<story><title>B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/arts/music/b-b-king-blues-singer-dies-at-89.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Bahamut</author><text>That makes two of us - I missed being able to see Gary Moore live, and now B. B. King :( .</text></item><item><author>k-mcgrady</author><text>We talk a lot on HN about &amp;#x27;doing what you love&amp;#x27; This was a man who, against all odds, truly did that. For most of his life he was playing over 300 shows a year and even this year when he was ill he played over 100. Very sad he&amp;#x27;s gone and I never had the opportunity to hear him sing live.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>72deluxe</author><text>I got to see Moore but missed King - my friend went to see him but didn&amp;#x27;t tell me about the tour! Gutting.&lt;p&gt;Moore&amp;#x27;s blues songs are a million times better than his rock era, IMHO. Some nasty-sounding guitar tone there.&lt;p&gt;Additionally, King did very well to keep playing the blues over such a long period of time. If you listen to the songs from the 80s you can hear that he had to adjust (slap bass &amp;#x2F; boosted treble bass, round squishy synths and massive reverbs, horrible tom sounds) but he did well to carry on playing the blues through it and come back to a more traditional (normal!) sound afterwards.&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, he never played chords!</text></comment>
<story><title>B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/arts/music/b-b-king-blues-singer-dies-at-89.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Bahamut</author><text>That makes two of us - I missed being able to see Gary Moore live, and now B. B. King :( .</text></item><item><author>k-mcgrady</author><text>We talk a lot on HN about &amp;#x27;doing what you love&amp;#x27; This was a man who, against all odds, truly did that. For most of his life he was playing over 300 shows a year and even this year when he was ill he played over 100. Very sad he&amp;#x27;s gone and I never had the opportunity to hear him sing live.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>declnz</author><text>I feel blessed to have been able to see both of them live, even just once, and even before I knew much about Gary Moore (he was supporting someone else), but was truly moved by Still Got the Blues live.&lt;p&gt;Of course you never appreciate this as much as you do once they&amp;#x27;re gone. May they both rest in peace.</text></comment>