424 B.B. King (1925-2015) “Sweet Sixteen” 1960

“King was playing in a nightclub when two guys started a fire during a fight over a woman. King ran out of the building but forgot his guitar; the building fell apart as he retrieved it. ‘I almost lost my life trying to save the guitar. But the next morning, we found that these two guys who was fighting about a lady. I never did meet the lady, but I learned that her name was Lucille. So I named my guitar Lucille and reminded me not to do a thing like that again’” (All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 2015). 

B.B. King “Sweet Sixteen”