| Author | Message | ||
     Buellish |
It's a sad day,we've lost a legend of the blues. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Such a huge loss. Godspeed, Mr King. You will be missed. | ||
| Ffbuell1 |
Rest in peace Mr. King,you gave millions of people lot's to enjoy over the years | ||
| Teeps |
"The thrill is really gone..." R.I.P. B.B. | ||
| Slaughter |
Sung: BB King, lyrics: Will Jennings/Wilton Felder Take It Home Way down south there's a clear stream running In the night I feel my heart keeps turning Feel some day I'd like to come Back to the place I started from Take it home Country night with the stars above me Way down there with the ones who love me Mother, sister, father, son They mean more than anyone Take it home Fall winds blow and the red leaves falling Don't I know there's a voice keeps calling Saying, you have found your song You've been gone so long Take it home Seems my life is a long road winding Gone so far but the ties are binding Pack up my bags and fly away To a far off better day Take it home Don't know why I was made to wander I've seen the light, Lord I've felt the thunder Someday I'll go home again And I know they'll take me in And take it home Take it home Take it home When I do take it home Take it home Think I'll, take it home Take it home, take it home Think I'll, take it home Take it home Think I'll, take it home (Message edited by slaughter on May 15, 2015) | ||
| Ltbuell |
..yes we have,but he left his legend in so many of us to enjoy it for a very long time.Thanks for all those great years of your music.He's joined his fellow musicians upstairs and jammin' together ....... | ||
| S3ters |
Long live the King! | ||
| Hughlysses |
He's joined his fellow musicians upstairs and jammin' together .......  Hopefully I'll get to hear them one day! | ||
| Azxb9r |
Very sad news... I love listening him. He was always great live too, makes me wish I had gone to see him again the last time he was in town. | ||
| Jon |
Dude was so incredibly fat I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did. | ||
| 86129squids |
Yeah, me too, I'm also diabetic, overweight, should take better care of myself... yadda FKn yadda. Jon. That was very lame to say. | ||
| 86129squids |
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/15/ 398031882/b-b-king-legendary-blues-guitarist-dies- at-89 I'd like to be that fat and badass at 89. | ||
| Steveford |
My Gibson Lucille is my favorite electric guitar. I've never heard anyone say anything bad about BB King as a person which says a lot about the man. RIP, Mr. King. | ||
| Jon |
86129squids - being fat and unhealthy is lame. Get over it. | ||
| 86129squids |
Jon- being judgemental is lame. Get over yourself. | ||
| Jon |
Knowing right from wrong is not being judgmental. Anyway, the enormously overweight BB King is dead. His music will live on. We should all eat vegetables and whole grains in his memory. | ||
| 86129squids |
I've made a point to read as many articles about BB King as I've found lately. He was truly a great man, not just for his genius as a blues guitarist, but for his lifelong humility in the shadow of his fame. The one I read about when he was at a huge blues fest, he told the audience to send all the children up to the stage so he could give them all one of his guitar picks- priceless. My local awesome radio station, WDVX, does a blues show every Friday night- I stayed up for a good while listening. They had lots of good BB King tunes, plus a few good interviews. Although it is fated for all of us someday... when a truly great one leaves us, it's sad. I wonder... in Heaven, does anyone get the blues?  | ||
| Jon |
Very nice. | ||
| Sifo |
I wonder... in Heaven, does anyone get the blues? I sure hope so. | ||
| 86129squids |
Thanks, Jon. Please, when you see someone who's overweight, factor in the possibilities of why: Genetics/metabolism/environment/behavior/culture.. . maybe others. We don't think about it too much, but when you sit down to eat, at least speaking for myself, "right/wrong" isn't always part of the equation.  It is not a "right/wrong" issue. Diabetes can and does produce metabolic issues that feed obesity. Whatever Mr. King did in living his life didn't seem to mitigate it too much. Regardless, he managed to live and tour, RELENTLESSLY, to the age of 89. We all should do as well. (Message edited by 86129squids on May 17, 2015) | ||
| Jon |
Squidster, Give it a rest. Poor diet and exercise. | ||
| Daddio |
Really? Poor diet and exercise Jim Fixx http://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/22/obituaries/james -f-fixx-dies-jogging-author-on-running-was-52.html I'd say Mr. King did something right... | ||
| 86129squids |
Jonny Boy, not resting... Wow. Life must be a lot simpler when you see someone who's overweight and you KNOW they're simply not living right. What a douche. That is all. | ||
| Jon |
I don't know what Mr. King did right, besides play music right, but I can guess he could afford all the drugs a fat blob needs to keep living? Maybe that was it. But that's why I said it's surprising that the enormously grotesque but musically talented person that he was lived so long. It's ironic! But putting the Jim Fixx story up as an antidote to the caution against over eating and no exercise? That's just plain retarded. Guys, don't be so quick to wet yourselves. You can be a good musician and still have diabetes. It doesn't make you a bad guy. But pointing out the fact that the man was so fat he was hard to look at isn't wrong either. I'm sure if you boys go to the EBR thread, you can find a hill to climb, a flag to plant and a cause to thump your man breasts over. | ||
| Aaron_thomas |
I saw Mr. King play two years ago in Newkirk, OK. I had always wanted to see him in concert. I actually was VERY disappointed. He hardly sang at all. Only actually played about half of one song with Lucille. I wish I had seen him even 8 or 9 yrs. earlier. I almost felt bad watching this once great musician muddle his way thru his music. He should have been sitting somewhere enjoying himself in a well deserved retirement instead of his family putting him on tour at 86 yrs years old. He did look or act like he was enjoying it at all. RIP B.B. King you are at peace |
