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TupeloTiger 
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Tupelo,Ms.[via Bastrop,La.]
Member since Jul 2004
2196 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/19/13 at 4:50 pm to CocoLoco)
Live with Bobby Blue Bland is really good. Is a double album, on a CD probably. Bland takes over a little, might have been drunk. I know BB stopped the dual concerts right after this. I saw them at Memphis in May about 1998. Just a little more up tempo rock n roll,less blues.
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SanDiegeauxSteve
San Diego State Fan
The Greater San Diego Area
Member since Oct 2012
1751 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/19/13 at 9:57 pm to TupeloTiger)
Last King concert I attended was at Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters in 1976. It was Freddie, and the show was just a few months before he died. 
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quail man 
USA Fan
New Orleans Pelicans Fan
Member since May 2010
15492 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/21/13 at 9:51 am to SanDiegeauxSteve)
Did anyone end up going to this? It was packed when I drove by Tips
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iluvdatiger
LSU Fan
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Jan 2004
32610 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/21/13 at 12:35 pm to TupeloTiger)
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He sits down in a chair now the whole time except the last song
I saw him about a year or two ago. He came out late, was wheeled out in a wheelchair then sat his chair the whole time. He had some other guy with him who sat beside him and played most of the songs. BB would chime in and sing/play whenever he felt like it. If his health was that poor then, I can't imagine what he does on stage now.
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NOTORlOUSD 
Georgia Tech Fan
Chapel Hill, NC
Member since Sep 2010
3634 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/21/13 at 3:32 pm to iluvdatiger)
I'm going to see him in April in Durham. 
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Fishwater
LSU Fan
reasoning with hurricane season
Member since Aug 2010
3239 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/21/13 at 10:06 pm to NOTORlOUSD)
The Thrill is Gone from Tips.
Found on youtube.
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Stuttgart Tiger
LSU Fan
Branson, MO
Member since Jan 2006
10553 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/22/13 at 11:18 am to THRILLHO)
I saw him about a year and a half ago and he wasn't good. His band does all the work. He hit a few licks, sang a bit but mostly talked. Short show too.
Now, Buddy Guy opened for him that night and was on fire. He put on one hell of a show for us.
BB, I wouldn't go see again. For Buddy, I'd travel some miles and stand in line.
The difference between those two that night was both astounding and sad. BB should of given Buddy his appearance fee for that night.
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iluvdatiger
LSU Fan
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Jan 2004
32610 posts
| re: Anyone been to a BB King concert lately? (Posted on 1/22/13 at 12:51 pm to Stuttgart Tiger)
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saw him about a year and a half ago and he wasn't good. His band does all the work. He hit a few licks, sang a bit but mostly talked. Short show too.
exactly my experience.
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