By Devon Wendell There have been countless films made about the blues and about B.B. King. A large percentage of these films merely focus on how King (Born Riley B. King on September 16th, 1925, between Itta Bena and Indianola Mississippi) inspired a plethora of overdriven, unoriginal rock guitarists from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Very… Read More Film Review: B.B. King “The Life Of Riley”
By Devon Wendell What was designated as “Blues Night” at the Hollywood Bowl Wednesday night turned out to be what must have been one of the strangest evenings the Bowl has seen in a long time, due to a rather sloppy, chaotic set from B.B. King. But let’s first talk about the Tedeschi Trucks band,… Read More Live Blues: B.B. King And The Tedeschi Trucks Band At The Hollywood Bowl,
by Devon Wendell It was a mixture of rawness and finesse as two of the great legends of the blues, Buddy Guy and B.B. King — the most influential living guitarists in the worlds of both rock and blues — shared the stage at the Hollywood Bowl Wednesday night. Opening the show, Guy was backed by a super… Read More Live Blues: B.B. King and Buddy Guy at the Hollywood Bowl
The International Review of Music 