B.B. King

Blues guitarist-vocalist whose Lucille-centered vibrato and economy of notes defined modern electric blues expression.

Biography

Blues guitarist-vocalist whose Lucille-centered vibrato and economy of notes defined modern electric blues expression.

Influence

Made blues guitar singing sustain a global language; rock lead guitar inherits his vibrato manners even when it denies the debt.

Historical context

Blues guitarist-vocalist whose Lucille-centered vibrato and economy of notes defined modern electric blues expression. Made blues guitar singing sustain a global language; rock lead guitar inherits his vibrato manners even when it denies the debt. Lucille was not one guitar but a succession of Gibsons named after a nightclub fight story he never stopped telling.

Associated instruments

Electric Guitar
Vocals

Specimen note

Lucille was not one guitar but a succession of Gibsons named after a nightclub fight story he never stopped telling.