{"id":217,"date":"2009-09-18T13:27:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T17:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=217"},"modified":"2009-11-20T14:31:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T18:31:57","slug":"91809-happy-birthday-b-b-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2009\/09\/18\/91809-happy-birthday-b-b-king\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/18\/09 &#8211; Happy Birthday B. B. King!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">B. B. King<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Happy 84th Birthday!<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-218\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?attachment_id=218\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218\" title=\"Me &amp; The King\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/MattyBB2.jpg\" alt=\"Matt The Cat With The King Of The Blues\" width=\"467\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a>B.B. King just celebrated his 84th birthday on Wednesday, September 16th and this week I&#8217;m honoring &#8220;The King Of The Blues&#8221; with a full\u00a0podcast\u00a0featuring his music.\u00a0 I&#8217;m focusing on his entire career to demonstrate the various &#8220;periods&#8221; that B. B. has been through musically.\u00a0 From his strong beginnings right out of the gate on RPM Records in the early 1950s to his incredible live performance at Chicago&#8217;s Regal Theater.\u00a0 His huge pop crossover breakthrough in 1970 to his duets with U2 and Eric Clapton.\u00a0 I will also feature his most recent work, &#8220;One Kind Favor&#8221;, which came out in 2008.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">This week&#8217;s Cat Fight is between the birthday boy and Howard Tate.\u00a0 Listen to both versions of &#8220;Ain&#8217;t Nobody Home&#8221; before you voice your choice and vote for your favorite.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Here&#8217;s to the legendary B. B. King rolling on strong for many more years to come!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div id=\"polls-36\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_36\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_36_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"81d8ae32b1\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"36\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You DIG The MOST? - \"Ain't Nobody Home\"<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-36-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-99\" name=\"poll_36\" value=\"99\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-99\">Howard Tate (1966)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-100\" name=\"poll_36\" value=\"100\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-100\">B. B. 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