BB King - Why I Sing The Blues - Live In Africa 1974
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B.B. King Live In Africa '74 is a rare - extremely rare - intimate view of
B.B. King in concert. At age 49, having "crossed over" to wide popularity with his show
at the Fillmore West in 1968 and secured his fame with the 1970 hit "The Thrill Is Gone,"
B.B. stands onstage before Muhammad Ali and a crowd of 80,000 on the continent his
ancestors left in chains and gives one of the most thrilling performances of his life. "The
King of the Blues" (B.B.), "Soul Brother #1" (James Brown) and other African-American
artists on the bill reveled in the return to their cultural motherland for a gala affair that was
attended by fans and journalists from all over the world.
The backstory around this perfonnance is rich. Behind B.B. is a large orchestra,
made up of core members ofB.B.'s touring band - pianist Ron Levy, drummer Sonny
Freeman and saxophonist Bobby Forte - plus studio musicians recruited (mostly) from
New York, including renowned session guitarist Larry Carlton. Directed by Hampton
Reese, B.B.'s longtime friend and musical tutor (you'll see him in his plaid sport coat
conducting the band), this collection of musicians achieved their amazing performance
after a single rehearsal in Kinshasa. Hampton wrote the charts for all the songs in the set,
and every musician was playing from those charts.
Of the musicians who played that concert from B.B.'s 1974 touring band, only
Ron Levy is still living. Here are some of his recollections of the unforgettable trip to
Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and their historic performance there:
To perform in Africa - the land of his ancestors, at this stadium event before
80,000 - plus crazed, hot, sweaty, dancing and bouncing heads and soulfully
pained hearts -- must have had a very special personal significance for B.B.,
as it did for us all. We all realized this was not just another gig. It was history,
good history. We were all very proud to be a part of it. As far as the set went,
we performed 8.B.'s most famous hits. I have to say, this was probably the
first lime this crowd ever heard - or heard of - B.B. King. but as usual he
left them wanting more, as well as an indelible memory of his sincere personal
passion and deep-felt blues.
He definitely connected with them like the beloved king he is. If you're a
B.B. King fan, you are in for a rare treat with B.B, King Live in Africa '74. If this is
your introduction to the King of the Blues, you'll understand why he is so loved the
world over.
-Charles Sawyer
Charles Sawyer is the author of the first biography of B.B. King.
The Arrival Of B.B. King (Doubleday 1980, Da Capo 1982),
He teaches ""History Of Blues In America" at Harvard Extension School,
and leads his own blues band, 2120 South Michigan Avenue. - เพลง
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In 1978 while browsing the music department at a Sears, I grabbed a cassette with BB King's image on the front. I took a chance with my meager cash and took it home to listen to. It blew my mind and I have not been able to stop listening to him since. Unbelievable rhythm, crazy guitar that won't allow you to stay still. RIP King! And thank you for the gift that never gets old.
This is how a guitar is supposed to be played and sound Rip BB
So much better sounding than shredd
One of the best of best guitar player ever no doubt about it.
@@jerrycofield6038 people don't know what blue is. When i hear bbking I feel like 💃 dance.
Vibrato like an electric eel. Excellent..
He made the blues seem happy.
I'd almost forgotten what a great singer BbKing was. We focus so much on his guitar playing.
You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he lived.
You can close your eyes and wish it wasn't true
or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.
What a gift to our souls is the music of Mr. Riley B King.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎯💯👍💋
The king is gone but he's not forgotten.
Never :)
Eddieeparker
Here's a tale of Johnny Rotten..Better to burn out than fade away. So sayeth Neil Young (Heh heh, my my). Doesn't mean you have to burn out soon. BB burned until the end. May his memory be for a blessing.
Correction not gone but went to rest to the land of the gods
AMEN!!!!
R.I.P. BB King and Happy Black History Month 2024! Gone but never forgotten. Shot out to my late Father in Law , He loved your music.
Here is the definition of having fun while playing guitar. Awesome!
He has the fastest and incredible vibrato in history. Rest in Peace BB
BB king was of my favorite blues singer. Even thought he went home still love his music and many others to.
Don’t know how he got that vibrato !
@@ayushmanbhalla8737 BB couldn't play slide for crap but he had a 1st cousin named Bukka White that played amazing slide (with very similar vibrato) and BB loved the sound . BB tried to approximate Bukka's slide vibrato with his fingers, and the Legendary BB King Vibrato was born.
You know who had jus as fast vibrato? Eric Gale was jus as good trust me.
