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As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Guitarist Name: B. B. King

Write your essay here! :B. B. King is considered one of the greatest guitarist of all time. He plays many different styles including blues, rock n' roll, electric, and jazz. King named all of his guitars Lucile because he went into a burning building to save one of the guitars. The fire started because 2 men were fighting over a woman named Lucile and started a fire.

B. B. King was born September 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He lived with his mother but when he was just 8 years old she died. King went to go live with his father who introduced to him a stepmother and 3 half siblings. He did lots of work on the farms and listened to some blues artists such as Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker, and his cousin Booker White. When he was 12 years old he taught himself how to play guitar. As he got older he became discontent with school and would eventually drop out. He went to Indianola to live with extended family shortly after leaving school. He worked as a sharecropper, playing the guitar as often as he could, mostly on the weekends. He went to Memphis to play music. Afer some time he finally received a record deal with Bullet Records in 1949.

King had plenty of hit singles and albums. Some of his most famous were "3 O'clock Blues" and "You Don't Know Me" which both reached number 1 on top music charts. He was influenced by many artists such as Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and T-Bone Walker. He was also influenced by blues music in general. He listened through it all through out his childhood.

//Rolling Stones// magazine named King #3 on Top 100 guitarists of all time. He had hundreds of concerts a year and made blues music mainstream and part of the American culture.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. sample: "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

Wagner, Mary H., and Wagner Mary H. "B. B. King." //Musicians And Composers Of The Twentieth Century// (2009): 1. //Biography Reference Center//. Web. 21 Oct. 2013.
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Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || What do you like about his/her style? || Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, and Buddy Guy are among the countless musicians influenced by King. They are all of different styles such as rock n' roll and blues ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Blues ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || B. B. King ||
 * This guitarist lived from _ to __ || September 16, 1925 - Present ||
 * Define and describe the guitar style you are researching. || Blues music started in the early 1800's and later transformed into rock n' roll ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || When he was 12 he taught himself how to play the guitar ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || Blues ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker, and his cousin Booker White ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Blues, blues rock, jazz, R&B, soul, electronic, rock n' roll ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || He used electric guitars and in the early 80's had a guitar modeled just for him called the Gibson 345 ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || His mother died when he was young and he lived with extended family ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || Dropped out of school and went back to live with extended family and worked as a sharecropper ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || Live with extended family for a while and taught himself for to sing and play guitar ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || "Three O'clock Blues" and "You Don't Know Me" both reached #1 on music charts ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || //Rolling Stones// magazine named King #3 on Top 100 guitarists of all time. He had hundreds of concerts a year and made blues music mainstream and part of the American culture ||