ʻO ka mōʻī kaulana ʻo BB King, ʻaʻole kānalua ʻia ʻo ke aliʻi o ka blues, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokani pila uila koʻikoʻi o ka hapa ʻelua o ke kenekulia XNUMX. ʻO kāna ʻano pāʻani staccato ʻokoʻa i hoʻohuli i nā haneli o nā mea pāʻani blues hou.
I ka manawa like, ʻo kona leo kūpaʻa a hilinaʻi, hiki ke hōʻike i nā manaʻo āpau mai kēlā me kēia mele, hāʻawi i kahi pāʻani kūpono no kāna pāʻani hoihoi.
Ma waena o 1951 a me 1985 Ua paʻi ʻo King ma ka pakuhi R&B Billboard 74 mau manawa. ʻO ia hoʻi ka bluesman mua i hoʻopaʻa i ka mele kaulana i ka honua The Thrill Is Gone (1970).
Ua hui pū ka mea hoʻokani pila me Eric Clapton a me ka hui U2, a hoʻolaha pū i kāna hana iā ia iho. I ka manawa like, ua hiki iā ia ke mālama i kona ʻano ʻike ʻia i kāna ʻoihana.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o ka mea pena BB King
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Riley B. King ma Kepakemapa 16, 1925 ma ka Mississippi Delta, kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Itta Bena. I kona wā kamaliʻi, holo wikiwiki ʻo ia ma waena o ka hale o kona makuahine a me ka hale o kona kupuna wahine. Ua haʻalele ka makuakāne o ke keikikāne i ka ʻohana i ka wā ʻōpiopio loa ʻo King.
Ua lōʻihi ka manawa o ka mea hoʻokani pila ma ka hale pule a hīmeni ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka Haku, a laila i ka makahiki 1943 ua neʻe ʻo King i Indianola, kekahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma ka puʻuwai o ka Mississippi Delta.
Ua waiho ʻia nā mele ʻāina a me nā mele euanelio i kahi manaʻo i ka manaʻo mele o King. Ua ulu ʻo ia i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ke mele o nā mea pena blues (T-Bone Walker a me Lonnie Johnson) a me nā mea akamai jazz (Charlie Christian lāua ʻo Django Reinhardt).
I ka makahiki 1946, ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i Memphis e ʻimi i kona hoahānau (mea hoʻokani pila o ka ʻāina) ʻo Bukka White. No ʻumi mahina makaʻu ʻole, ua aʻo ʻo White i kāna ʻōpio hoʻomanawanui i nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻokani pila ʻana.
Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana i Indianola, ua huakaʻi hou ʻo King i Memphis i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1948. I kēia manawa ua liuliu ʻo ia no kekahi manawa.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana a ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Riley B. King
Ua hoʻolaha koke ʻo King i kāna mele ma o ka lekiō Memphis WDIA. He kikowaena ia i hoʻololi hou i kahi ʻano hou, "ʻeleʻele".
ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe nona nā hui kūloko i kā lākou mau mea pena kiʻi e pāʻani i nā ʻaha mele lekiō i hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa i kā lākou mau hana i kēlā me kēia pō ma ka lewa.
I ka haʻalele ʻana ʻo DJ Maurice Hot Rod Hulbert ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi hoʻololi, ua lilo ʻo King i mea paʻa moʻolelo.
I ka wā mua, ua kapa ʻia ka mea hoʻokani ʻo The Pepticon Boy (he hui ʻona i hoʻokūkū me Hadacol). I ka hoʻolele ʻana o ka lekiō ʻo WDIA, ua lilo ka inoa ʻo King i The Beale Street Blues Boy, a ma hope i pōkole ʻia i Blues Boy. A ma hope wale nō i puka mai ai ka inoa ʻo BB King.
Ua loaʻa iā King kahi "breakthrough" nui i ka makahiki 1949. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna mau mele mua ʻehā no Jim Bullitt's Bullet Records (me ka mele Miss Martha King no ka hanohano o kāna wahine) a laila pūlima pū me nā kaikunāne Bihari 'Los Angeles-based RPM Records.
ʻO ka "breakthrough" a B.B. King i ke ao mele
Ua hāʻawi pū nā kaikunāne Bihari i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kekahi o nā hana mua a King ma o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā lako hoʻopaʻa leo lawe lima ma nā wahi a pau a lākou e noho ai.
ʻO ke mele mua i paʻi i ka papa inoa kiʻekiʻe o ka R&B aupuni ʻo Three O'Clock Blues (i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia e Lowell Fulson) (1951).
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke mele ma Memphis ma YMCA Studios. Ua hana pū nā kānaka koʻikoʻi me King i kēlā manawa - ʻo Bobby Bland ka mea hoʻokani pahu, ʻo Earl Forest a me ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Johnny Ace. I ka hele ʻana o King i ka huakaʻi no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻEkolu O'Clock Blues, ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia i ke kuleana o ka Beale Streeters iā Ace.
guitar mōʻaukala
ʻO ia ka manawa i kapa mua ai ʻo King i kāna kīkā punahele ʻo "Lucille". Ua hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo me ka hoʻokani ʻana o King i kāna ʻahamele ma ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Twist (Arkansas).
