This first clip finds B.B. in a more aggressive mood than we're used to hearing him in. The song is "Stormy Monday", and the form is a traditional 12 bar blues. Listen to an mp3 clip of the above tab.
King starts his solo with the root note "C" high up on the fretboard of the first string (20th fret). It's been mentioned before, but it bears repeating... know where the root of the key is on the first string. B.B. likes to play this note, and slide off of it, in the climax of his solos.
From there, it's back to the standard B.B. King hand position, in which King plays some of his favorite riffs, plus a few other phrases we don't hear him play quite as often. King executes some tough first finger bends, which we'll see more in following transcriptions. You'll need to spend some time on this solo to get everything sounding connected.
