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B.B. King at Minnechaug Regional High School - Blues Instruction
(1999)
In the fifth segment of the video, BB King and his band play some blues music. King demonstrates the difference between playing the Blues and playing the Blues well... Genre: Educational Keywords: BB King; Blues music; lessons; demonstrations; expression; The Thrill is Gone; Duration: 00:05:01 Popularity (downloads): 294 |
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B.B. King at Minnechaug Regional High School - Blues Instruction 2
(1999)
In the sixth segment of the video, BB King continues his Blues lesson by performing an uptempo, cheerful Blues song. He follows it with a performance of "The Thrill... Genre: Educational Keywords: BB King; Blues music; lessons; demonstrations; uptempo music; Duration: 00:01:54 Popularity (downloads): 336 |
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B.B. King at Minnechaug Regional High School - Definition of the Blues/Influences
(1999)
In the eleventh segment of the video, BB King gives his definition of the Blues. Genre: Educational Keywords: BB King; Blues music; "people places and things"; Blind Lemmon Jefferson; BB King; Blues music; Storytelling; Slavery; House rent parties; The Headhunters; Old age; Duration: 00:03:36 Popularity (downloads): 347 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's Early Experiences in Memphis
(2000)
In the fifth segment B.B. King discusses leaving Mississippi and starting his radio career in Memphis, Tennessee. Genre: Educational Keywords: Highway 61; Memphis, Tennessee; Beale Street; WDIA;tractor driver; picking cotton; hitchhiked; produce truck; cousin; Booker White; music business; fuel tanks; job; Sonny Boy Williamson; broadcast; Helena, Arkansas; King Biscuit Time; lunch; dinner; West Memphis, Tennessee;"Blues at Midnight"; four walling; Miss Annie; 16th Street Grill; gambling; Las Vegas; jukebox; $12.50 a night; Mr. Pepper; Mr. Ferguson; country and western music; Professor Nat D. Williams; Pepticon; Hadacol; tonics; jingle; Duration: 00:12:03 Popularity (downloads): 381 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - Introduction of B.B. King by William Ferris
(2000)
In the second segment William Ferris introduces B.B. King Genre: Educational Keywords: Smithsonian; 20th century; America's contributions; century of the blues; American music; jazz; country; gospel;classical; poetry; literature; visual arts; single most important blues artist of this century; Beal Street; King of the Blues; Duration: 00:02:35 Popularity (downloads): 303 |
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B.B. King at Minnechaug Regional High School - Introductions
(1999)
The second segment of the video begins with Howard Stovall, the executive director of the Blues Foundation, introducing himself. Stovall talks about The Blues Foundation and introduces Art Tipaldi.... Genre: Educational Keywords: BB King; Art Tipaldi; Blues.org; Minnechaug Regional High School; Howard Stovall; The Blues Foundation; Indianola Mississippi; Mississippi Duration: 00:04:40 Popularity (downloads): 279 |
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B.B. King at Minnechaug Regional High School
(1999)
This video is an edited version of a recording of the December 7, 1999 appearance of BB King at Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. King is appearing... Genre: Educational Keywords: BB King; Blues music; guitar; singing; Art Tipaldi; Blues Foundation; Blues in School; Howard Stovall; Minnechaug Regional High School; High school students; Duration: 01:03:16 Popularity (downloads): 309 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King's First Hit Recording
(2000)
In the sixth segment B.B. King discusses recording his first records in Memphis. Genre: Educational Keywords: recording; Nashville, Tennessee; Bullet; Ike Turner; movie portrayal; Tina Turner; Los Angeles; "Three O'Clock Blues"; first hit record; Duration: 00:02:20 Popularity (downloads): 366 |
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B.B. King at Minnechaug Regional High School - King Intro
(1999)
The first segment of the video is an introduction consisting of brief interviews with Art Tipaldi, Howard Stovall, and students from Minnechaug Regional High School, intersperced with brief cuts from... Genre: Educational Keywords: BB King; Blues music; Blues.org; Art Tipaldi; Minnechaug Regional High School; Howard Stovall; Stage fright; African Americans; Education; African American Literature; Duration: 00:05:40 Popularity (downloads): 278 |
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America's Millenium on the Mall - Blues: Past and Future - B.B. King with William Ferris
(2000)
This video recording was made on January 2, 2000 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.as part of the "American Voices" presentations at the "Millennium on the Mall" celebrations. Transcript... Genre: Educational Keywords: Future of the Blues; B.B. King; Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; William Ferris; author; folklorist; film maker; academic administrator; Encyclopedia of Southern Culture; Director of Center for Southern Culture; plays guitar; Duration: 01:02:00 Popularity (downloads): 454 |
