B.B.+King

As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment:
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Joshua Northrop My guitar artist I looked up was the blues king B.B. King. He was a master at blues style guitar which the lyrics consisted of three line stanzas the second line the same as the first. It is slow in the Beat with a sad flowing melody built in three 4-bar spaces. B.B. King for most of his life stayed well away from the style of rock'n'roll. After awhile he decided to listen to a few hits and decided that he was going to find away to combine rock'n'roll and the blues together. He was able to do just that and made a new style of music.

Born Riley B. King, September 16, 1925, between Itta Bena and Indianola, he was the son of Albert and Nora King he is widely recognized as the greatest living blues guitarist this title not only comes from his mastery of the guitar but from the amount of spirit he puts into playing the blues. His parents got divorced when he was a really small child, and he lived for a few years with his mother in the Mississippi hills but then he was alone at age nine after she died. His father brought him back him to work on a tenant farm a few years after that. Working as a farmer on a cotton plantation in Indianola. He worked on a cotton plantation which was located between Itta Bena and Indianola, Mississippi, near where he was born. Early on in his childhood he was forbidden to sing the blues he was among deeply religious southern black communities that thought blues of as The Devil's Music. He listened to his parents and the followers and sang gospel in church and performed professionally with groups like the Famous St. John Gospel Singers. He didn't want to disrespect his father and mother so he never played blues around the house but even when he played the blues he knew that even today he wasn't doing anything wrong.

In 1951 his recording of Lowell Fulson's tune Three O'Clock Blues became his first hit and later in 1968 he was armed with a new hit called The Thrill Is Gone. King began making new roads in the way of blues for younger blues fans who sought out how to learn to play the blues music guitar style. The Blues and rock'n'roll were the most influencel pieces of music thet bb could ever hear because it lead him to creating the combination of blues and rock'n'roll. When bb managed to run away from the cotton plantatio owner he ran to find his idol and cousin the legendary blues singer Booker White.

B.B. King was one of the greatest blues guitarist known in the history of guitar he has influenced many young guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Peter Green, Derek Trucks, Duane Allman, Elmore James and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He left to the world of music the combination of the blues beat and the style of rock'n'roll. he was able to revolutionize the blues and ock'n'roll styles and become the greatest blues guitarist alive to this day.

B.B. King had nickanamed his guitar Lucille. He nicknamed his guitar lucille because one night while playing in a tavern two men were fighting and knocked over a candle and the tavern caught on fire bb was outside when he remembered he left his precious guitar inside the tavern so he went into the inferno to get hid guitar he later learned the two men were fighting over a woman named lucille so he nicknamed his guitar lucille so he would remember not to fight over woman and to not run into burning buildings. he is commonly known today as the greatest living guitar master of the blues.

Works Cited Your Source List: "B. B. King." //Contemporary Black Biography//. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 1994. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 17 Oct. 2012

Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || He has received innumerable honors, including doctorates from Yale and Tougaloo College in Mississippi, a 1990 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grammy Awards in eleven different years, four hall of fame memberships, and hosts of awards from publications including Downbeat, Ebony, Living Blues, Guitar, Melody Maker, Jazz, and Pop. || 1968. Armed with a new hit, "The Thrill Is Gone," King began making inroads into the lucrative world of young white blues enthusiasts || What do you like about his/her style? || During the late 1960s, English rock's absorption of the blues- -showcased in the work of British guitar heroes like Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and others i like Jimmy pages style because he is the same as bb king ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Blues ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || B.B. King ||
 * This guitarist lived from || Itta Bene, Mississippi ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching. || Their lyrics consist of three line stanzas the second line reapeating the first. Slow in tempo with a mournful flowing melody built in three 4-bar spaces ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || Memphis and Beale Street were for me the college of hard knocks, the college of learning ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || The Blues and rock'n'roll ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || legendary blues singer Booker ("Bukka") White ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || yes she also incorporated rock and roll into the blues ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || Gibon ES-345 Nicknamed lucille ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || worked on a plantation and when the cotton was cut down B.B thought he heard the blues and to this day when he plays he still hears the cotton being cut down ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || He was a cotton plantation worker which the cutting of cotton got him the idea of being a blues guitarist ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || he and his band performed a medley for six uninterrupted minutes on The Ed Sullivan Show, which was watched by fifty million Americans.
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || In 1951 his recording of Lowell Fulson's tune "Three O'Clock Blues" became his first hit.
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || He mixed rock'n'roll and the blues together influencing people like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Peter Green, Derek Trucks, Duane Allman, Elmore James and Stevie Ray Vaughan ||