B.B. King

Years ago, I was scheduled to do a phone interview with this living legend, but Mr. 200-Plus-Shows-a-Year slept through my call. It left this fan with a lot of unasked questions:

Still the King.

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Scheduled to perform on Thursday, December 29

Dodge Theatre

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