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2006 Grammy winner ,and one of the most famous blues singer\/guitarist in the world today, B.B. King, is coming to Branson for two performances on Feb. 18 and 19. Welk-Sullivan Productions announced today that King, The King of the Blues, will perform on Saturday, February 18th<\/SUP> at \n
For more than half a century, B.B. King has defined the blues for a worldwide audience.The winner of 13 Grammy Awards and 22 W.C. Handy (Blues Foundation) Awards has released over 50 albums including four Gold albums, two Platinum albums and one Multi-Platinum album. His R&B Chart-topping hits include “Three O’Clock Blues,” “You Don’t Know Me,” “Please Love Me,” “You Upset Me Baby,” “Sweet Sixteen, Part I,” and “Don’t Answer The Door, Part I.”His most popular crossover hit, “The Thrill Is Gone,” reached #15 on the Top-40 Chart in 1970.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> Tickets for the two B.B. King concerts in February 2006 go on sale B.B. mixes traditional blues, jazz, swing, mainstream pop and jump into his own unique sound. Over the years, B.B. has developed one of the world’s most identifiable guitar styles featuring delicate single string runs punctuated by loud chords, subtle vibratos and “bent” notes.The technique of rock guitar playing is \u2013 to a large degree \u2013 derived from B.B.’s playing. <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> B.B. has been inducted into Halls of Fame (Blues Foundation, Rock & Roll, Performance Magazine and N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards);<\/I> received numerous Lifetime Achievement Awards (Grammy Awards, Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, Orville H. Gibson\/Gibson Guitar, Blues Foundation, MOBO Awards {London} and Congress of Racial Equality {CORE)}<\/I>; and is featured on several Walks of Fame (Rock Walk, Amsterdam {Holland} Walk of Fame and Hollywood Walk of Fame).<\/I>He has many film and TV appearances to his credit along with radio and TV commercials, soundtrack albums and even an MTV Video Music Award for “Best Video >From a Film” in 1988\/89.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P> This year B.B. King has released two CDs.”B.B. King Ultimate Collection” in March with 21 of B.B.’s legendary hits and signature songs between 1951 and 2000.In September, he released “80” which brings B.B. King together with Eric Clapton, Elton John and others for new duets in an album of blues standards to celebrate B.B.’s 80th<\/SUP> birthday. With his many honors, extensive tour schedule and recently released albums, B.B. King is more popular, more cherished and more relevant than ever to the audiences he entertains night-after-night, around the world.<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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