Blues legend B.B. King has named every guitar he played Lucille since one fateful night in the winter of 1949 in an Arkansas dance hall.
Currently, Gibson Custom has a Lucille Legacy and ‘Live at the ... plus B.B.’s Live In Africa film. It’s the guitar B.B. King was playing back then that’s replicated here.
From country to rock to blues, we explore five iconic guitars almost as distinctive as the musicians who play them.
The night marked the moment King recognized his influence on the new generation of blues guitarists —but he had no bitterness ...