How the Church Gave B.B. King the Blues

B.B. King first learned music from the African American churches of the Mississippi Delta.

â??Church was not only a warm spiritual experience,â? the legendary bluesman once said, reflecting on his religious childhood. â??It was exciting entertainment. It was where I could sit next to a pretty girl and mostly it was where the music got all over my body and made me wanna jump.â?

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