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B.B.
KING
BRINGS
TOGETHER
ERIC
CLAPTON,
ELTON
JOHN,
SHERYL
CROW,
JOHN
MAYER
AND
OTHERS
FOR
B.B
KING
&
FRIENDS
-
80,
NEW
DUETS
ALBUM
OF
BLUES
STANDARDS
TO
CELEBRATE
THE
BLUES
GREAT’S
80TH
BIRTHDAY
In
honor
of
B.B.
King’s
80th
birthday
on
September
16,
“The
King
of
the
Blues”
will
celebrate
the
occasion
with
a
few
of
his
musical
compatriots
on
a
new
studio
album
of
duets,
B.B.
King
&
Friends
-
80
(Geffen/UMe),
released
September
13,
2005.
Featuring
some
of
today’s
biggest
stars--from
Eric
Clapton,
Elton
John,
Sheryl
Crow,
John
Mayer,
and
Gloria
Estefan
to
Roger
Daltrey,
Glenn
Frey,
Mark
Knopfler,
Billy
Gibbons,
Bobby
Bland,
and
Daryl
Hall—B.B.
King
&
Friends
-
80
is
yet
another
landmark
in
the
career
of
one
of
the
most
influential
guitarists
of
the
20th
Century
and
the
blues’
greatest
ambassador.
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Along
with
a
new
book
(Treasures,
published
by
Bulfinch
Press
on
September
16)
and
a
major
nationwide
tour
this
summer
and
fall
(both
solo
and
headlining
the
B.B.
King
Blues
Festival),
B.B.
King
&
Friends
-
80
finds
B.B.
both
looking
back
and
looking
forward.
For
the
man
who
has
achieved
icon
status,
along
with
his
guitar
Lucille,
B.B.’s
first
new
studio
album
since
2003’s
Reflections
finds
him
reconnecting
with
a
dozen
of
the
most
significant
standards
of
the
blues
with
a
little
help
from
his
friends.
With
long-time
admirer
and
recent
collaborator
Clapton,
B.B.
reinvigorates
his
1970
Grammy-winning
classic
“The
Thrill
Is
Gone.”
He
also
gives
new
spins
to
other
B.B.
flashbacks
from
the
‘70s,
“Never
Make
Your
Move
Too
Soon”
with
The
Who’s
Roger
Daltrey
and
the
Leon
Russell-penned
“Hummingbird”
with
John
Mayer.
In
what
may
be
the
album’s
most
unusual
and
intriguing
pairing,
Gloria
Estefan
duets
on
the
Grammy-winning
Doc
Pomus-Dr.
John
song
from
the
‘80s
“There
Must
Be
A
Better
World
Somewhere.”
In
another
teaming
with
a
female
singer,
Sheryl
Crow
is
heard
on
Little
Willie
John’s
“Need
Your
Love
So
Bad.”
Daryl
Hall
adds
his
Philly
Soul
to
“Ain’t
Nobody
Home”
while
British
blues
giant
Van
Morrison
partners
on
“Early
In
The
Morning”
and
American
blues
staple
Bobby
Bland
contributes
to
“Funny
How
Time
Slips
Away”
and
ZZ
Top’s
Billy
Gibbons
to
B.B.’s
‘60s
gem
“Tired
Of
Your
Jive.”
Mark
Knopfler,
best-known
for
his
work
in
Dire
Straits,
lends
his
trademark
guitar
sound
to
“All
Over
Again,”
the
Eagles’
Glenn
Frey
tackles
Junior
Parker’s
“Drivin’
Wheel”
and,
in
a
raucous
finale,
pop
superstar
Elton
John
and
B.B.
bring
down
the
house
with
their
take
on
Jimmy
Rogers’
“Rock
This
House.”
A
Grammy
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
winner,
Kennedy
Center
honoree,
and
member
of
the
Blues
Foundation
and
Rock
and
Roll
halls
of
fame,
B.B.
kicked
off
his
birthday
festivities
in
June
with
the
groundbreaking
for
the
B.B.
King
Museum
in
Indianola,
Mississippi,
near
his
birthplace. |
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