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B.B. King

For me, being a B.B. King fan goes back to the late ’50s. I heard him on an R&B station in the Los Angeles area. I remember the name just stood out: those two Bs…and King, which sounded so authoritative and regal.

I forget the song that I heard. It was that guitar coming through the little AM radio at the time. It was powerful. I was probably 11 or 12. The signal was hard to get. It was the only station at that time in the L.A. area pumping out R&B and soul music.

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King is one of the last Delta blues men alive, playing that indigenous form of American music. I’ve even followed other people in blues because of him. When I hear his guitar, it’s the sweetest thing. You know the truths and the lies of his travels throughout his life. I get a soulful feeling when I hear him.

He’s 83 or 84, something like that. I’ve seen him live many times. The first time, I was overwhelmed. It was in L.A. in the ’60s, at the Shrine Auditorium for some blues festival.

[His career is] even more profound for me because I found out he was a radio disc jockey in Memphis before he became a popular musician. His whole career and situation, it was almost as if he was a mentor to me. And it’s what made me want to get into radio.

Fortunately, I was able to reach that dream. And in my career, I made it to KGFJ, that station in L.A. that I first heard B.B. King coming over the airwaves.

I’ve met King backstage and said hello. Always short conversations. I’ve never had a chance to interview him or talk to him the way I’d like. He’s too busy on the road and always doing something.

DJ: Ron Dhanifu

Station: Jazz 88.3 FM

Shift: 1:00–4:00 p.m., Monday–Friday

B.B. King plays the Belly Up Tavern on Sunday, November 22.

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For me, being a B.B. King fan goes back to the late ’50s. I heard him on an R&B station in the Los Angeles area. I remember the name just stood out: those two Bs…and King, which sounded so authoritative and regal.

I forget the song that I heard. It was that guitar coming through the little AM radio at the time. It was powerful. I was probably 11 or 12. The signal was hard to get. It was the only station at that time in the L.A. area pumping out R&B and soul music.

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King is one of the last Delta blues men alive, playing that indigenous form of American music. I’ve even followed other people in blues because of him. When I hear his guitar, it’s the sweetest thing. You know the truths and the lies of his travels throughout his life. I get a soulful feeling when I hear him.

He’s 83 or 84, something like that. I’ve seen him live many times. The first time, I was overwhelmed. It was in L.A. in the ’60s, at the Shrine Auditorium for some blues festival.

[His career is] even more profound for me because I found out he was a radio disc jockey in Memphis before he became a popular musician. His whole career and situation, it was almost as if he was a mentor to me. And it’s what made me want to get into radio.

Fortunately, I was able to reach that dream. And in my career, I made it to KGFJ, that station in L.A. that I first heard B.B. King coming over the airwaves.

I’ve met King backstage and said hello. Always short conversations. I’ve never had a chance to interview him or talk to him the way I’d like. He’s too busy on the road and always doing something.

DJ: Ron Dhanifu

Station: Jazz 88.3 FM

Shift: 1:00–4:00 p.m., Monday–Friday

B.B. King plays the Belly Up Tavern on Sunday, November 22.

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