Thursday, April 5, 2007
Showman, great guitarist, old school — B.B. King. The “King of the Blues” stopped by the Star Pavilion at the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, Mo., to play a show on March 31.
Never have I seen a musician with such control over an audience. If he wanted us to clap after a solo, we would. If he wanted us to sing along or repeat after him, we would. If he had told us to get up and start doing the chicken dance, we would have. He had the audience in a trance.
From a wonderful, guitar-heavy cover of U2’s “When Love Comes to Town” to closer “The Thrill Is Goxne,” King was captivating. Between songs he told stories about when he was younger, expressed his belief that there was no such thing as an ugly woman and talked about what life was like at 81.
He may be old and unable to stand up for an extended period of time — he played the entire concert sitting down — but the dancing he did in his chair would rival most car-seat dancing any of us college students have ever done.
Some other highlights were “How Blue Can You Get,” “The Letter” and “Key to the Highway,” a song that has been covered by many other musicians, including Eric Clapton. The show lasted about an hour and a half, and every second was great.
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