Home ahoho 🎸 B.B. KING LOOKED READY TO WALK OFFSTAGE AFTER JOHN MAYER PUSHED HIS ONSTAGE BANTER A LITTLE TOO FAR — BUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MAYER STOPPED TALKING AND LET HIS GUITAR DO THE ANSWERING TURNED THE AWKWARD MOMENT INTO A 37-MILLION-VIEW BLUES MASTERCLASS. For a few tense seconds, the mood between the young guitar star and the blues legend appeared to shift dramatically. Then Mayer launched into B.B. King’s “Sweet Little Angel” — and everything changed. What followed was an improvised exchange between two generations of guitar royalty that still has fans replaying every note nearly two decades later. 👇 WATCH THE FULL JAM — INCLUDING THE MOMENT B.B. KING ALMOST HAD ENOUGH — IN THE COMMENTS.

🎸 B.B. KING LOOKED READY TO WALK OFFSTAGE AFTER JOHN MAYER PUSHED HIS ONSTAGE BANTER A LITTLE TOO FAR — BUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MAYER STOPPED TALKING AND LET HIS GUITAR DO THE ANSWERING TURNED THE AWKWARD MOMENT INTO A 37-MILLION-VIEW BLUES MASTERCLASS. For a few tense seconds, the mood between the young guitar star and the blues legend appeared to shift dramatically. Then Mayer launched into B.B. King’s “Sweet Little Angel” — and everything changed. What followed was an improvised exchange between two generations of guitar royalty that still has fans replaying every note nearly two decades later. 👇 WATCH THE FULL JAM — INCLUDING THE MOMENT B.B. KING ALMOST HAD ENOUGH — IN THE COMMENTS.

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One thing you never want to do is push B. B. King too far. John Mayer found out the hard way one night when the blues legend threatened to walk off stage when the young gun’s banter got a bit wayward. Luckily for music lovers everywhere, Mayer took the hint and just launched straight into singing King’s “Sweet Little Angel” without missing a beat. That got the stamp of approval from the King, and the improvised jam that came next went down in blues history – 37 million fans still aren’t over this chemistry.

Mayer and King share a scintillating conversation here as they each take lead breaks. The contrast between their styles is fascinating. Mayer delivers a busier feel with plenty of swagger, while King plays the simplest parts you can imagine, yet says so much. The Music Man has to say it’s super heartwarming to see the connection between the pair. John is playing with his hero up there, as he made abundantly clear with his opening comments. You can feel the love King has for Mayer too as they play.

 

Fan channel GSMEntertainment uploaded the nine-minute performance to YouTube. Fans could see this was a special moment and added comments such as “There’s a huge crowd in front of him, but John Mayer is only trying to impress one man” and “This is a conversation between an old man and a young man on guitar. The young man has soooo much to say. The old man waits. And waits. Only needs to say a few words that change his life. Wisdom.”

Mayer was able to share the stage with King several times. One of their most memorable live cuts came when Mayer made a surprise appearance at the King of Blues’ Hollywood Bowl performance in 2012. King took lead vocals on this tune, while Mayer and Derek Trucks dropped solos. Trucks really steals the show here, and the stunned reactions from Mayer and King really seal the deal.

The Music Man readers may recall that King featured “Sweet Little Angel” as the second track on his album Live at the Regal. Before the pair jammed on the song, Mayer commented on the influence of the album. Mayer said that he did a tour fronting a trio, playing the blues every night, noting that it was “one of the hardest things I ever did in my life.” He then said that every night on the tour, he would listen to King’s Live at the Regal with the lights out to prepare himself for the gig. Mayer is not the only household name who has used the album as a primer before live shows, with Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, and Mark Knopfler also on record as doing the same thing.

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