Chris Stapleton has proven that he can hold his own in any musical genre. And his latest collaboration with rock royalty is no exception. Keep reading for all the details on how he got involved in a rock star’s Fleetwood Mac cover.
Chris Stapleton Recruited By Rock Star For Fleetwood Mac Cover
Chris Stapleton is as in-demand as ever these days. The story of how he came to join a rock legend on a Fleetwood Mac cover is proof of that.
In a move that’s sending shockwaves through the music world, Stapleton has teamed up with legendary guitarist Slash for a stunning cover of the early Fleetwood Mac classic “Oh Well.” The track was recorded for Slash’s new album, Orgy of the Damned, which is set to be released in April 2024.
His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye,...
Chris Stapleton Recruited By Rock Star For Fleetwood Mac Cover
Chris Stapleton is as in-demand as ever these days. The story of how he came to join a rock legend on a Fleetwood Mac cover is proof of that.
In a move that’s sending shockwaves through the music world, Stapleton has teamed up with legendary guitarist Slash for a stunning cover of the early Fleetwood Mac classic “Oh Well.” The track was recorded for Slash’s new album, Orgy of the Damned, which is set to be released in April 2024.
His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Jennifer Havener
- Country Music Alley
Slash has unveiled the latest single from his upcoming blues album, Orgy of the Damned, set to arrive on May 17th. The Guns N’ Roses guitarist teams up with country superstar Chris Stapleton on a cover of Fleetwood’s Mac’s “Oh Well.”
The freewheeling guitar playing from Slash and the raspy vocal delivery from Stapleton add a gritty vibe to Fleetwood Mac’s original 1969 song, a bluesy garage number that was penned and sung by singer-guitarist Peter Green.
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Slash said of the song in a press release, “So, this is the original Fleetwood Mac, which was founded by Peter Green, one of the greatest singer-songwriter-guitar players, he’s less known in the public, but very well known to us guitar players re the 60s British blues and he’s up there with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Mick Taylor. He sort of had a misadventure...
The freewheeling guitar playing from Slash and the raspy vocal delivery from Stapleton add a gritty vibe to Fleetwood Mac’s original 1969 song, a bluesy garage number that was penned and sung by singer-guitarist Peter Green.
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Slash said of the song in a press release, “So, this is the original Fleetwood Mac, which was founded by Peter Green, one of the greatest singer-songwriter-guitar players, he’s less known in the public, but very well known to us guitar players re the 60s British blues and he’s up there with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Mick Taylor. He sort of had a misadventure...
- 4/12/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
When Slash was putting together the track list for his upcoming blues album, Orgy of the Damned, he had a very distinct voice in mind for his version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well”: Chris Stapleton.
“His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye, it sounded perfect,” the Guns N’ Roses guitarist tells Rolling Stone.
But despite Stapleton having opened some shows for Gn’R, Slash didn’t already have a relationship with the country crooner. “I had to...
“His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye, it sounded perfect,” the Guns N’ Roses guitarist tells Rolling Stone.
But despite Stapleton having opened some shows for Gn’R, Slash didn’t already have a relationship with the country crooner. “I had to...
- 4/12/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The idea for “Rain on the Graves” — the latest single from Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson’s upcoming solo album, The Mandrake Project, out March 1 — came to him while visiting the resting place of poet William Wordsworth. He’d been invited to a wedding in England’s Lake District in 2012, and, knowing that Wordsworth wrote a lot of his verses in Grasmere, he decided to visit his stone cottage and the church where his body was interred.
“It was a gloomy day, and there was rain,” he tells Rolling Stone...
“It was a gloomy day, and there was rain,” he tells Rolling Stone...
- 1/25/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is bringing his beloved “Greeny” guitar to the masses. The metal legend has unveiled the Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny” 1959 Les Paul Standard.
Unlike the limited-edition Gibson Custom Shop version of the “Greeny” that Hammett introduced earlier this year at the steep cost of $19,999, the Epiphone edition is more reasonably priced at $1,499.
“I think Greeny is a guitar of the people and this is an amazing opportunity for more players to experience the spirit of Greeny,” said Hammett of the Epiphone edition’s lower price tag.
The guitar is based on Hammett’s own prized 1959 “Greeny,” which was previously owned by original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, and later by Thin Lizzy axeman Gary Moore.
