Blues Medley: BB King, James Brown, Bobby "Blue" Bland

[MarkRhodes]

[DawgBone]

Watched that one many times. Absolutely outstanding. 3 powerhouse vocalists.

[Stringswinger]

I met Bobbie "Blue" Bland in LA in 1975. He was staying at a motel in Hollywood that I was living at (Carolina-Hollywood Motel at Sunset and La Brea). I was a 17 year old emancipated minor at the time. After taking about music for a bit at the motel's swimming pool, Bobbie invited me to sit in with his band at a club in Watts. I did not take him up on it and regret that to this day.....

[DawgBone]

I met Bobbie "Blue" Bland in LA in 1975. He was staying at a motel in Hollywood that I was living at (Carolina-Hollywood Motel at Sunset and La Brea). I was a 17 year old emancipated minor at the time. After taking about music for a bit at the motel's swimming pool, Bobbie invited me to sit in with his band at a club in Watts. I did not take him up on it and regret that to this day.....

I bet. I do not understand why you didn't take him up on it. Lack of faith in blues chops? Intimidated? One of my favorite Bobby covers of a blues classic:

[Stringswinger]

I bet. I do not understand why you didn't take him up on it. Lack of faith in blues chops? Intimidated? One of my favorite Bobby covers of a blues classic:

I think I was a bit intimidated. He had a huge Tour bus and I was just a 17 year old kid who had never played anything bigger than my high school auditorium stage. In retrospect, I would have done just fine. That was an opportunity missed. As luck would have it, I have seized more opportunities than I have missed in this life. But I missed that one for sure....