B.B. King
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Raised in the Mississippi Delta, he taught himself guitar after learning three chords from a church minister and later honed his craft in juke joints and on local radio, eventually moving to Memphis and Chicago where his reputation grew. His fluid string-bending, shimmering vibrato and staccopicking forged a sophisticated solo style that AllMusic later called the most important electric-guitar wor…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
