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B.B. King, the Last Giant, Leaves Us

June 4, 2015 by Dennis McNally

I’m still learning about this blogging thing, to put it mildly. Writing is fairly hard work (well, it ain’t digging ditches, but it takes effort), and I like to be lazy. So when word came that B.B. King had finished his run on the planet, I didn’t automatically say, “Ah hah, I have a column!” as so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: B. B. King, Beatnik Shindig, Renegade Dreamers, Wally Hedrick

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