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The Thrill Is Gone, BB King Dies 89
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My mother absolutely loved him. I'm not into that kind of music, but I admire people that are very prolific in whatever they do. It was my mother's birthday yesterday. I'm glad I wa around her while she was in a good mood.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
 (May 15, 2015 at 9:50 am)Crossless1 Wrote: I'm sad he's gone but it's no surprise. ... Given the health problems he had, I am surprised he lasted as long as he did. He was a great musician, with a minimalist style. I seem to recall him saying something like, there is no need to play two notes when one is enough, or some such thing. "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
 RE: The Thrill Is Gone, BB King Dies 89
May 15, 2015 at 10:39 pm
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2015 at 10:40 pm by Rev. Rye.)
(May 15, 2015 at 10:27 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Given the health problems he had, I am surprised he lasted as long as he did. Come to think of it, does anyone know of any blues musicians who lived to see 90? Besides Robert Junior Lockwood, I mean.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
![[Image: harmlesskitchen.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/yxR97P23/harmlesskitchen.png) I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.  (May 15, 2015 at 10:39 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(May 15, 2015 at 10:27 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Given the health problems he had, I am surprised he lasted as long as he did. Buddy Guy is almost 80 and still touring. (May 15, 2015 at 11:19 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Buddy Guy is almost 80 and still touring. I said Ninety, not eighty.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
Still fairly impressive.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
David "Honeyboy" Edwards was something like 96 when he died 2011. Born in 1915, he was known as the last great delta blues man. They made a documentary about him with some great footage. That man had some great stories. Some including Robert Johnson.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay." For context, this is the previous verse: "Hi Jesus" -robvalue  
Keith Richards, ok, he's not a Blues musician, but the water bear looks at him and says "Holy fuck, how many mass extinctions have you survived?"
 RE: The Thrill Is Gone, BB King Dies 89
May 16, 2015 at 11:05 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2015 at 11:07 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
I saw Buddy Guy and Susan Tedeschi open for BB in 1999. Dunno of anyone's aware of this, but King had a tradition at most of his live performances. He would throw handfuls of guitar picks out into the audience - If I hadn't been hammer drunk, I might have caught one. He was a phenomenal talent.
Boru (May 16, 2015 at 6:42 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Keith Richards, ok, he's not a Blues musician, but the water bear looks at him and says "Holy fuck, how many mass extinctions have you survived?" Keith Richards is only 71. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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