Richard Alley on How BB King’s Guitar Got its Name
November 1, 2020
More gold from some of the archives I’ve been going thru, working on the current Yale video.
Recording from American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans, December, 2017.
November 2, 2020 at 10:11 pm
The blues star from Mississippi, born Riley B King and later nicknamed Blues Boy, or BB, said the name Lucille originated from a near death experience when he rescued his guitar from a fire at a nightclub in Arkansas after two men started fighting.
“The building was a wooden building, and it was burning so fast when I got my guitar, it started to collapse around me. So I almost lost my life trying to save the guitar”
November 2, 2020 at 10:13 pm
As the “king of the blues”, BB King was dedicated to his guitars – nicknaming each of them “Lucille” and even writing a song about them.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/23/bb-king-lucille-guitar-auction
November 2, 2020 at 10:42 pm
Try this one if the first unavailable
November 2, 2020 at 10:44 pm
last try
November 2, 2020 at 10:46 pm
this (last) one works for me