This clip features B.B. playing one chorus of 12 bar blues as an introduction to the song "Good Man Gone Bad", from his 1998 album Blues on the Bayou. Listen to an mp3 of the above tab.
Lots of vintage B.B. King licks here - including some tricky passages which sound deceptively simple. Twice during the above tab, B.B. uses his first finger to bend a note on the first string. The first time, the note is bent up a half step, and the second time, the note is bent up a full step. This can be tough to execute, and will require some practice in order to get your first finger strong enough for these bends.
As always, B.B. uses short phrases, with lots of space between them. When you've mastered the above solo, try playing a solo in a similar style, with different notes, along with the mp3.
That's it for this lesson. If you spend some serious time with the content here, you should quickly learn the basic style and sound of B.B. King's guitar playing. If you're really interested in learning and assimilating King's guitar techniques, it's important that you spend time listening to, and playing along with his albums. Good luck!