I ka wā o ka hana, ua hoʻomaka ka hakakā ma waena o nā kānaka lili ʻelua. I ka wā o ka hakakā ʻana, ua hoʻohuli nā kāne i kahi pahu ʻōpala me ka ʻaila ʻaila, a kahe aʻe a hoʻomaka ke ahi.
Me ka makaʻu i ke ahi, ua holo wikiwiki ka mea hoʻokani i waho o ka lumi, a waiho i kāna kīkā i loko. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ʻike ʻo ia he pupule loa ʻo ia a holo i hope. Holo akula ʻo King i loko o ke keʻena, ʻalo aʻe i ke ahi, a hoʻoweliweli i kona ola.
I ka mālie ʻana o nā mea a pau a pio ke ahi, ua ʻike ʻo King i ka inoa o ke kaikamahine nāna i hoʻopilikia. ʻO Lucille kona inoa.
Mai ia manawa, ua loaʻa iā King nā Lucilles like ʻole. Ua hana ʻo Gibson i kahi kīkā maʻamau i hōʻoia ʻia a ʻae ʻia e King.
Nā mele papa kiʻekiʻe
I ka makahiki 1950, ua hoʻokumu ʻo King iā ia iho he mea hoʻokani mele R&B kaulana. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i nā haku mele ma Los Angeles ma RPM Studios. Ua hana ʻo King i 20 mau moʻolelo palapala kiʻekiʻe i kēia mau makahiki mele a me ka haunaele.
ʻO ia hoʻi, nā haku mele koʻikoʻi o ia manawa: You Know I Love You (1952); Ala 'O kēia kakahiaka a 'olu'olu e aloha mai ia'u (1953); When My Heart Beats like a Hammer, Whole Lotta' Love, and You Upset Me Baby (1954); Loaʻa iaʻu nā Blues i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ua ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻokani pila ʻana a King, a haʻalele loa i nā mea hoʻokūkū a pau.
1960s - ko mākou manawa
I ka makahiki 1960, ua lilo ka King's LP Sweet Sixteen i mea kūʻai nui loa, a ʻo kāna mau hana ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole i mamao loa ma hope.
Ua neʻe ka mea pena i ABC-Paramount Records i ka makahiki 1962, e hahai ana i nā wāwae o Lloyd Price lāua ʻo Ray Charles.
I Nowemapa 1964, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea hoʻokani pila i kāna album ola mua, kahi i hui pū ʻia me kahi ʻaha mele ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaulana ʻo Chicago.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka nani o ka hit How Blue Can You Get. ʻO ia kekahi o kāna mau mele pūlima.
ʻO nā mele ʻaʻole e pane i ka puka (1966) a me ka uku ʻana i ke kumukūʻai e lilo i haku he XNUMX mau moʻolelo R&B kiʻekiʻe ʻelua makahiki ma hope.
ʻO King kekahi o nā bluesmen i hoʻopaʻa mau i ka hana kūleʻa, a no ke kumu maikaʻi. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i makaʻu e hoʻāʻo me nā mele.
I ka makahiki 1973, ua huakaʻi ka mea hoʻokani pila i Philadelphia e hoʻopaʻa i nā mele kaulana loa: To Know You Is to Love You and I Like to Live the Love.
A i ka makahiki 1978, ua hui pū ʻo ia me kekahi mau mea hoʻokani jazz e haku i ke mele leʻaleʻa nui Never Make Your Move Too Soon.
Eia naʻe, i kekahi manawa ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi nā hoʻokolohua wiwo ʻole i ka hana. ʻO Love Me Tender, kahi album kani ʻāina, he pōʻino noʻeau a kūʻai aku.
Eia naʻe, ʻo kāna diski no ka MCA Blues Summit (1993) he hoʻi i ka hana. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai kēia manawa ʻo Letthe Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan (1999) a me Riding with the King (2000) i ka hui pū ʻana me Eric Clapton.
I ka makahiki 2005, ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo King i kāna lā hānau 80 me ka album co-star 80, e hōʻike ana i nā mea pena like ʻole e like me Gloria Estefan, John Mayer a me Van Morrison.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi album ola hou ma 2008; I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻi ʻo King i ka blues maʻemaʻe me One Kind Favor.
I ka hopena o 2014, ua koi ʻia ʻo King e kāpae i kekahi mau ʻaha mele ma muli o ke olakino maʻi, a ma hope ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia i ʻelua manawa a komo i ka lawelawe hospice i ka pūnāwai. Ua make ʻo ia ma Mei 14, 2015 ma Las Vegas, Nevada.
