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A Gibson Lucille model semi-acoustic guitar, unique for having no f-holes. Lucille is the name American blues musician B. B. King (1925–2015) gave to his guitars. They were usually black Gibson guitars similar to the ES-330 or ES-355, and Gibson introduced a B.B. King custom model in 1980, based upon the latter.
The song was first recorded in 1930 by Lucille Bogan, one of the classic female blues singers. [2] Bogan recorded it as a mid-tempo, twelve-bar blues, featuring her vocal with piano accompaniment. In 1934, Tampa Red recorded "Black Angel Blues" for Vocalion Records .
She was born Etta Lucille Reid in Caldwell County, North Carolina, of African-American, Native American, and European-American heritage. [1] [2] Baker began playing guitar at the age of three. [3] [4] She was taught by her father, Boone Reid, a longtime player of the Piedmont blues on several instruments. [4] He was her only musical instructor. [5]
The Little Lucille has a number of distinctive features that distinguish it from virtually all other Gibsons. The Little Lucille's body outline is the same as a slightly earlier range of guitars, the Nighthawks (1993–1999), but unlike the Nighthawks, the Little Lucille is a semi-hollow bodied guitar with twin f-holes and a flat (uncarved) top.
L.A. Midnight is the twentieth studio electric blues album by B.B. King released in 1972. It features two extended guitar jams with fellow guitarists Jesse Ed Davis and Joe Walsh ("Midnight" and "Lucille's Granny").
Six Silver Strings is the thirtieth studio blues album by B.B. King released in 1985. Promoted as a King's 50th album, the production is split between five David Crawford-produced tracks recorded in Miami with session musicians, and three tracks co-produced by filmmaker John Landis and his Into the Night soundtrack colleague Ira Newborn.
Maloney was born in 1981 hailing from Traverse City, Mich. and grew up playing the cello, guitar, violin, and drums. He spent 10 years as the frontman for the progressive rock band Indulge before ...
Lucille (1968) Live and Well (1969) Lucille is the fifteenth album by blues artist B. B. King. ... Irving Ashby - guitar; David "Leather Sax" Allen, Jr. - bass guitar;