Name: Better Not Look Down
Duration: 8 min 47 s
Description: Слушайте песню Better Not Look Down - Joe Bonamassa, Kirk Fletcher онлайн с альбома B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 в хорошем HiFi качестве с сервисом Звук. Продолжительность песни - 8:47. Год выхода - 2026

B.B. King's Blues Summit 100

Joe Bonamassa

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Paying The Cost To Be The Boss

Marcus King

Don't Answer The Door

Derek Trucks

Michael McDonald

Susan Tedeschi

To Know You Is To Love You

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Noah Hunt

Let The Good Times Roll

Buddy Guy

Sweet Little Angel

Larry McCray

When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)

Slash

Shemekia Copeland

Myles Kennedy

When Love Comes To Town

Eric Clapton

Chaka Khan

The Thrill Is Gone

Jimmie Vaughan

Watch Yourself

Bobby Rush

Why I Sing The Blues

Larry Carlton

Jimmy Hall

Sweet Sixteen

Larkin Poe

Don't You Want A Man Like Me

Kirk Fletcher

Better Not Look Down

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My dad had introduced me to, uh, Mr. King's music as a child

We were sitting on the couch watching Sanford and Son

And there was an episode where Mr. King made a cameo, uh, which happens to be

Something that I've kept with me, uh, this whole journey of mine

I even got a chance to meet him, uh, when I was in seventh grade

He's always been an inspiration and influence on what I do, and

And I'm very happy to be a part of this project for sure. Thank you

A man that I looked up to all my life, an old man myself

Little did I know, meeting my idol on that day would change my life

His generosity with his stage, his music, and his advice

I first became aware of B.B. King's music when I was really young

I had not yet started playing guitar, but I had started singing

But I heard B.B. King, and I heard that voice before I became infatuated with guitar

And then I guess the first time I saw him, I was about, 18 or 19

I went to a little club called PB Scott's in Blowing Rock, North Carolina

And we got to meet him, and he gave me a guitar pick

And it said "B.B. King" on it, and I carried it in my pocket for years

B.B. King's been a part of my soundtrack of my entire life

The first B.B. King album that I had to get my hands on was Alive at the Regal Theater

So, the first time I met B.B., I was 15 years old

We had the opening slot, so it was us and then, Bo Diddley, and then B.B. was the headliner

And so, the last show was my sixteenth birthday

I mean, they said, "Mr. King would like to come, would like for you to come talk to him?"

And so I walked in, and he was changing clothes

He had, like, no shirt on, he was, like, dropping his pants

And I was like, "Oh, I'm sorry, they told me you wanted me to come in here"

He was like, "No, come on in, son, have a seat

You're one of the guys now, you're one of the men"

The first time I got a chance to meet B.B.

I was actually going out on tour with him, and he was just incredibly kind

He was very gracious with, with his time, and giving me really good advice

And I remember me one day asking him to marry me

And he just smiled, and he blushed, and he never gave me an answer

And then later on, he told everybody that he asked me to marry him

And I said he was too old, too ugly, and didn't have enough money

None of that was true, I'm still laughing about that

I met B.B. King in probably 1972 or three

While out on the road with Papa John Creach

Did a show with B.B. King and the Average White Band

That's when I met him, but I've been listening to B.B. King my whole life

Recalling the moment that I was turned on to B.B. King for the first time

I never will forget, man, my brother playing stuff around the house

It probably was "The Thrill Is Gone" or something to that magnitude

And I just remember my jaw hitting the floor and saying, "Wow, who is that?

And the sound of his voice was just so full of soul and, and, and heart

He is definitely one that still is a part of who I am today

And, uh, I'm so glad that I was turned on to B.B. King

Interestingly enough, the first B.B. King song I ever heard was "Three O'Clock Blues"

So I considered it a great honor to be asked to sing this song

Man, this is Larry McCray, and I remember the first time I heard B.B. King and really connected

I fell in love with the song, "Why I Sing the Blues" and "Nobody Loved Me But My Mother"

I must have been about five or six years old, and it left such an impression on me

That I never lost the heart and the soul and the spirit of B.B. King

I saw B.B. King only one time, but it was so impactful

And it stuck with me and has for my entire life

I saw him at the Peace Center in my hometown of Greenville, South Carolina

And I remember we were in the last row of the mezzanine

And I could lean my head against the back wall, but there was not a bad seat in the house

And this was towards the end of B.B.'s career and towards the end of his life

And he played and performed for us with the energy of a young man

And I was so appreciative of that show and so appreciative of that man in every regard, and I'm so thankful

I went to go see B.B. King and Albert King at the Parmesan Winery

And uh, it was fantastic. B.B. King was, was incredible

Both of them were great, and uh, my pilot that took me to the gig

He was a photographer, so he knew B.B. and stuff

So he went back there and mentioned that I was coming, and he made a big deal out of it

So B.B. introduced me during the middle of the set

I think he said, "There's a, there's a young man here, and I, I'm thinking it's Carlos Santana or something," and it was me

Childhood friend of mine, Alan Wentz, he was putting together a band

He was a little older than me and he played me the album "To Know You Is To Love You"

And it really knocked me out, like being hit by a falling tree

Put the hammer down, keep it full speed ahead

You can keep on moving if you don't look down

Put the hammer down (don't you dare look back)

Keep it full speed ahead (don't look back)

You can keep on moving if you don't look down (oh, yeah)

If you want to keep on fighting (don't look back)

Put the hammer down (keep your eyes on the prize)

Keep it full speed ahead (keep your eyes forward)

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