Happy Birthday, BB King
BB King turned 80 today. I’m glad he’s still with us, still making music. When asked by NPR why he hadn’t retired, he said this: “I have a job I love. I’d do it for free if someone would pay my rent. Don’t tell the promoter that.”
A lot of the musicians I love have died in the last ten years: Sinatra, Junior Wells, Barry White, Ray Charles. It’ll break my heart when BB goes.