Happy Birthday to the Late B.B. King

I'm playing catch up trying to catch up and vote in the Battle of the Bands. Work and a sick child is kind of slowing me down in that department. Of course I wanted to celebrate BB King's birthday but I have posted quite a bit about him this year with his passing.

I wanted to post something new on the subject and here it is. Memphis dedicated a street to the late blues great today calling it B.B. King Boulevard. You can read more about that here.

I guess in spirit you could go "Riding With the King"

"King of the Blues" with John Mayer..
  

"The Thrill is Gone" featuring Tracy Chapman...

On the songs I went with special guests to make it a little different. B.B, King is certainly missed and a his birthday is a great excuse to celebrate his music. I will be back soon with a new post!

Celebrating Sam Phillips Birthday

Today is the 90th birthday of the late Sam Phillips who is best know for being the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studios in Memphis. He was a person very influential in the birth and rise of Rock N' Roll in the 1950's. He was obviously a business man, a record producer, record executive and DJ. He and Sun brought artists like Johnny Cash, Howlin' Wolf and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Let's enjoy some of that classic Sun music...Johnny Cash...

Here is a video about the legendary Sun Studios...

Here Sam Phillips talks about Elvis..

Jerry Lee Lewis...Sun Records and Sun Studio created a lot of Shakin'

Carl Perkins...

It would be hard to imagine music without Sun Records or the legendary Sun Studios. Thanks to Sam Phillips we don't have too!