What is the Blues? The Blues is the name given to the musical form and the music genre that originated in African-American communities in the Deep South at the end of the 19th century. The Blues originated from spirituals, work songs, shouts and chants that would rhyme ballads. B.B. King is an African-American Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter; he has been ranked No. 3 by Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarist of all time. At the age of 12, B.B. King purchased his first guitar and after hearing T-Bone Walker play, B.B. King stated that he knew he had to have an electric-guitar for hisself. In 1956 B.B. King had a record breaking year with 342 concerts booked; that was the year that he founded his own label.B.B. King won a Grammy for his hit "The Thrill is Gone;" it is listed on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time; he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and in 2004 he was awarded the Polar Music Prize. From 1971 to the present, B.B. King has been awarded with several Grammys, Honors, Medals, and Achievement awards. Here is a copy of a commerative pick honoring "B.B. King Day" in Portland, Maine. Attached for your listening pleasure is "The Thrill is Gone," which he won a Grammy for best R&B Vocal Performance and a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
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