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"The GRAMMY Foundation and GRAMMY Museum will honor the legacy of 15-time GRAMMY winner B.B. King by presenting Icon: The Life And Legacy Of B.B. King, a live tribute concert featuring performances and storytelling by artists influenced by the King of the Blues. Sponsored in part by Gibson USA, the concert will take place on Sept. 1 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif." Joe and other notable guitarists such as Slash,  Keb' Mo', Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Louis Walker and Jimmy Vivino will be performing.

http://www.grammy.com/news/bb-king-trib … for-sept-1

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I wish. On the road and no can do. sad
Have fun, I know there will be a crew of BonaSpuds attending.
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Re: Joe to perform at a BB King Tribute Concert Sept 1

That would be one nice concert to be at,

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Gotta go

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Re: Joe to perform at a BB King Tribute Concert Sept 1

If people are interested in going. They might want to act fast. The place only holds 500 people. The floor goes up to row Q and those are the seats they are selling right now.

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Beyond excited for this!!!!  FYI: James "Boogaloo" Bolden, Quinn Sullivan & ZZ Ward have been added to the line-up. 

I'm in the front row of mezzanine.  Who's going?  smile 
This will be my first time seeing Joe live!!!  Does this count as my Bonabaptism?  cool

So much music, so little time!
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Rufus wrote:

Beyond excited for this!!!!  FYI: James "Boogaloo" Bolden, Quinn Sullivan & ZZ Ward have been added to the line-up. 

I'm in the front row of mezzanine.  Who's going?  smile 
This will be my first time seeing Joe live!!!  Does this count as my Bonabaptism?  cool

Rufus, unequivocally, it shall certainly be registered.......ENJOY!!! cool

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Rufus wrote:

This will be my first time seeing Joe live!!!  Does this count as my Bonabaptism?  cool

Rocket wrote:

Rufus, unequivocally, it shall certainly be registered.......ENJOY!!! cool

Thanks Rocket!!!! big_smile  Woohoo, gonna be Bonabaptised!!!

So much music, so little time!

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Hope I'm not over-hyping this or "excessively posting," but I saw this earlier & enjoyed the sneak peek, so I figured I'd share....

Jimmy Vivino instagram--Jimmy shared a photo of the horn charts he's worked on for Thursday. Look closely for an idea of the set list:  smile
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJOQSvqgcbs/?hl=en

I just went back to Jimmy V's instagram to get the link, and look what he just posted--rehearsal photos! smile
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJwmodXAUOc/?hl=en

Edit: (another photo added!)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJwnu0ig70t … &hl=en

Ok, laughing at myself now...must get off the fun but distracting interwebs & get back to "work"..... tongue

So much music, so little time!

10 Reply by nmagcorn (edited by nmagcorn 2016-09-15 08:24:46)

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Wow, what a night of music! So many great guitarists honoring BB King and his legacy. Two great jams with about 10 guitarists on stage. Jimmy Vivino did a great job as band leader with his Basic Cable Band. I imagine it's quite the task to pull this kind of thing off. Probably much like herding cats at times, lol.

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nmagcorn wrote:

Wow, what a night of music! ... I've uploaded some videos and a few have been picked up by Guitar Player magazine which was pretty cool.

Thank u Natasha for capturing and sharing here on the Forum ... and congrats on the GP magazine pick up, nice. smile

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RoadcaseBoy wrote:
nmagcorn wrote:

Wow, what a night of music! ... I've uploaded some videos and a few have been picked up by Guitar Player magazine which was pretty cool.

Thank u Natasha for capturing and sharing here on the Forum ... and congrats on the GP magazine pick up, nice. smile

Thanks! It is quite a thrill when that happens. 3 have been shared by Guitar World and Guitar Player, plus Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Keb Mo have shared the ones they feature in as well. I am a nerd when it comes to stats and I get such a kick out of watching the view numbers climb. The Thrill Is Gone has had 22,000 views in 48 hours. Goes to show there are a lot of people out there that love the Blues and BB King smile

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Dammit Thursday mad becomes "Ah,  Satusfactorday"! big_smile

As Much as Gracias as the stars and true too stats stars you two! wink

Rock ON & Keep The Faith,
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Rocket wrote:

Dammit Thursday mad becomes "Ah,  Satusfactorday"! big_smile

As Much as Gracias as the stars and true too stats stars you two! wink

Rock ON & Keep The Faith,
Rocket

Wish you could have been there Rocket. It's been too long since we've seen you. A year to be exact. We sure did have fun at those 3 Kings shows at Humphries smile Miss you.