According to a press release, “The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul Standard represents a new era of premium features for Epiphone, from being the first...
Unlike the limited-edition Gibson Custom Shop version of the “Greeny” that Hammett introduced earlier this year at the steep cost of $19,999, the Epiphone edition is more reasonably priced at $1,499.
“I think Greeny is a guitar of the people and this is an amazing opportunity for more players to experience the spirit of Greeny,” said Hammett of the Epiphone edition’s lower price tag.
The guitar is based on Hammett’s own prized 1959 “Greeny,” which was previously owned by original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, and later by Thin Lizzy axeman Gary Moore.
According to a press release, “The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul Standard represents a new era of premium features for Epiphone, from being the first...
- 11/21/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Craig Railsback’s “Down and Out in Vampire Hills” Will Screen at the Silicon Beach Film Festival on Sunday, September 10 at 12:00 Pm at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatres in Block Kk in Theatre 4
Craig Railsback’s horror/comedy “Down and Out in Vampire Hills” is an Official Selection of the 2023 Silicon Beach Film Festival, and will be screened on Sunday, September 10 at 12:00 Pm Pst in Block Kk in Theatre 4. The screening will be held at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatre at 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028. Silicon Beach is home to YouTube, Google, IMAX, Yahoo, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Amazon, Netflix. just to name a few. Thank you to Silicon Beach Film Festival founders Jon Gursha and Peter Green for selecting “Down and Out in Vampire Hills.” Tickets are available on the Silicon Beach Film Festival website at:
https://www.siliconbeachfilmfestival.com/tickets
“Down and Out in Vampire Hills” is a horror comedy short film,...
Craig Railsback’s horror/comedy “Down and Out in Vampire Hills” is an Official Selection of the 2023 Silicon Beach Film Festival, and will be screened on Sunday, September 10 at 12:00 Pm Pst in Block Kk in Theatre 4. The screening will be held at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatre at 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028. Silicon Beach is home to YouTube, Google, IMAX, Yahoo, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Amazon, Netflix. just to name a few. Thank you to Silicon Beach Film Festival founders Jon Gursha and Peter Green for selecting “Down and Out in Vampire Hills.” Tickets are available on the Silicon Beach Film Festival website at:
https://www.siliconbeachfilmfestival.com/tickets
“Down and Out in Vampire Hills” is a horror comedy short film,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Michael Joy
- Horror Asylum
Fleetwood Mac have shared the unreleased live rendition of their hit “Go Your Own Way” from the upcoming Rumours Live, a double-lp capturing that band’s victory lap at the Forum in Los Angeles following the release of their 1977 masterpiece.
Recorded 46 years and two days ago today — August 29, 1977 — Rumours Live finds the classic Mac lineup — Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham — performing the majority of tracks off both 1975’s Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, as well as their 1969 Peter Green-era hit “Oh Well.”
With the...
Recorded 46 years and two days ago today — August 29, 1977 — Rumours Live finds the classic Mac lineup — Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham — performing the majority of tracks off both 1975’s Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, as well as their 1969 Peter Green-era hit “Oh Well.”
With the...
- 8/31/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
By the time Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie had been a member of the band for years. Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham brought a new dynamic to the group and helped them rise to unprecedented success. McVie was happy to welcome them into the group. According to Nicks, though, she wouldn’t have been happy if she was in the same position. She said she wouldn’t have been as happy to welcome another woman into the band.
Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie | Fin Costello/Redferns Stevie Nicks said she wouldn’t have wanted someone like herself to join Fleetwood Mac if she was Christine McVie
Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac in 1967, years before Nicks and Buckingham became members. The band underwent multiple lineup changes, and by 1974, McVie, her husband John McVie, and Fleetwood were on the hunt for a new guitarist.
Impressed by...
Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie | Fin Costello/Redferns Stevie Nicks said she wouldn’t have wanted someone like herself to join Fleetwood Mac if she was Christine McVie
Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac in 1967, years before Nicks and Buckingham became members. The band underwent multiple lineup changes, and by 1974, McVie, her husband John McVie, and Fleetwood were on the hunt for a new guitarist.
Impressed by...
- 5/13/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac at the end of 1974, the group set off on a path that made them one of the most commercially successful bands in the world. Nicks and Buckingham’s influence on the group cannot be understated. Their songwriting, vocals, and overall musical talent fit in with the band but also transformed it. It’s hard to imagine the band without them.
Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, and John McVie | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Still, Fleetwood Mac existed for years without them. Here are five of the band’s best songs that don’t feature Nicks. Most came out before she joined the band, but one is a classic from Rumours.
‘Need Your Love So Bad’
Before Fleetwood Mac released bright, California-cool songs, they were a blues band. Their 1968 single “Need Your Love So Bad” is one...
Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, and John McVie | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Still, Fleetwood Mac existed for years without them. Here are five of the band’s best songs that don’t feature Nicks. Most came out before she joined the band, but one is a classic from Rumours.
‘Need Your Love So Bad’
Before Fleetwood Mac released bright, California-cool songs, they were a blues band. Their 1968 single “Need Your Love So Bad” is one...
- 5/10/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Once Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin in 1968, the band worked almost constantly for several years. They connected with their fans almost immediately — an early show convinced singer Robert Plant the band might mean something — and gave them plenty of material. Several albums and hundreds of concerts over Zep’s first three years together built their reputation. But missing the chance to see another legendary guitarist — Jimi Hendrix — perform is something Page regrets about Led Zeppelin’s early days.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page perform in 1970 | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Led Zeppelin’s early years were a flurry of activity
Page assembled Led Zeppelin in the back half of 1968 after his previous band, the Yardbirds, disintegrated in the summer of that year. Contrary to the name, the group nimbly flew into the music mainstream.
They played their first gigs in Scandinavia in September...
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page perform in 1970 | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Led Zeppelin’s early years were a flurry of activity
Page assembled Led Zeppelin in the back half of 1968 after his previous band, the Yardbirds, disintegrated in the summer of that year. Contrary to the name, the group nimbly flew into the music mainstream.
They played their first gigs in Scandinavia in September...
- 4/16/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie died of an ischaemic stroke, according to a death certificate obtained by The Blast. The document also said she had been diagnosed with “metastatic malignancy of unknown primary origin,” or cancer that where a tumor is not detected.
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The band’s longtime singer, songwriter and keyboardist died November 30 at 79 of what originally was described as a brief illness.
An ischaemic stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced. The cancer was listed as a secondary source of McVie’s death.
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Sharing both vocal duties and hit-writing...
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The band’s longtime singer, songwriter and keyboardist died November 30 at 79 of what originally was described as a brief illness.
An ischaemic stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced. The cancer was listed as a secondary source of McVie’s death.
Related: Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries
Sharing both vocal duties and hit-writing...
- 4/4/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Seymour Stein’s footprint in rock ‘n’ roll loomed large, and while it was always clear to his daughter, Mandy Stein, it was perhaps most evident in her own career as a music documentarian, when she realized how intermeshed her father’s legacy was in the history of music.
“When I first started making films, I discovered a whole world about my dad. My first documentary was on these blues musicians from North Hill country, Mississippi, and I started playing him some of the music and he was like, ‘Oh, that’s Mississippi Joe Callicott,’” she recalled Sunday. “And I didn’t even realize that he had a record label called Blue Horizon where he had signed Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, and just his knowledge and his experience, it was just everlasting.”
Stein shared special moments and memories of Stein with The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, the day the...
“When I first started making films, I discovered a whole world about my dad. My first documentary was on these blues musicians from North Hill country, Mississippi, and I started playing him some of the music and he was like, ‘Oh, that’s Mississippi Joe Callicott,’” she recalled Sunday. “And I didn’t even realize that he had a record label called Blue Horizon where he had signed Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, and just his knowledge and his experience, it was just everlasting.”
Stein shared special moments and memories of Stein with The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, the day the...
- 4/3/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The music of Fleetwood Mac hasn’t only had a profound impact on the band members and their fans. Like all art, it also reflects the inner lives of those who created it. And in the case of one song written by the late Christine McVie, she sought to pay tribute to her personal relationship with another musician who died in the early 1980s due to a tragic accident.
Christine McVie wasn’t part of Fleetwood Mac’s original line-up
Although not part of the original Fleetwood Mac line-up, McVie soon became an integral part of the band. She initially sat in as a session musician for the band’s second album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. But after marrying the band’s bass guitarist John McVie that same year, she left her previous band, Chicken Shack, in 1969 and became a full member of Fleetwood Mac in 1970.
