Subj : Live at the Regal
To   : Martin Ridgley
From : Bill Riley
Date : Sun Jul 16 2000 02:04 pm

Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

 MR>    Also, you nailed the essence of B.B.'s mastery - his phrasing. 
 MR> Reminds me of Count Basie, who could sit at the piano conducting
 MR> the  band, then suddenly just pop a hand down to the keyboard and
 MR> hit  either a note, a chord, or a short phrase that was nothing
 MR> short of  perfect.

I'm always amazed that the people who don't get B.B. miss that.  But I think 
it's mostly people who have only heard him as an old man, after he started 
singing more and playing less.

  
Bill
   
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