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These 4 Guitarists Shaped B.B. King’s Signature Sound

These 4 Guitarists Shaped B.B. King’s Signature Sound


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    May 19th, 2026

    In my previous video, I highlighted how different B.B. King's style is from the typical minor-blues sound that so many guitarists learn. But where did that style come from?

    In this video, I try to find hints of B.B. King's playing in the recordings from his 4 primary influences:

    • Lonnie Johnson
    • T-Bone Walker
    • Charlie Christian
    • Django Reinhardt

    I'll go through a few songs from each artist and try to figure out what B.B. might have taken from their playing to create his own style.

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    Tuning:Standard
    Artist: B.B. King

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