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B.B. King is living proof that you sure don't have to have the blues to play 'em.

"I think it's a myth behind that," says the legendary singer and guitarist down the line from a tour stop in Halifax. "Blues is a type of music like rock 'n' roll, like any other kind of music. You get it if you want it (and) if you don't you don't -- because sometimes if your girl leaves you, you might be glad.
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s. He confirmed the legend that he once risked his life to save the original one from a burning night club in Twist, Ark."It would get cold," he explained. "So, they used to take something like a big garbage pail, set it in the middle of the dance floor, half-fill it with kerosene, and light the fuel.

"Today I would be scared to death, but we didn't think nothing about it then. People would dance around it, never disturbing it, but one night two guys started to fight and spilled the container. It was like a river of fire, and everyone ran for the door, including B.B. King, but I had to go back into this rapidly burning wooden building to get my guitar.
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