Some banter was still in place but much less than I’ve witnessed in recent past. This time around King let his sweetheart guitar Lucille do most of the talking. At 86 years old King proved that he is still capable of delivering his trademark guitar riffs. It almost seemed that on this night he wanted to set the record straight.

As usual for a BB show, the House of Blues was completely sold out by the time his top shelf band took the stage. The band played an extended intro warm up session that really got the crowd revved up before King made his entrance about ten minutes later. By then the band was on the musical mark and rolling to help King guide the crowd through some of the performer’s most popular tunes.

All of the King signature classics were featured, “The Thrill is Gone”, “Let the Good Times Roll”, and “Everyday I Have the Blues” to mention a few.

My personal favorite of the evening was “When Love Comes to Town”, a song King recorded with U-2 a number of years back.

It was great to see and hear BB King deliver one of his best shows I’ve witnessed in awhile. He may not be hitting full stride anymore but if you catch him on the right night like this one was you’ll be in for something special.

Long Live the King…!!!!