B.B. King

0:0088.3 CGI Q match if you hear me with B.B. King. How are you doing today? So I'm fine. Thanks. How are you? I'm very well. I'm doing more than fine I'm sitting here with B.B. King on his bus and we're gonna start the show off pick any tune of all time if you could hear One song what would it be? Will and Nelson Always on my mind very good song. We'll start the show off with that here. It is 88.3 and we're back with B.B. King What do you love about music? Well, they tell me that music sues is the savage beast and I guess it's a little beast in me Yeah, we've recorded on every medium records to tapes to CDs And now we have downloading and digital music when you listen to a record or when you record What do you want to record to do you wish that we're still vinyl around that you could record to? Oh, no You prefer CDs now. Well, there wasn't no cause and an airplane around when Jesus Christ was here

0:46Oh, what and I want to stay back way back. Fair enough. I think that the world is changing people are changing Music is changing and we should progress we should Get the best sound as possible and I like to hear the best sound that I can hear Yeah, are you into downloading at all digital music? Well, I download my own things. I have about four five Vianos that I've bought and I download them plus a lot of them are not on They didn't re-release them on CDs and I have them when I'm home certain things that want to hear But I never download off or internet or anything like that. Fair enough You talked about music changing the culture started off with blues to rock and roll and then funk came out now we have hip-hop

1:33I was just wondering what you thought of those are titles and names that people give very true But at the same time just the culture black culture. Yeah. Are you happy with the way it's going? I mean you were one of the pioneers. I would say I'm not so happy with some of it. We're guys The lyrics that are here. I love women I've loved them all of my life and when people start talking about what they're gonna do and how they do it My mother was a woman. I have daughters granddaughters have friends and a lot of them So some of those lyrics I don't like but the young people are very talented Very very talented even the guys that uses a lot of the words that I Detest but they still are very talented very talented. But to me that's like

2:22Making a movie and you have to use nudism to sell the movie Typical day for BB can you say love women are there still groupies on your bus? I've never had You know just I know random girls after the show no, that's never been with me updated a lot of like girls are like women still like them. I think they're God's greatest Christian. Yeah I'm gonna be a male What's typical day for you during the day what do you do from wake up until you play the show when you wake up What's a day like for you when you're on tour? Oh Study, all right What do you study Music theory stuff like that writing music music music theory and I didn't finish high school

3:08I didn't go to college as you So I have my buddy right here. This is my tutor. Yeah Well, I've got a lot of software on this stuff to learn me things very nice and I see the band every day every day We're together practically. Do you guys just jam like when you want to hear a song? No, don't do that We don't jam we rehearse when it's time and things to rehearse, but we play nightly so we see each other every day and Usually we stay tight by having a chance to do what we do. It's a business. Yeah You traveled all over the world. You played I wouldn't say all over the world, but I've traveled 90 different countries on sounds 250 but we travel 90. That's a pretty good count though favorite city to play my favorite city to play. Yeah, that's

3:58like asking a person connoisseur foods, so we say Which is the best greens or cornbread? The one you each city has something that's good. I love playing Toronto and still I like playing Vancouver I like New York and then I like Memphis my little hometown is very small But in you know still like I live in Las Vegas and I like that too So it's hard to say it just to me when there's people that seem to enjoy larger small crowds And those are our doors is When it's you know comfortable, it's always fun for me cool. I'm your name 20 people just one word answer if you could

4:45Ray Charles one of my dearest friends One of the greatest musicians I ever met have you seen the movie by any chance. Yes. I have what'd you think? I thought it was well done. Yeah, Jamie Fox did a very good job But you know who I think should get a real prize out of who's that the lady that played his mother Have you seen it? Yeah, I have seen it. I liked it very much. She was very good. Yes, I think she was but Jamie was We use the word he was the showstopper. He was very good But I think that lady was terrific No, I don't know. I don't know who she was myself, but I know she did she really played My mother died when I was nine so I still remember how real mothers are it's good to hear

5:31Next one is John Lennon. Oh One of the great creators of our time. Are you a big fan of the Beatles? Oh, yes Paul McCartney very rich. I Don't know him well, but all of the Beatles I met except him. He's the only one I didn't meet muddy waters The Grand God father the Grand God father of the blues Think he did more for blues than any of us Jimmy Hendrix number one Rock and roll guitars while he was alive Today, I think Eric Clapton is agreed Eric Clapton's the next one Eric Clapton's is another good friend and like I said to me He's the number one rock and roll guitars and he played better blues than most of us. Do you like his new album? Mr. Johnson haven't heard his new ever

6:18About it, but I haven't heard it. Okay Dave Matthews. I don't know Dave Okay, John F Kennedy one of the greatest presidents we had that I knew about and I loved He was one of the greatest who would you say was the greatest in your lifetime? He was he was Michael Jackson, I think he's good at what he does. I think he's very talented. Yeah, I have met him, but I don't know him Malcolm X Malcolm X his latter years. I thought was a very well Educated man self-educated understand and Would have been a great leader. I believe had he lived I don't like I found I I think that when you can teach and show others that don't have to be

7:07Martin Luther King jr. Loved him Bob Dylan great great Great. He's a great entertainer. I think Master songwriter and he's Dylan. He's Dylan You too. Oh The richest the kindest the most talented young group in the world You like their music. I love the music and love the call of my friend. That's that Really great people. I have the DVD of Ellen hum where you play with them. It's just fantastic. Thank you Tupac I Know of Tupac never met him I think like I said to you earlier a lot of the people do a lot of the things that even

7:53That I'm not a fan of but they're very talented and I think Tupac was very tough He was one of them. Okay Elvis Presley the King. I thought you're the king Now he's a kind of last name is King. His was Presley, but he was the king. He was the kid All right, little Richard good friend Great show Smokey Robinson Smokey. I know Not really well, but he's another one of those master songwriters He's written a lot of great songs and he's a great performer. I think he My thought like Dick Clark it took good care of himself and looks young even today George Bush was one the new one I think he's a great president He does what he do a lot of Americans I think don't always agree with him, but he's still the president

8:41Yeah, that's the right thing to do. I don't agree. So what do you think it's the right thing to do to not agree with? The president is what make North America. So nice. You can disagree. You ain't in Iraq All right, thank you. So that's one of the great things is about being citizen of this area is We can disagree but respectfully disagree last question one word B.B. King ordinary guy got it love people Want to be loved by them B.B. King? Thank you so much