Lockdown Lick 156
BB King is a true legend of the blues! Lockdown Licks is delighted to have been the “featured guitarist” in a cool BB King Guitar article in the online ‘Guitar Door site. They have some great guitar related articles with video links to performances.
Lockdown licks also featured BB King riffs on riff no.156 below!
Lockdown Licks no. 156. “Lockdown licks BB King Tribute.”
Played on a Telecaster using neck pick up, volume on 8, tone 5. Played through a NUX M8 amp on a clean ‘blues’ setting with bass and mid on 8, treble 5.
9 short classic BB style licks in the key of B major using hammer on/ pull off, finger slide, trills, bends,double stops,drags,vibrato. Acquiring each riff alone and combining them together makes for a great BB style intro solo.
Riley B. King 1925-2015, known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many blues and rock electric guitar players.https://guitardoor.com/3-bb-king-songs-for-new-listeners/