Man He’s Got a Lot of Soul

Riley B. King (B.B.)
1925-1915

B.B. in 1980, the year I saw him play.
(AP Photo,)

Last week, at the age of 89, B.B. King passed away. Despite a flurry of surprisingly good albums over the last 10 years or so, he’d not been on my must-listen list. If I’m honest, and I try to be, Albert was always my favorite King, and Freddie came next. I liked B.B. I just never loved him. (I have been known to remark

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Was Clapton Ever Really God?

The legendary London graffito of the early 1960s had it that ‘Clapton is God.’ What if the scribblers were wrong?

That’s the thought that went through my head as I finally got around to listening to ‘Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center.’ This 2011 release is