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B.B. King is the greatest blues singer of all time.
In his eighties he continues to travel and give concerts.
As a very young teenager he played on the streets of Indianola,
Mississippi for what people would drop into a bucket beside him.
He played Gospel and Blues and then he hitchhiked to Memphis and
on Beale Street began to play the Blues and issued his first recording.
He was known as B.B. the Blues Boy of Beale Street,
and began to play on the radio with Rufus Thomas, and
developed a band and went on the road.
And he's never looked back since.
B.B. King is an artist of the first order who composes music,
who works with bands that he's been with all his life.
He is totally committed to his friendships and to the blues.
He grew up without a family, without a father and mother in a home.
And he told me that when he sings, the blues and
looks out on the audience, they are his family.
And he sings to them with an intimate voice that is unique.