Living Blues | Living Blues #298
Living Blues #298 (September/October 2025) celebrates the 100th birthday of B.B. King. Not only was B.B. King the King of the Blues, he was also the King of the Road. King played 250–300 dates per year for decades and he and his band lived much of their lives on the road. We pull back the curtain and take a look at what life on the road with B.B. King was like. The issue opens with “My Strategies for the Show and Rules of the Road” by B.B. King himself. Then we follow with stories from life on the road with King from Mike Doster, Russell Jackson, Tony Coleman, Herman Jackson, Ron Levy, Alvin Morris, Alfonso Sanders, Reggie Richard, and James “Boogaloo” Bolden. We also feature photo spreads of life on the road featuring the photos of Charles Sawyer, William R. Ferris, and others, a list of B.B. King’s live albums, a spotlight on the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, and explore B.B. King and the Mississippi Blues Trail. Plus Let It Roll! spotlighting King’s 1997 album Deuces Wild.
All of this plus the latest in Blues News, LB Talks To with Eric Gales, and 50 record reviews
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Living Blues Living Blues #298.