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Master and Sacrament

The greatest bluesman standing whams his not so marginal differentiations all the way home

A A A Comments (0) By Robert Christgau Tuesday, Nov 29 2005

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He can still big up.

photo: Jeff Sciortino

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As it turns out, however, he isn't alone, because B.B. King himself remains the greatest bluesman sitting. You don't think anyone paid 42nd Street prices for Stacy Mitchhart, do you? Talking a lot and flaunting his seniority, King never got out of his chair. But he was too old to be subtle about proving himself—his voice was powerful, and his guitar flowed into harmonic estuaries he wouldn't have dared in his crowd-pleasing, legend-building prime. I predict no revival. But great genres aren't just for specialists.