725 B.B. King (1925-2015) “How Blue Can You Get” 1964

King worked as a houseboy for a white family and drove a tractor for another plantation owner, Johnson Barrett. The guitarist never expressed bitterness about his early life….’I'll tell ya something may sound funny, but I've kinda tried to pattern my operation and my lifestyle with my group as Mr. Barrett did. He was kind and protective of his people. He stood between them and problems’” (David Fricke, Rolling Stone, 6/18/2015). A live version 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 “How Blue Can You Get”