Remembering B.B. King Through His Guitars, Keith Richards Disses the Beatles, Jimmy Page Talks Solo Plans, and More

GUITAR AFICIONADO   Trouble seeing this email?     Top Story - August 06, 2015     FAREWELL TO THE KING Remembering the life of B.B. King through his many loves—the guitars he called Lucille. The story of B.B. King's Lucille has been told and retold so many times that it has taken on the contours of myth. December 1949. A makeshift nightclub in Twist, Arkansas, packed with dancers and heated by a kerosene fire set inside a metal garbage barrel. Singer and guitarist Riley King, 24 years old and just starting to go by the stage name B.B., is providing the entertainment: blues that's both smooth and lowdown, boldly delivered in the manner of masters like T-Bone Walker and Pee Wee Crayton. As the music gets louder, a fistfight breaks out between two men. Down goes the barrel of kerosene; up in flames goes the room. In terror for their lives, everyone rushes to the door, including King. But once he's out of the club, he realizes he's forgotten something: the black Gibson L-30 archtop that he'd bought not long before for the princely sum of $30 and fitted with a DeArmond pickup. His only guitar. Even if you don't already know the rest, you can probably guess. King dashes into the burning building, dodges a falling roof beam, grabs the L-30, and darts back out as a wall collapses behind him. His legs are singed, but the instrument cradled in his arms is blemish-free. A few minutes later, he learns that the fistfight was over a woman, called Lucille. On the spur of the moment, he decides to give his guitar the same name... Read More»     Aficionado Recommends     Fresh Ingredients Grown in Florida That Clean and Protect Fine Guitars, Straps, and Cases. »   Guitar Habitat by American Music Furniture Holds Three to 10 Guitars in an Artisan-Crafted Display Cabinet. »   Huss and Dalton Pays Homage to Tradition While Improving the Design and Cosmetics of the Steel-String Guitar. »   Three Days of the World's Best Guitarists Come Together for the 11th Annual Guitar Town Free Festival, August 7–9 in Copper Mountain, CO. »     This Week on GuitarAficionado.com     Keith Richards Disses the Beatles: "'Sgt. Pepper's' Was Rubbish!" »   Maroon 5's James Valentine Talks Gear and Plays in the Latest Edition of the 'No Guitar Is Safe' Podcast. | AUDIO»   Gary Clark Jr. Announces New Album and Premieres Two Tracks. | VIDEO »   Jimmy Page Elaborates on His Solo Plans and Says New Material Might be Instrumental. »   Watch as 1,000 Italian Musicians Perform Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly" in Bid for the Group to Play Their Town. | VIDEO »   George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr Reunite to Play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in 1987. | VIDEO »   On Newsstands Now     The Sept/Oct issue of Guitar Aficionado features Cheech Marin and how the comedian's love of Chicano art led to the Blazing Chicano Guitars project. Next, Guitar Aficianado checks in with the always surprising Brit icon, Paul Weller, to discover the unusual guitar choices that color his latest album, Saturns Pattern. Then, for more than three decades, L.A.'s Guitar Salon International has remained the premier place to find historic and contemporary classical and flamenco guitars. Later, we remember the life of the blues giant, B.B. King, through his many loves – the guitars he called Lucille. Buy This Issue» Subscribe Now»   Subscribe Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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