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Watched the show - thanks Natasha. My favourite performance - all were great - would be How blue can you get - great vocals and a long guitar solo by Susan Tedeschi - so jealous of Derek when I see her putting on a show like that. But then again, they seem to be a perfect fit.  Definitely would love a guitarplaying lady for a girfriend - and I am not talking about three chords on an acoustic here.

The top three would be rounded by Joe and then Jimmie Vaughan doing Ain't that just like a woman.

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So I’m finally making it back to the forum after a couple weeks of being on “distraction lockdown” (meaning no fun webernet stuff until projects at hand are completed) and I was planning to thank Natasha & Linda for their, as usual, superb videos, but just learned the videos had to be taken down! sad  Massive Bummer!!!  sad

Well, I still want to thank you both for all the time & work that goes into capturing & sharing these live performances of world-class music.  I thoroughly enjoyed your videos while they were up!!!  smile

I am still gonna congratulate you Natasha, on Guitar Player picking up your work and Keb Mo & KWS sharing as well—Good For You!!! smile

Linda, I saw Tedeschi Trucks Band tweeted a link to one of your videos!  smile  Way to Go!!!

So much music, so little time!
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***Belated Post Warning***

Sorry it’s taken me so long to report back here to the forum!  In the spirit of “better late than never,” here is my $0.02 about the evening:

Such an amazing night!!! The music was incredible and the night felt very celebratory.  A really special, intimate event honoring The King of the Blues!

Not only did I get Bonabaptized, but I also had the pleasure of meeting a bunch of forum members.  So great to meet S & P from San Diego, Lindy Lu & Bob, Holdemxpert, and Natasha & Phil!  smile  (I don't know S&P's usernames & don't know how they feel about using their "real names" here, so I'm just going with initials.)  (Sorry if I’m I'm leaving anyone out!)

It was a great tribute. In between short song sets, clips of B.B. King speaking & performing were played.  They also showed folks like Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton & Bobby Bland talking about B.B., his music, & influence.

I have good things to say about all the performances & performers, but in the interests of space & time, I will keep it brief. smile  Stand out performances & highlights:

The Basic Cable Band was on fire!!!  What a tight group!  Jimmy Vivino rocks & is one class act!!  What a pro!  Worm is a monster on drums & Mike Merritt is smokin’ on bass!!

Joe gave stellar performances of Boogie Woogie Woman & Hummingbird!! It took self-control to stay seated during Boogie Woogie Woman!  I just wanted to jump up and dance, but I didn't want to block anyone's view, so I rocked out with tush in seat. Hummingbird was amazing!!!  Also loved Joe’s solo & singing in The Thrill Is Gone.  Dang, Joe B. can play & sing!!!  This tantalizing sampler has got me so excited for experiencing the full Joe B. & band concert experience—can’t wait for December!!!

Agree with bluesguitarrockfan on How Blue Can You Get?  Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks were incredible!!!  Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Noah Hunt were other standouts for me.  What a night!!!

So much music, so little time!

18 Reply by RoadcaseBoy (edited by RoadcaseBoy 2016-09-16 18:29:28)

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Didn't want to step on your post so fast ... but welcome back Rufus ... thanks for posting your first hand account!

I didn't realize Nat's Videos got pulled sad !! ...

I see The Grammy's posted some up recently:
B.B. King and His Legacy: Performing Artists, including Joe, share their thoughts (2:30 length): https://youtu.be/9y15c--4vkw (GRAMMYs)

"The Thrill is Gone" B.B. King All Star Tribute Live Performance: https://youtu.be/3aKyQltCSh8 (GRAMMYs

"I was in Space for less than 2 weeks … and suddenly Jeaniene’s back … half the Band is off the gd wagon … we have comedians opening for us … and the nice kid that ran our website is now a kleptof’nmaniac.  Boy ... did you guys miss me!!"  Phil Valentine - Road Manager - Staton House Band

JBLP#251 (unaged) ... thank you Ron.