B.B. King, the greatest bluesman of his generation, who died Thursday at 89 in Las Vegas, had played the Fillmore Auditorium many times before that night in February 1967.

BB King is widely regarded as the greatest living blues guitarist. ... "I smoked cigarettes, but only the ones that Uncle Sam taxed." Based in Las Vegas, ...

Guy, B.B. King, Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck were among the blues-rock royals assembled at 1600 Pennsylvania for an evening that ended with a singing performance from President Obama himself.