Rip Bb King

[sandyRoe]

A Blues great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4vmcfeyqlo&list=PLD52733FC5C56BD08

[andy-hughes]

Very sad - a last link with the Blues Greats.

I saw Mr King in concert last year in Montreal, and he was a pitiful shadow of the musician he was.

He played You Are My Sunshine and spun it out for twenty-five minutes.

At the end, the concert ground to a halt, the house lights came on and people left - no applause, no encore, just a band looking embarrassed standing around, and a confused old man sitting on the stage looking like he didn't know what was going on around him, or where he was.

I shall remember him for the fabulous musician and huge influence that he was.

[sandyRoe]

Knowing when to go, to take the final curtain, sometimes seems a problem.

[melv16]

I watched him at Glastonbury a couple of years ago...the gig was a shambles, with the other members of the band having to step in when he lost it. I had a very similar experience when I saw Peter Green a few years ago....such a shame.

[mikey4444]

Just heard the news...sad day, and so soon after Ben E King passed away.

All the heros of my youth are falling away. Joni Mitchell is still very ill in Hospital.

[andy-hughes]

sandyRoe - //Knowing when to go, to take the final curtain, sometimes seems a problem. //

Absolutely.

There is a cut-off point in any musician or band's life where they have ceased to be a credible artist, and are relying on the nostalgia for past work and their reputation, to allow them to carry on showing up and embarrassing themselves in front of their fans who only want them to be something like as good as they used to be.

Mr Young is absolutely right - it is better to burn out than fade away.

[mikey4444]

Paul McCartney spring to mind here !

[andy-hughes]

mikey - //Paul McCartney spring to mind here ! //

Absolutely a case in point.

McCartney has produced some of the finest pop music ever written, and obviously enjoys touring and playing live - but he can no longer deliver the level of entertainment that he is famous for, it is time to restrict himself to the odd song for charridee, and leave the touring to younger followers.

[mikey4444]

100% agree AH ! His performance at the Olympics very nearly spoiled what was a truly wonderful evening.

[DTCwordfan]

RIP

I saw him live at the Royal Festival Hall, a concert by the Crusaders. He came on after the interval and, wow, the world's best backing group behind him, an extraordinary performance and in the top three of concerts that I have seen.

[steg]

:(

[Dee Sa]

RIP great man.

[Lie-in King]

The world has lost a true legend.

RIP "The King of the Blues"

[Bazile]

Is it only me who truly wonders what all the fuss was , about Paul McCartney ?

He was just an average singer

[janbee]

I saw him at The Brighton Centre way back in the late 80s. I was in the front row of the stalls and was nearly trampled to death when everybody suddenly rushed from the back at the end of the show. RIP,BB

[-Talbot-]

RIP, BB.

A shame about the usual Paul McCartney bashing.

[tonyav]

RIP BB King, a true legend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRHV-HWhqWQ