A blended concert video featuring B.B. King and the B.B. King band at B.B.’s blues clubs in Nashville and Dallas, in October 2006. Terrific video and, of course, even better music. The Fine Print. Embed made possible via YouTube (thanks, guys). All rights owned by respective artist. This video through Geffen Records, A …
Monthly Archives: May 2015
The Weekend Concert Series: B.B.King and Band at B.B. Blues Clubs (Nashville & Dallas)
A blended concert video featuring B.B. King and the B.B. King band at B.B.’s blues clubs in Nashville and Dallas, in October 2006. Terrific video and, of course, even better music. The Fine Print. Embed made possible via YouTube (thanks, guys). All rights owned by respective artist. This video through Geffen Records, A …
The Weekend Concert Series: B.B. King & Eric Clapton, Crossroads Music Festival, 2010
Eric Clapton has a long-standing music and personal relationship with B.B. King. In 2010, B.B. came to play at Clapton’s charity concert, the Crossroads Music Festival. This cut is B.B.and Clapton doing the “Thrill is Gone“. The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of YouTube. Originally posted to YouTube by Jovan Stojanovic. All rights reserved by respective …
The Weekend Concert Series: B.B. King & Eric Clapton, Crossroads Music Festival, 2010
Eric Clapton has a long-standing music and personal relationship with B.B. King. In 2010, B.B. came to play at Clapton’s charity concert, the Crossroads Music Festival. This cut is B.B.and Clapton doing the “Thrill is Gone“. The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of YouTube. Originally posted to YouTube by Jovan Stojanovic. All rights reserved by respective …
The Weekend Concert Series: B.B. King Live at Montreaux Jazz Festival, 1993.
B.B. King passed away this week at age 89. The very best way to honor B.B. King is to appreciate–again or for the first time–his special genius in making music. This weekend, the Concert Series focuses on the musical performances of B.B. King. Up first, a series of videos of B.B. at the Montreaux Jazz Fesitval, …
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The Thrill Is Gone: B.B. King Dies at 89
Editor’s Note: We’ve interrupted the planned multi-day run of Gay Talese’s seminal profile of Frank Sinatra to pay tribute to another music giant who passed today. The Sinatra profile will be re-posted at a later date…or..you can just scroll down from this post to find it. Transitions: Riley B. King, known all over the world …
Frank Sinatra Has A Cold
Frank Sinatra Has A Cold is perhaps the greatest profile ever written about Frank Sinatra. The article was written by Gay Talese and published in the April 1966 edition of Esquire, when that magazine was at the center of The New Journalism literary movement (deep fact checked articles written using the style and techniques most frequently …
Yogi on traveling
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else…”
The Weekend Concert Series: Bruno Mars Summer Soul Festival
The Hunt for New Music. Bruno Mars is a living testimony to what happens when you just don’t quit. He was born into a family of musicians and his natural talent for music was obvious at a very early age. But–he struggled. A deal with Motown didn’t work out . A management deal with Will. i. …
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Vineyard Vines Polishes The Brand
Great video from Bloomberg.com on the clothing/lifestyle company Vineyard Vines, which has just completed the build out of a 91,000SF office in Stamford, CT. If you want to see how to push out to the edges of a brand, here’s your chance. Great office, which goes very well with the great clothes. The Fine Print: Beach …