Christine McVie stayed with the band until the mid-to-late 1990s.
Christine McVie wasn’t part of Fleetwood Mac’s original line-up
Although not part of the original Fleetwood Mac line-up, McVie soon became an integral part of the band. She initially sat in as a session musician for the band’s second album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. But after marrying the band’s bass guitarist John McVie that same year, she left her previous band, Chicken Shack, in 1969 and became a full member of Fleetwood Mac in 1970.
Christine McVie stayed with the band until the mid-to-late 1990s.
- 3/30/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
At this point, Fleetwood Mac seems unstoppable. The band has weathered countless storms over the years but remains active more than 50 years after its formation. Even so, the 2022 death of Christine McVie is a particularly hard blow to the band and its legions of fans. McVie, of course, was instrumental in many of Fleetwood Mac’s hits, including its most popular song ever.
How Christine McVie became a member of Fleetwood Mac
Way back in 1967, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarists/vocalists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac. And the band released its first self-titled album the very next year. Soon before its release, bass guitarist John McVie joined the band, making him an instrumental part of the band’s first album. But it didn’t take long for the band to grow bigger.
Christine Perfect – previously a member of the band Chicken Shack – first worked with Fleetwood Mac...
How Christine McVie became a member of Fleetwood Mac
Way back in 1967, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarists/vocalists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac. And the band released its first self-titled album the very next year. Soon before its release, bass guitarist John McVie joined the band, making him an instrumental part of the band’s first album. But it didn’t take long for the band to grow bigger.
Christine Perfect – previously a member of the band Chicken Shack – first worked with Fleetwood Mac...
- 3/29/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Few guitars are as famous as the 1959 Les Paul Standard known as “Greeny.” Originally owned by blues-rock legend Peter Green during his time with Fleetwood Mac, the axe came into the possession of Thin Lizzy’s Gary Moore, who played it for decades. It’s currently owned by Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, having passed through the hands of three guitar legends.
Now Hammett and Gibson are bringing “Greeny” to the masses with the new 1959 Les Paul Standard Burst signature model, replicating the original. A Gibson Custom Shop version is out today (March 28th) and retails for an eye-popping $19,999. Meanwhile, the Les Paul Standard arrives April 11th, presumably at a much lower price.
“I am very honored and grateful for this opportunity with Gibson,” Hammett said in a press release. “To be able to share some of that mojo which ‘Greeny’ has means a lot to me. It’s exciting to...
Now Hammett and Gibson are bringing “Greeny” to the masses with the new 1959 Les Paul Standard Burst signature model, replicating the original. A Gibson Custom Shop version is out today (March 28th) and retails for an eye-popping $19,999. Meanwhile, the Les Paul Standard arrives April 11th, presumably at a much lower price.
“I am very honored and grateful for this opportunity with Gibson,” Hammett said in a press release. “To be able to share some of that mojo which ‘Greeny’ has means a lot to me. It’s exciting to...
- 3/28/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Fleetwood Mac has released more than 15 albums over the years. But few have left the indelible mark that the band’s 1977 album, Rumours, has. But while even casual fans of Fleetwood Mac will know the album’s songs, they might not realize how instrumental the late Christine McVie was in creating the iconic track that would ultimately save the band itself.
Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac after its second album
McVie wasn’t part of the original line-up of Fleetwood Mac, preceded by founders Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. Those three — drummer and two guitarists/vocalists, respectively — ultimately brought John McVie on board just in time for their 1967 debut album. But the band was far from done adding new members just yet.
Christine Perfect was a keyboardist and vocalist who joined the band as a session musician for the second Fleetwood Mac album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. That same year,...
Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac after its second album
McVie wasn’t part of the original line-up of Fleetwood Mac, preceded by founders Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. Those three — drummer and two guitarists/vocalists, respectively — ultimately brought John McVie on board just in time for their 1967 debut album. But the band was far from done adding new members just yet.
Christine Perfect was a keyboardist and vocalist who joined the band as a session musician for the second Fleetwood Mac album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. That same year,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie bonded over being the only women in Fleetwood Mac, but according to the “Gypsy” singer, there’s one other musician who could have been “the third girl” in the group. Here’s which artist Nicks wished could have been part of the iconic band and what she said about her.