@@ninjavigilante5311 are you outa your mind? Not even close.
I was @ 16 or 17 & met him in my hometown of Memphis & he was doing a free show on Beale Street. (back then the legal age was 18 & they changed it to 19, 21 & back to 19, I'm pretty sure. It didn't matter to me because I was always old enough, lol! As fate would go, a lady who'd taken care of a few younger brothers of mine, for a year or so, was there at my house & we talked a lot. I saw her again years later, at a free BB concert on Beale & she knew him & introduced me to him! I loved it & he was a very nice guy! He signed an album & I just wish we could ALL see him again.
there were faster guitarists, there were flashier performers.... but none of that mattered when BB took the stage. he was and will always be the king of the blues. his influence spanned 8 decades!!!! unheard of!!!
that voice and that finger vibrato..... we will always be in your debt BB.
RIP Riley B King. king of the blues.
Lucky to be at his 80th birthday gig, bb King club, nyc, second row, the most wonderful concert, EVER !!
Oh man, that intro, I listened again and again.... and again.
BB had a special pocket from where he brought forth hundreds of special BB King plectrums with which he showered his adoring fans!
I saw him twice in the 1980's and he seemed to have a lot of fun playing.
This honestly is such an incredible performance... lovin this version even more than the studio recording 👏👏
I miss the time when people actually have a good time, play great music and doesn't care any differences
Amen
Duh, in his day he wasn't even allowed to vote, had to use public toilets designated for black people, wasn't allowed in the front of the bus, wouldn't be served in many shops and restaurants. Didn't care about differences my arse, mate. Listen to the text of the bloody song!
@@adrianguggisberg3656fax🤣🤣
“Doesn’t care about differences” did even listen to the song?
Yeah I agree with the sentiment but this of all songs is not the best choice to demonstrate that feeling
This is why I listen to the Blues!
He created his own little funky scale. The BB King Box and never looked back or for anything else. He found perfection and twisted those notes into an infinity of expressed subtle siren calls. While other guitarists mow us down with machine gun riffs and blazing tour de force playing BB coaxed us into his happy world with a scale fragment. That’s the miracle of music!
Well said, I agree 1973wildcatman
You have simplified it a tad. There was much more.
I love the way how he play his music. He so awesome, I love his music I miss him on the stage sing the blues. One of the best blues ever, God bless his soul may he rest in peace.
Absolutely brother
I was 15 when I saw him perform, I was hooked.
how old r u now :)
@Tiger lily55 Ocean waves haha, wish u all the best!
No one hit the tonic like the king
He could make an entire solo using just that note and his majestic vibrato would make it sound epic
BB knew better than anybody that the notes you don't play are at least as important as the ones you do.
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BB King never used pedals or computer interface crap ... just guitar into a Fender super reverb . No drugs or alcohol . He was also a pilot .
Ive always felt like there is a clear reason BB was so much more revered than his contemporaries. He really was the best.
Miss you B.B.! I was 7 when I first met him and ever since then my family has had Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner with him. He died two weeks after his best friend and private physician (my grandfather) committed suicide and was unable to attend the funeral because of his health. Guess the news got to his health. Thanksgiving won't be the same without you for the McGhee family B.B.! We love you! Hope you and peepaw are jamming out!!!! Rest In Peace in the hands of the Father!
thats incredible... RIP B.B.!
Baby you brought tears to my eyes,you said that and,it was well put together ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💋
just pure brilliance. this man could play one note for three choruses and make them the most musical you've ever heard.
The African energy got a hold of him in this performance,one of his very best.
Pure f****n class. R.I.P The blues master. 89 people disliked????!!! Obviously they haven't a clue about music!
True that
Dumbasses
Or they just dont like blues
Who??
Where there’s a video there are dislikes. First law of TH-cam.
He gave us everything he had. I think that we are all really thankful for that. A beautiful man.
RIP thanks for bringing a smile to my soul.
Neil Spencer Bruce
О да !
Those solos, vibrato and voice just blowing my mind.
can't stop listening to it over and over and over and over again. God I wish I could have the same energy like him in his age....
You become what you are by being what you do .so hook up to what makes you feel great and become that energy. Direct your lifestyle and become.
I was 12 years old and bought the album BB king Singin The Blues. Played Please Love Me & You Upset Me Baby over and over. Who will play this music now?
My dad loved this song. He played in the car otw to practice every day. Long live The Blues 💙
B.B. King is the undisputed king of the blues guitar.
