B.B. King: Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Crown
Charles Shaar Murray, Q, February 1993
From the no-horse town of Ita Bena, Mississippi, to the planet's most prestigious culture palaces, Riley "Blues Boy" King has spent half a century as the biggest thing in the world of blues, the undisputed king. Bands from U2 down dig him. People love him. And yet, he tells Charles Shaar Murray, "I feel there's a lot more that can be done."
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