B.B King turns 83

The Beale Street Blues Boy, as he was once known, has come a long way from Indianola, Mississippi. Riley "B.B." King was born September 16, 1925; he went from a kid working at a cotton gin, to a career that takes him all over the world. Over the weekend, the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened in his hometown. The museum is built in and around the brick cotton gin where B.B. once worked. Of the museum B.B. said, "I didn't go to school long enough to be able to tell you how I feel. But I have heard that heaven is beautiful. If heaven is more beautiful than the way I feel today, I'm ready to go tomorrow."
B.B. still tours extensively, playing in South Florida at least once a year. He's already been here this year, but might I suggest to you... The next time a B.B. King concert is scheduled for Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, you do yourself a favor and see him live!