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Evergreen B.B. King farewells Sydney
The 85-year-old 'King of the Blues' shimmered strings and bellowed echoes at the State Theatre -- his final show was last night
BB King's "One More Time Tour" in 2009 was clearly not the 85 year-old's last.The King of Blues, B.B. King, has been performing since the 1940s. He has released 75 albums and held over 10,000 concerts. Rolling Stone’s "Top 100 Guitarists" list ranked him at number three.
Over the last two nights, April 12 and 13, he made his long-awaited Sydney return and wowed crowds at the State Theatre.
“It is clear that time has has no apparent effect on B.B., other than to make him more popular, more cherished and more relevant than ever,” said Liveguide.com.au.
B.B. King’s 2008 retrospective album, “One Kind Favor,” won a Grammy Award.
The 85-year-old’s shimmering and string-bending has been a heavy influence on Blues Music. The evergreen performer says he can’t play cords well, but instead relies on his own improvisation, which just about every serious guitarist in the world has tried to replicate.
His gigs at Memphis, Tennesee, in the 1950s rocketed the him to Rhythm and Blues fame, with hits such as “Sweet Little Angel” and “Every day I have the Blues.”
In 1988, he collaborated with U2’s Bono on Rattle and Hum with the hit, “When Love Comes to Town.”
He will play one concert in Melbourne and then move to the NSW north coast for the 22nd annual Bluesfest on Easter Weekend.
