B.B. King

When Eric Clapton and B.B. King first traded guitar licks, onstage during a King engagement
at the Cafe Au Go Go in Manhattan in late 1967, Clapton was twenty-two, a member of Cream
and already God, according to London graffiti of the time. But King, belatedly making his
debut at a white New York club after two decades on the road, was a true master of his
instrument and pioneer of the blues - a revolutionary stylist and dynamite entert... More >