BLUES GUITARIST ROPUI BER: B.B.King

by The Rengs

B.B.King tiha hriatlar, American blues guitarist leh singer-song writer , Riley B.King chu September 16, 1925 khan khawvela blues musician thiam ber leh zah kai ber ni turin a lo piang a. Mahse rhythm a perh ngai miah lo . A guitar (Lucille) chu solo perh na’n chauh a hmang thin . Perh chungin a zai thei lo bawk . Kum 82-a upa tawh Kinga hi zu in lo leh zial zu lo mi a ni . Tunah hian zunthlum natna veiin a awm mek.

1947-ah Los Angeles khua-a R P M Records – ah hla a thun tan a , 1950 chho velah chuan R & B music-ah mi pawimawh be rte zingah a tel pha der mai . November 1964 khan Chicago , Illinois-a Regal Theater-ah a chatuan rotling tur Live at the Regal a record . 1969 khan blues market piah lamah , R & B artist-te’n an tawn ngai zen zen loh , Pop leh R & B chart-a hit nih kawpna chu “ The Thrill is Gone “ chuan a tawng riap mai . Kum1970 chho lamah pawh a hla “ To Know Is to Love You”-te leh “I Like to Live the Love”-te chuan a hlawhtlinna lui pui an la luan tir hum hum reng a.1951 atanga 1985 inkar, kum 34 chhungin Billboard’s R&B charts-ah vawi 74 the meuh a han lan chu!

1980,1990,2000 chho lamah chuan Kinga hla thar ngaihthlak tur a vang chho tial tail a,mahse television show lamah a lar tulh tulh ve thung.Kum khat chhungin zan 300 lek lek te mawle a lan thin le!Kum 1998-a Irish band U2 nena an thun “Rattle and Hum” album-a single,”When Love Comes to Town” zarah thangtharte’n Kinga an hre lar thar leh a.Kum 2000 khan guitarist Eric Clipton nen “Riding with the King”record-in an inkawp bawk.Khawvel ram tin hmun tinah B.B.Kinga concert 100 chuang TV leh Radio atangin tihchhuah a ni tawh.


B.B.King tiha hriatlar, American blues guitarist leh singer-song writer , Riley B.King chu September 16, 1925 khan khawvela blues musician thiam ber leh zah kai ber ni turin a lo piang a. Mahse rhythm a perh ngai miah lo . A guitar (Lucille) chu solo perh na’n chauh a hmang thin . Perh chungin a zai thei lo bawk . Kum 82-a upa tawh Kinga hi zu in lo leh zial zu lo mi a ni . Tunah hian zunthlum natna veiin a awm mek .

1947-ah Los Angeles khua-a R P M Records – ah hla a thun tan a , 1950 chho velah chuan R & B music-ah mi pawimawh be rte zingah a tel pha der mai . November 1964 khan Chicago , Illinois-a Regal Theater-ah a chatuan rotling tur Live at the Regal a record . 1969 khan blues market piah lamah , R & B artist-te’n an tawn ngai zen zen loh , Pop leh R & B chart-a hit nih kawpna chu “ The Thrill is Gone “ chuan a tawng riap mai . Kum1970 chho lamah pawh a hla “ To Know Is to Love You”-te leh “I Like to Live the Love”-te chuan a hlawhtlinna lui pui an la luan tir hum hum reng a.1951 atanga 1985 inkar, kum 34 chhungin Billboard’s R&B charts-ah vawi 74 the meuh a han lan chu!

1980,1990,2000 chho lamah chuan Kinga hla thar ngaihthlak tur a vang chho tial tail a,mahse television show lamah a lar tulh tulh ve thung.Kum khat chhungin zan 300 lek lek te mawle a lan thin le!Kum 1998-a Irish band U2 nena an thun “Rattle and Hum” album-a single,”When Love Comes to Town” zarah thangtharte’n Kinga an hre lar thar leh a.Kum 2000 khan guitarist Eric Clipton nen “Riding with the King”record-in an inkawp bawk.Khawvel ram tin hmun tinah B.B.Kinga concert 100 chuang TV leh Radio atangin tihchhuah a ni tawh.

Farewell Tour

Kum 80 a pelh hnu, March 29, 2006 khan England ram Sheffield khua Hallam Arena-ah UK leh Europe tana farewell (inthlahna) tour chu a tan a.He tour-ah hian Gary Moore a hruai tel.April 4 khan Wembley Arena-ah concert hnuhnung ber neiin he tour hi a titawp ta.

Mahse July thla-ah Europe-ah kal lehin Switzerland rama khawvel ngaihsan Montreux Jazz Festival vawi 40-na-ah tum hnih (July 2nd-leh 3rd-ah) inshow-in inthlahna a va hmang leh a. July 14th-ah Germany rama Zurich khuaa Blues at Sunset-ah a inlan bawk.

November leh December chhungin Brazil-ah vawi ruk show a nei bawk.November ni 29 khan Sao Paulo khuaah journalist pakhatin Kinga hnenah Chu mi tum chu a farewell tour a nih tak tak leh tak tak loh a zawt a, a ni chuan “Film star zingah chuan Sean Connery hi ka duh ber a, a film siam pakhat hming chu “Never Say Never Again” tih a ni “ tiin a chhang daih.


Honors and Awards

-1990-ah National Medal of Arts award a dawng.
-2004-ah “blues tana a thawh hlawkna avangin University of Mississipi atang honorary Ph.D nihna leh Royal Swedish Academy of Music atang “Polar Music Prize” a dawng.
-December 15, 2006 khan President George W. Busha’n “Presidential Medal of Freedom” a hlan.

Grammy Awards

-1987-ah Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award a dawng.
-Best Traditional Blues album-ah vawi kua Grammy Award a dawng. Chung te chu : (i) 1984 (for Blues N’ Jazz), (ii) 1986(for My Guitar Sings the Blues), (iii) 1991(for Live at San Quentin), (iv) 1992(for Live at the Apollo), (v) 1994(for Blues Summit), (vi)2000 (for Blues on the Bayou), (vii) 2001(forRi ding with the King), (viii) 2003(for A Christmas Celebration of Hope), (ix) 2006 (for B.B.King & Friends:80).
-1982 khan Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording-ah Grammy (for There Must Be a Better World Somewhere) a dawng.
1997 khan Best Rock Instrumental Performance-ah Grammy (for SRV Shuffle) a dawng.
-1971 khan Best Male R&B Vocal Performance-ah Grammy (for The Thrill is Gone) a dawng.
-1998-ah “The Thrill is Gone” album vangin “Grammy Hall of Fame Award” a dawng. He award dawng tur chuan a tlem berah kum 25 tal that danglam bikna nei album a nih a ngai.
-1995-ah “Kennedy Center Honors” award hlan a ni. Hei hi “a dam chhung hna thawh that leh a thiamna danglam bik “ vanga dawng a ni.

Trivia

-2003 kuma Rolling Stone magazine puan danin Kinga hi nung dama la awm zinga guitarist ropui bera thlan a ni. “100 greatest guitarists of all time”-ah pathumna a ni bawk.(1st = Jimi Hendrix, 2nd = Duyane Allman-an thi ve ve tawh :R.P-a)
-Kum tin June thla chawlhkar hmasa ber chhungin Indianola-ah B.B.King homecoming festival an hmang ziah.
-Live at the Regal hi Kinga album tha bera ngaih ni fo mahse a ni chuan My Kind of Blues chu a kut chhuak tha berah a ngai.
-Kinga hi Bluesville khaw Mayor a ni.
-A hming lem “B.B” hi “Beale Street Blues Boy” kaih tawi a ni.