’ Joe Bonamassa relects on the most overlooked aspect of the King’s guitar genius  guitarplayer.com

Indianola's BB King Museum celebrates the life of civil rights advocate Margaret Kibbee  The Delta News

B.B. King Biopic In Works From Canton Entertainment, Vassal Benford & The B.B. King Music Company  Deadline

“I think about him, ‘What would B.B. King do?’” How Justin Lyons is channeling the King of the Blues in mgk's punk-rock band – and he even has his own Lucille  Guitar World

Celebrating B.B. King’s 100th birthday with The Dead Daisies  Goldmine Magazine

“I met him in 1990 when I was 13 years old. We became lifelong friends”: Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to B.B. King – and shows us why blues starts and ends with the King  Guitar World

“I’m terrible at fingerpicking. I'm even ashamed to try it. But I do know how to use a pick.” B.B. King on his trick for getting more sounds out of your guitar  guitarplayer.com

B.B. King’s connection to Indiana Avenue  WFYI

Celebrate BB King's 100th birthday on the Mississippi Blues Trail  BBC

The King of the Blues: How B.B. King Carried the Mississippi Delta to the World  WLBT