Biography
Born in the Mississippi Delta, B.B. King learned about the blues from his great-grandmother, who had been enslaved. She told him, “Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul.” ∙ A local church leader taught him how to play his first chord progression on a Silvertone guitar that King dreamed of owning one day. ∙ King earned the nickname Beale Street Blues Boy—or B.B. for short—while working as a DJ and singer at Memphis radio station WDIA. ...Read more