See what folk don't realise or at least recognize is not only did this gentleman (god bless his soul) influence the entire British blues generation, not only was he a genius player but he was also a GODLIKE singer. In fact, I may be shot for this, but his singing in his prime was greater than the sum of all his parts as an artist. And that is saying something!!!
It's amazing the way he plays. He makes the guitar talk.
I’ve been playing for47 years and it’s always like having a master class watching BB. It’s like going to school every time.
The teaching, comes from the heart.
BB KING at his top ! He's always good, very often very good, many times excellent, and on this one, he's just brilliant. Sweats the Blues by every hole of his skin.
I am sad because BB is gone. But I can't help to smile while watching this performance! The blues will rise you up! Love You BB!
BB King performed this in the 70s and I was born in 1980 and this is my favorite song R.I.P to a Legend and not only a Legend but the Legend BB King 💯💯💯💯👍
U don't juz sing the Blues, u ARE the Blues 👌🙌 That face. Wow. U go to another place and for us mere mortals, u save a space and take us withu every damn time!! Sublime 🎶 Love u, bless u King 👑❤️ RIP
I always come back to this concert again and again. I don´t think that I ever heard BB King play more inspired. As a funny bonus one of my other big guitar inspirations, Larry Carlton (standing with long hair just in front of the drumset) is the rhythm guitarist
Yes not just play,but sing
I would like to salute concert promoter Bill Graham for cross pollinating contemporary music with his line ups at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Without his mixing of the genres many of us would simply not have been "turned on" to the blues by the originals like B B King. (Ken Burns episode on the Blues showed footage of B B and his men arriving at the Fillmore. He thought he was in the wrong place with all the hippies surrounding the place. Graham came out to the limo and welcomed him with open arms into the venue... the rest is history.)
Bill Graham was the man, so many legendary concerts
What incredible ease in his technique! His powerful singing came from a hard life
The great Ron Levi on piano and the amazing Larry Carlton on guitar, playing for the King...What a night!
Can you tell me where you see Larry Carlton?
Yes my man.
The power of blues can still shake us to our core. Rest easy, BB King! Your star still shines brightly in the velvet sky.
It’s actually all of the Crusaders and some of BB’s regular backing horn section. Real badass lineup to back the King
Yes; Larry (with hair) is playing by the battery near the end of the video.
Just went home. Just like it's written in most African American obituaries. Masterpiece of music! It groves and is a social and historical commentary at the same time. Genious, that will rarely ever be acknowledged.
this man is from another planet, play too much the guitar, blessed with this talent
Your blues adds life to us.Thanks Immortal King
Io credo che questo concerto in Africa del 1974 sia uno dei migliori live del grande ed insuperabile B.B. King.
My father once told me : " the best people leave early "
R.I.P my father and R.I.P mr bb king.
90 years doesn't seem early
Yes,,,I had the pleasure of working with him in Chicago... Yes ..I would open up the show for him.
did u touch him?
Met him in Houston one time. He stood up for me while is body guard took a photo. He said for a man in the military, I stand up. I was humbled.
Lucille it's absolutely wonderful. Love at first sight, I mean, heard. And with each note the passion increases even more..
Seen him in Turlock California a couple years before he passed let me tell you it wasn't a concert it was a fucking experience story telling and made u really feel like he was talking to u!! Long live the king and that tone bb was known for!!
Not many things bring as much happiness, peace and joy to me as listing to BB play the guitar.
R.I.P. ..😢 Your music was fantastic and you were one of the best singers in the world.. We're going to miss you.. ❤
Man i love BB....Such a tasteful player, can say more with 1 note thn most players can in an entire solo..
Everytime I watch a B.B. King live performance for the first time I get goosebumps. R.I.P. King.
E mágico, e incrível como ele se empolga no final da musica e simplesmente o mestre cria um riff simples e perfeito, esse é o BB. King...
O sentir dele transcende no youtube.
I'm so thankful we have these videos of king. Nothing touches me quite like his guitar especially when i can watch the way he moves with it.
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I had the profound privilege and joyous pleasure of seeing BB King play in Edinburgh and Glasgow in the 1980's. He was simply wonderful and utterly magnificent. The King of the Blues.
Rest in Peace Mr. King! And THANX for enriching my live for more than four decades.
how could u not love this?? is that even possible?
People are dumb and have no soul
POsle tri tona odmah znaš da je u pitanju BB (ne moraš ništa da gledaš da bi to bilo jasno), što je i poenta......a pevanje, neverovatno, ubijao je, strahovit blues pevač!!!!
