B.B. King Remembered

Bluesman extraordinaire, B.B. King

B.B. King performs for the inmates of Cook County (Chicago) Jail in Chicago, March 9, 1972.

Blues musician B.B. King, left, James Cotton, center, and Muddy Waters perform together at radio city music hall in New York , June 29, 1979.

Rock icon Eric Clapton, left, practices with Blues artist B.B. King for their performance at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, Feb. 23, 1999 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Blues legend B.B. King, left, performs with Bo Diddley at the second anniversary celebration of B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill in New York, June 20, 2002.

Blues legend B.B. King listens as electric guitar inventor Les Paul plays King's signature "Lucille" guitar during a jam session at the third anniversary celebration of the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York's Times Square, June 17, 2003.

President Bush, right, bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Blues Musician B.B. King, center, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 15, 2006.

B.B. King gestures to the crowd before receiving an honorary Doctor of Music degree during Brown University's 239th Commencement in Providence, R.I., May 27, 2007.

FILE - BB King performs at "The Blues & Jazz" Gala Concert at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday Oct. 26, 2008 in Los Angeles.

President Barack Obama waves to the crowd with musician B.B. King at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the Ellipse across from the White House in Washington, Dec. 9, 2010.