Flashback: Hear B.B. King and Randy Travis collaborate on 'Waiting on the Light to Change'
often said in interviews that the blues and country music were “first cousins.” Riley B. “Blues Boy” King was born on this day in 1925, and is being paid tribute in today’s Google Doodle, which depicts the legendary musician playing his signature guitar, “Lucille.” Hitchhiking to Memphis in 1947 from his home in tiny Itta Bena, Mississippi, King would soon become one of the most renowned blues musicians in the world.
While he excelled as a solo artist King also collaborated with a number of acts outside blues, including U2, appearing in the band’s 1988 documentary,The close relationship of country and blues, a subject explored in Sunday night’s premiere episode of Ken Burns’on PBS, and referenced throughout the series, is one King would understand at an early age. “Most of the good lyrics that tell about men and women come from country music,” he’s quoted as saying in author David McGee’s biography,.
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