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B.B. King: Bright Lights Big City

Paul Trynka, MOJO, May 1998

Fifty years ago B.B. King arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, and found himself in the eye of a musical hurricane. Today he celebrates the giants who built rock'n'roll's capital city — and started him on the wide-open road to fame.

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