Probably one of my favorite performances of one of favorite guitarists. The minute I heard about You Tube this was the first thing I looked for. I love the syncopated opening that begins the piece, the vocal medley of How Can you Get/Just A Little Love, the distorted swinging guitar section and the slow blues at end where BB is riffing a call and response with the horns. The performance has such variety and combines all the sophistication of a well thought out arrangement and the spontaneous emotion of jam session. My brother bought the soundtrack to this movie more than 40 years ago and this still inspires me.
Rest in Peace B.B. we still love you. God keep you. I saw him that year at Civic Stadium in Portland Oregon. I was up on stage right taking photos. It was a dream! Price of admission...$5! Thank for for presenting this. I feel 50 years younger.
Until the spring of 1973 I had never heard BB King, but someone across the lawn played Why I sing The Blues through an open window and that was it! Ever since I’ve loved his blues and Lucille…
People here qualifying BB's greatness with feeling they have to say others had better technique. Oh shut the hell up. BB had incredible technique. Take him at face value.
back when people still has taste in great music and grooved...no standing like idiots with a phone in hand...BB King could get an audience up dancing and singing with pure joy!
Yeah I remember the day. Hog farm and wavy Garvey Bus was traveling with Hollywood getting footage for films. BB Kong. Came in on a Helicopter. Hollywood supplied the weed and beer and there was some wicked LSD floating around. I lived up the creek at a place called Tawapa. Hollywood paid us as security and clean up crew. They asked if we needed anything, they ended up buying us a truck load of organic food. That night after the concert we partied at the Thunderbird bar in Placitas NM. Got to dance with all these young and beautiful wanna be starlits that Hollywood was hauling around. Hollywood was planing on staging these concerts all the way to NYC and then cross the Atlantic. And finish up in London. Never happened because the caravan got in a real bad accident back east somewhere and they canceled the whole thing. I remember it just like yesterday, still a hippie at heart. Love and peace as BB would say!
This jam was in Placitas NM 1971 held on Ramaldo’s diary farm. I was 22 years old and lived just up the road. Hollywood paid me to make sure no one went to the bathroom in or near the creek. Cool times
