I saw B. B. King on Friday. The fact that the man can still perform like he does at his age is amazing. I'll be posting his set list, but that only tells a small piece of the story, because so much of the show was listening to him talk, sometimes making serious points, other times with tongue planted firmly in cheek, but always saying something worth hearing. My one regret about the show is, because I chose to buy the cheapest of tickets, I ended up in the very back with some annoying people. First, they tried to evict me from my seat even though I clearly was where I was supposed to be and fairly obviously couldn't have been taking up two spaces. If I were going to steal a seat, would I choose one of the worst ones in the house? Eezus. But as if that wasn't enough, one of the guys refused to shut up during the show, several of them were drunk enough to be annoying... gah. I was kinda pissed off. Oh well. If you get a chance to see B. B. King, definitely take it - the man is still the king of the blues. And bring a friend or two to ensure you're seated in better company.
Oh, and the fact that King performed "How Blue Can You Get" made me really happy. That's the one song I went in really hoping to hear, and he didn't disappoint.
The opening act was Joanna Cotten. I'd heard her song "Funkabilly" like once before, but that was my only real exposure to her. She had some good tunes, though, and she definitely has good stage presence. I wasn't crazy about "Money Train," but from there her set really picked up. If you wanna check her out, I think my favourite was "Easy to Forget."
Cotten's set:
1. The Big Revival
2. Money Train
3. High Maintenance
4. Easy to Forget
5. Keep My Faith
6. Funkabilly
7. Miracle in Lee County
King's set:
Long instrumental jam by the B. B. King band to open
1. Let the Good Times Roll
2. I Need You So
3. Every Day I Have the Blues
4. Blues Man
5. When Love Comes to Town
6. All Over Again
7. Another instrumental of some sort
8. You Are My Sunshine
9. Dirty Old Man
10. Something about "I may not be as good now as I once used to be, but I'm as good once now as I used to be" or something to that effect... it also included mentions of Viagra and Cialis
11. How Blue Can You Get
12. Rock Me Baby
13. The Thrill Is Gone
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