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B.B. King’s 5 Greatest Live Performances
The recordings that prove the blues legend was one of the greatest live performers in history

The essential B.B. King experience was always in concert. For much of his career, King played more than 300 shows a year, and though these performances adhered to a certain road-tested formula, every night offered some distinctive variation. Each of these five recordings — the best of many commercially available — presents a different aspect of what made a B.B. King show something special. (Also see our full King obituary and our definitive 1998 profile, On the Bus With B.B. King.)
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