Stevie Nicks | Robin Marchant/Getty Images Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie made a pact as the only women in Fleetwood Mac
Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are the best-known female members of the classic rock supergroup Fleetwood Mac. Bekka Bramlett sang with the band for two years, but Nicks and McVie have been affiliated with the group for decades.
Men dominated the rock and roll genre, so it was a big deal when singer Nicks became a figurehead of the band started by Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. McVie joined the group in...
Stevie Nicks | Robin Marchant/Getty Images Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie made a pact as the only women in Fleetwood Mac
Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks are the best-known female members of the classic rock supergroup Fleetwood Mac. Bekka Bramlett sang with the band for two years, but Nicks and McVie have been affiliated with the group for decades.
Men dominated the rock and roll genre, so it was a big deal when singer Nicks became a figurehead of the band started by Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. McVie joined the group in...
- 3/26/2023
- by Grace Turney
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If you want to make the case for Stevie Nicks as the most powerful American rock singer of the Seventies, here’s your Exhibit A. Behold: This insane clip of Fleetwood Mac doing “Rhiannon” on The Midnight Special, 1976. It’s the absolute peak of Stevie-dom. Here are 17 reasons why this performance proves Stevie is simply the coolest thing in the universe.
1. Stevie’s opening words: “This is a song about an old Welsh witch.” Translation: This “Rhiannon” is a totally different beast from the smooth studio version you’ve heard a million times.
1. Stevie’s opening words: “This is a song about an old Welsh witch.” Translation: This “Rhiannon” is a totally different beast from the smooth studio version you’ve heard a million times.
- 5/26/2020
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
It’s difficult to find an aspect of popular culture that Hugh Hefner didn’t influence during his long, remarkable life. Spanning journalism, television, film, fashion and, of course, sexuality, his impact on music is one of the least heralded aspects of his legacy. Over the course of two seasons, Hefner used his weekly syndicated variety show, Playboy After Dark, as a platform for a broad spectrum of artists.
Psychedelic sounds from San Fransisco (courtesy of the Grateful Dead), early heavy metal (provided by Deep Purple), country-tinged balladeers (thanks to Linda Ronstadt and the Byrds) and old-school crooners (like the...
Psychedelic sounds from San Fransisco (courtesy of the Grateful Dead), early heavy metal (provided by Deep Purple), country-tinged balladeers (thanks to Linda Ronstadt and the Byrds) and old-school crooners (like the...
- 9/28/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
For many, the story of Fleetwood Mac begins with the 1974 arrival of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, the talented yet combustible American duo who ignited an explosive string of hits that continue to define the band. But Mick Fleetwood wants to move past those rumors. Fans of the group’s pop jewels would hardly recognize their original incarnation as one of the most respected British blues bands of the ’60s. Now the founding drummer is telling the tale of those formative years in Love That Burns: A Chronicle of Fleetwood Mac, Volume One 1967–1974, a lavish new book by Genesis Publications due out Sept.
- 8/14/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Bb King, who has just turned 87, has returned home to Mississippi to play to family and friends. In the experience of a lifetime, Ed Vulliamy joins him and hears from the maestro about his rise from the cotton fields to international stardom
The fat red sun settles itself against the horizon, throwing a last, honey-sweet light through humid evening and over a small crowd on the lawn beside a railroad track that cuts through the cotton fields beyond. A quarter-moon rises and a chorus of cicadas serenades imminent twilight, now conjoined by the sound of the band; the drummer catches the backbeat and the compere announces: "How about an Indianola hometown welcome for the one-and-only King of the Blues: Bb King!"
And on he comes, to applause from people who know him well and claim him as their own – the last of the blues masters a few weeks short of his 87th birthday.
The fat red sun settles itself against the horizon, throwing a last, honey-sweet light through humid evening and over a small crowd on the lawn beside a railroad track that cuts through the cotton fields beyond. A quarter-moon rises and a chorus of cicadas serenades imminent twilight, now conjoined by the sound of the band; the drummer catches the backbeat and the compere announces: "How about an Indianola hometown welcome for the one-and-only King of the Blues: Bb King!"
And on he comes, to applause from people who know him well and claim him as their own – the last of the blues masters a few weeks short of his 87th birthday.
- 10/7/2012
- by Ed Vulliamy
- The Guardian - Film News
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