B.B. King’s Lucille

and the Loves Before Her

2nd Edition 

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The First Edition of “B.B. King’s Lucille and the Loves Before Her’ was released back in 2013. It was popular with B.B. King, Gibson and Lucille enthusiasts internationally and ultimately sold out. In 2019 I began discussions on an updated 2nd Edition of the book and what that would contain. I partnered with Centerstream Publishing company and began working with a local Nashville, TN book editor at Cronin Creative. Having Hal Leonard Publishing as our distributor is also exciting!

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What I sought to do with this 2nd Edition was to bring the story up to date from where I left off in 2013. This meant new chapters, new images and new blurbs from well-known people who new BB King or worked with him in the past.

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The new Gibson Lucille models that had been released since the first book included the 65th Anniversary model and the Alpine White Lucille. Unfortunately, B.B. King also passed away in 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada and I covered that too.

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A new chapter is also dedicated to my experience at the Americana Awards at the Ryman Auditorium and a visit to the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The values in the book were updated in cooperation with Blue Book Guitars that I still maintain a great relationship with to this day.

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When I began reaching out to people for comments on the book, I wasn’t certain who would respond. Fortunately, the ones that did respond were the best I could hope for. Paul Shaffer, leader of David Letterman’s band/Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was one of the first to get back with me. Followed by Blues Legend, who also toured and was friends with BB, Grammy Award winner Bobby Rush.

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After interviewing Country Music/Southern Rock Artist, Charlie Daniels, multiple times for television over the years I knew how close he and B.B. King were. Daniels had also asked me to send him a signed copy of the First Edition of the book – which of course I did. Being the incredible person that he was Charlie Daniels wrote an entire page about BB, the book and me and I can’t be more thankful. It is on a page of its own after you open the cover of the book. Unfortunately, we also lost the legendary Charlie Daniels in July of 2020.

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After interviewing the CEO of Gibson, JC Curleigh, for a chapter in the book I thought it only fitting the I have a comment from him as well.

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I hope you enjoy this 2nd Edition of “B.B. King’s Lucille and the Loves Before Her,” I’m hoping to do some virtual book signings and work with museums to talk about Mr. King, his Gibson Lucille’s and the book. It’s hard to believe that all of this start from my discovering a stolen 80th Birthday Gibson Lucille in a Pawnshop in Las Vegas back in 2009 and returning it to B.B. King. Thanks for visiting my website, reading my ramblings, buying the book and supporting the Blues and Live Music in general! I already have designs on another upcoming book I plan to start writing on it soon!