BB King
Royal Albert Hall, 28 June 2011 and Wembley Arena, 28 June 2009:
For a man who is now 85 years old, he is truly an amazing performer. The sounds he still extracts from those beautiful guitars of his are quite something. When I photographed him at Wembley I really didn't expect him to tour again, so exactly two years to the day on, the Royal Albert Hall show was a real treat. I simply couldn't have been any closer to him - so close in fact that he gave me one of his guitar picks. A genuine blues legend.
I missed out on shooting what at the time was billed at the time as BB King's farewell tour back in 2006, so I was delighted to be able to photograph this show. At 83 years old he was still on sparkling form - a genuine legend. The night could only have been better if I'd caught one of the many guitar picks he threw to us and the crowd!
For a man who is now 85 years old, he is truly an amazing performer. The sounds he still extracts from those beautiful guitars of his are quite something. When I photographed him at Wembley I really didn't expect him to tour again, so exactly two years to the day on, the Royal Albert Hall show was a real treat. I simply couldn't have been any closer to him - so close in fact that he gave me one of his guitar picks. A genuine blues legend.
I missed out on shooting what at the time was billed at the time as BB King's farewell tour back in 2006, so I was delighted to be able to photograph this show. At 83 years old he was still on sparkling form - a genuine legend. The night could only have been better if I'd caught one of the many guitar picks he threw to us and the crowd!