This had to be one of the greatest nights in the history of Africa.✌✌✌✌
Thank you BB, you're making my life better and I know you're listening.
Now we got bb king singing the blues
I was lucky to get to see BB King when he played here in NZ. Watching this now I marvel at how he was able to keep the guitar work so spicy and interesting with such an economy of notes. In fact he really only moves from the one fretboard position as the song approaches the outtake. I know many "modern" players see this approach as so limited as they flash around the fretboard. Many of us look for our own "tone and sound" one way or another. There is no mistaking this man's playing on any day!!!!!
It is a pleasure. a gift from god to listen to the music of one of the greatest in blues history..a giant a bluesman at its best...B.B King..thanks for all of our music our passion...
I've been practicing these licks all week
Are you still on it?
It is so much fun to play this
Happy Birthday to the undisputed and eternal KING ! 👑
I been listening to BB King for 30 yrs and 30 more coming
he will never be gone as long as his music is here.
Why is there no button for "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN" ?
Anyone who dislikes this has no soul, bb at his best.....if it don't move you you must be dead, incredible performance ..
Back in his heyday. A great performer! RIP!
Met Him in 1975,playing at the Same Club as Me In Toronto,Ontario,Canada. Was such a Down to Earth Person !! No Egos !! A Truely Great Person !!!!!! You Wouldn't get a Better Person !! Thanks for all your Music,B.B. King !!!!!
This music is so amazing i don't even have words to describe it
Happy birthday BB. Keep playing that blues from the great by and by 💙
Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner by knockout in the first round. The winner and still bbking champion of the world B.B.King..
If B.B. wasn't one of the Funkiest bluesmen of all times, probably the funkiest of them all and that's with all respect to them all🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯
This is one of the best of BB King performances for sure,thank you for sharing!!!
best blues man I ever heard
Got to see bb with my pops 5 years ago in a small venue in Turlock California one of the best memories I'll ever had it wasn't a concert it was a fucking experience I will never forget bb and how he made that crowd feel like it was a one on one concert long live the fucking king!! Blues is the most powerful music hands down true soul and passion
Live at the Regal was a masterpiece but in this concert not only do you have a more experienced B.B. King, but he's still in his prime as a performer and by 1974 there were P.A.s that could actually enhance the performance for the audience and performers.
He came up before there were good live sound systems, so by the time that technology came around B.B. was ready to just dominate any stage he set foot on.
Luckily for generations of guitar players, he had no problem sharing that stage.
dam I wish i could have seen BB King live in a concert
I was lucky, and my foreman at work managed to snag B.B. KING tickets at WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR, a super concert venue on Long Island, in Westbury, where he and I were doing some a/c system work. He talked the manager into 4 free tickets!!!! WOW!!! That was in 1982. Fantastic show! And he and I went to see B.B. the next year too,,,,,,,, FREEEEE!!!!!
damn good
Saw him five times, first time right in front, a truly religious experience
What this man did for eletric guitar is so great we can not mesure, every guitar player was influenced by BB. I mean, you can pass by any guitar legend, but not him.
They say blues is melancholic music, but those guy are pretty happy and energetic.
Best blues guitarist that ever lived
best blues man ever! RIP
This is awsome!! Thanks for a great post, love the 70's BB
People are always talking about "kicking ass", but I never see much...until this! HOLLER, "LUCILLE", baby!! Love you, B!!!!!! A great man. A GENTLEman. He will never be eclipsed...
çà c'est le Meilleur façon de montrer l'exemple aux jeunes d'apprendre à jouer un instrument et c'est très instructif et constructive que chacun de nous puissent faire autant .. En tout un grand Merci ...
Totally love this video. RIP B.B.KING. LEGEND!!
I like very much The Blues
The world is at a loss that he is gone God bless you 🥺 B.b.King
A very great guitarist of all times Mr. BB king !
Sleep in peace with God protectin your soul Great lovely Man !
anyone else notice the trombone player smoking a cigarette? I lol'd
Smoking was healthy in the 70s
Jordan Snyder God-tier mode
The smoke makes a gruff sound that's why he's smoking
Swinging his head like he's feeling it, hell yeah BB!
There's a black spot in music today as we say goodbye to another real musician, B.B. King. R.I.P. B.B. Thanks for the decades of giving us the best of your soul and showing these wannabe youngsters how to really play the guitar....play on Lucille, play on...
RIP #BBKING you may be gone but your music will live forever