1981-02-06 BB King

Strand Theatre (Ithaca, NY)

A lot of people were into Blues music. ICB-FM had a weekly radio show dedicated to spinning old fashioned blues records from Ithaca College’s collection. A couple of friends would become the host jockeys for that show over the next couple of years.

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It was great to see BB in classic form, of course. Around this time he recorded a live album with the Crusaders and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra that has long been one of my favorite esoteric albums. I have an old copy on vinyl and for a long time never saw it on CD or through a music service, although that may have changed. https://www.allmusic.com/album/royal-jam-mw0000191669