[HN Gopher] When Young Elvis Met B.B. King
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       When Young Elvis Met B.B. King
        
       Author : tintinnabula
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2021-11-16 19:39 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | Favorite story, at least for today:
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       | When he was a show biz legend, U2 had him in the studio to record
       | with them. Bono showed a song to him, and said "Now in this part,
       | B.B., you just play chords."
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       | King said, "Gentlemen, I don't play chords. I do this:" and then
       | did his signature guitar soloing.
        
         | adventured wrote:
         | King also mentions that here (When Love Comes to Town):
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         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mCE73j59Zs
        
       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | "I sensed something was going on when he played a show in
       | Richmond, Virginia (June 30, 1956). It was a pretty straight
       | Southern town and you had a lot of young girls there, maybe 4,000
       | in the theatre. The girls would be hugging each other in the
       | darkness and would cry."
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       | - Alfred Wertheimer (early Elvis photographer)
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       | I read an interview with Al where he was asked if all the crying
       | was legit -- or was it just "Elvis mania" or whatever. He said it
       | absolutely was real. He explained that these young women had been
       | side-lined, repressed by society at large and Elvis had touched
       | off something in them.
        
         | bamboozled wrote:
         | They probably saw a sense of freedom and rebellion in him that
         | was exciting. Gave them hope they wouldn't just be house wives
         | or whatever their prior destiny told them.
        
         | soperj wrote:
         | It's kind of weird, because if you listen to old recordings of
         | BB King when he was younger, there are clearly plenty of girls
         | in the audience and they go absolutely nuts.
        
       | janandonly wrote:
       | I don't know why but it warms my hearth to hear BB speak so
       | highly of Elvis Presley.
        
         | mcbishop wrote:
         | Yes. And it warms my heart to hear that Elvis openly showed his
         | reverence for BB.
        
       | quercusa wrote:
       | I saw BB at Shoreline in the mid 90s. More than anyone else I've
       | ever seen, it was clear that his priority was that the audience
       | have a good time. We certainly did.
        
       | anonymousiam wrote:
       | BB outlived Elvis by 37 years. Both are irreplaceable.
        
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