BB King moʻolelo a me ka wikiō
ʻO BB King ka inoa maoliʻo Riley B. King. Ua hānauʻiaʻo ia i ka makahiki 1925 ma Itta Bena, Mississippi, a ua neʻeʻo ia i Memphis i ka makahiki 1947. ʻO kona kipa nui nui i ka makahiki 1948 ma ke Komohana o Memphis, ka mokuʻo Arkansas KWEM. Ma hope o kēlā, hoʻomakaʻo ia eʻike ma ka leo lele uila Memphis WDIA kahi i hanaʻo ia ma hope aku he DJ
I kona manawa i WDIA, ua loaʻa iā ia ka inoa "Beale Street Blues Boy", a ua hoʻopauʻia i ka "BB"ʻoiai iʻikeʻiaʻo ia ma hope mai.
ʻO Sam Phillips, kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani kaulana a kaulana o Memphis, ua hoʻokumuʻo BB King i kāna hana mua. Ua paʻiʻo ia i kahi helu ma ka Billboard Rhythm a me Blues Chart i ka makahiki 1952 a ua ukaliʻia me nā kaula hits i nā makahiki 1950.
Ua hoʻokomoʻiaʻo BB King i loko o ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Blues ma ka makahiki 1980, a ma ka Rock and Rock Hall of Fame i ka makahiki 1987 a he mea hoʻokaniʻo ia i kona mau makahiki he 70. Ua makeʻo ia ma ka lā 14 o Mei, 2015 mai ka hopena naʻau a me nā pilikia mai ka maʻi maʻi. Uaʻikeʻo Memphis i kona heleʻana me ka hoʻolewa hoʻolewa ma Beale Street. Ua kanuʻiaʻo ia ma ka BB King Museum ma Indianola, Mississippi.
BB King ma ke alanui Beale
Inā makemakeʻoe eʻike i ka hoʻoilina o BB King ma Memphis i kēia lā,ʻo Beale Street kekahi wahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hana pēlā. ʻO ka haleʻaina BB King kahi kahi o Memphis ma kahi BB BB Club ma kaʻaoʻao o 2 Avenue a me Beale Street. He nui nā wahi'ē aʻe ma Los Angeles, New York City, Nashville, Orlando, West Palm Beach,ʻelua ma Connecticut, a me kekahi Las Vegas.
Hāʻawi ka pahu i ka nui o ka barbecue a me ka meaʻai o ke kai a me nā mele blues a me ka mele mele i nā lā a pau. Ua kapaʻiaʻo BB King's Blues Club ka Best Bar For Music i ka 2016 Memphis ka mea heluhelu loa i ka hoʻopiʻi kālā.
ʻO luna o BB King blues club ka haleʻaina Itta Bena i hūnāʻia. ʻO kēia haleʻaina he wahi noho mālie, kahiʻoluʻolu ma waena o ka hopena a me ka hana o Beale Street.
Hōʻikeʻia ka Itta Bena i ka hoʻolālāʻana o ka hoʻomehanaʻana, kahi hoʻomehana kiʻekiʻe, a me ka papaʻaina maikaʻi.
Loaʻa iā BB King kekahi mele mele no ka Beale. Nā Beale Street Brass Notes Walk of Hame i hoʻomanaʻo i 150 mau kānaka i kōkua i ka Beale Street ma o kā lākou hana ma keʻano he mea hoʻokani pila, mea hoʻolalehua, mea hoʻolaha, a hoʻolaha paha.
BB King Museum ma Indianola, Mississippi
Hāʻawiʻia ka BB King Museum ma Indiaola, Mississippi e pili ana i ka moʻolelo BB BB e pili ana i ka blues, ke kūkulu hema, a me ka loli kaiaulu i ka wā o kona olaʻana. Aia kekahi mau hōʻikeʻike ma nā 1930 Mississippi Delta, 1950 Memphis, a me ka mahele o ka mele a King a me ka Civil Rights Movement i nā makahiki 1960.
Hoʻokomo ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike i ka Lāpule a me ka Pōʻakahi mai ka lā awakea a 5 pm a me ka Pōʻalua i nā hola Sābati mai 10 am a hiki i ka hola 5 pm He mau hola kūikawā paha a hiki paha ke paniʻia i ka wā maʻamau. He $ 15 nā makahiki o ke kāne makua, he $ 25 nā makahiki, a he $ 10 nā haumāna a me ka'ōpio.