“his true revolutionary importance was as an electric guitarist,” combining elements of jazz and bottleneck delta blues. “This, together with King’s penchant for playing off the beat, gave his solos the pattern of speech, and the personification of his beautiful black, gold plated, pearl inlaid Gibson as ‘Lucille’ seemed highly appropriate” (The Encyclopedia of Popular Music). A live version of the song was recorded on the 1965 album Live at the Regal, which is listed on the National Recording
Registry of the Library of Congress.
B.B. King “Sweet Little Angel”
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