B.B King Playing Acoustic Guitar (rare)

Rare footage of B.B. King from 1975.

[@ryanwhiteguitar668]

I've never heard someone make an acoustic guitar sound like that. The tone was in his fingers!

[@tonmisty]

Would have liked to see more of B.B playing acoustic, because that was great!

[@manfredaspundzius9264]

Me to! That's the only video i found in web, anyway love your covers brother!

[@tonmisty]

@@manfredaspundzius9264 Thanks, much appreciated.

[@debomb721]

I would kill for more footage of bb playing solo acoustic

[@alansouzacruz970]

The king of blues

[@manfredaspundzius9264]

Yes it is ✌️

[@phillipanderson7398]

Yes he was, along with Freddy King and Albert King.

[@rafterman5072]

Wow, he sounds amazing on the acoustic.

[@progmeup]

If you want to hear (but not see) a bit more, listen to "Alexis' Boogie" with Alexis Korner from B.B. King in London, "Shake It Up and Go" from Blues on the Bayou and "Key to the Highway" with Eric Clapton.

[@ALNlemtor]

1:49 1:53 proof enough that he can whenever he is in the mood . Truly the King

[@mademepickaname]

What a treat to see him playing acoustic. Thanks for this post.

[@mathewfoster2058]

Love him. True hardworking Mississippi Blues Legend.

[@CoCre8ors]

True history!!! Soul, pain and Beauty!! The greatest of all time

[@BrianBoese-im8jm]

Play with your heart..

[@jeffrowlette]

Masterful 👍

[@སྒྲདབྱངས]

First time watching King playing Acoustic Guitar 😯

[@thepoweroftheweed2215]

When he makes vibrato, it looks like the guitar is giggling

[@walterredaelli7507]

How much I miss this guy... 🖖🏻🎸

[@danielepastacci4481]

This is so majestic

[@SebastienRomero]

Amazing footage!! If you want to hear another acoustic recording you gotta check out Crawling King Snake by Buddy Guy from the album Blues Singer. B.B. plays some acoustic solos in there as well, his style is instantly recognizable.

[@pabloperez4063]

In "RIDING WITH THE KING" 2000 album with EC, both play acoustic

[@YYZed12]

Really? I didn’t knew that

[@martincummins8528]

Check the BB King in London lp, he plays acoustic with Alexis Korner and Humble Pie on 'Alexis's Boogie'. The whole record is savage. Enjoy.

[@progmeup]

@@YYZed12 It's only on "Key to the Highway", I think. In addition to those two tracks, "Shake It Up and Go" from Blues on the Bayou also sounds like an acoustic guitar to me, or at least Lucille without much amplification, if any.

[@prathameshbhambure]

Thanks guys!

[@recklessmotionmusic]

Thank you

[@N8K_edits]

Legend 🙏

[@opticalmixing23]

He grew up in the time of the ole wheat field blues

[@206redrider]

“We’re gonna try to move ya, if you like the blues I think we can”:)

[@jorge_nitales]

Le dabas una caja con alambres y tocaba igual, el sonido en las manos tenia el maestro

[@thedrearybrain]

Such an amazing video

[@captainmerica2498]

BB was the tone.

[@ericharvey8149]

Love this!

[@MauriceGuibot]

HA ! there we actually see him playing chords !

[@DannyBoyPhelan]

Why would they cut the recording of him playing acoustic...

[@johangodard6184]

Gibson J35 😍

[@securethebag1613]

its impossible to find a video of him playin chords

[@0u73rh34v3n]

God they cut him off too soon

[@gecs53270]

besides playing acoustic guitar, he plays "little water blues and lonesson"

[@xannondaalder1173]

What’s he playing half way through on electric?

[@tayc9855]

How blue can you get is the song

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

I don’t think so, I’ve heard people play in drop d tuning acoustically and my brain interprets that sound as electric even though I know it’s not. Maybe we’re just used to his style of playing? Some of Robert Johnson’s tone sounds like that too

[@nickspencer2207]

@@malaquiasalfaro81 Visually, you can see the guitar he’s playing is an electric. That’s interesting about drop d though, I’ve never heard of that! Very cool

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

@@nickspencer2207 I have a weak example of a blues shuffle in drop d on my KZbin shorts if you want to check it out. It’s pretty much the main style I play in now

[@jacquesguillo1518]

does anyone have the tab? merci beaucoup