American Blues musician BB King plays guitar as he performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, June 21, 1980. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
American singer, songwriter and guitarist B.B. King (1925-2015) plays a Gibson ES-355 guitar live on stage during a performance at the Kool Jazz Festival in the United States in July 1976. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
American Rock musician Billy Gibbons, of the group ZZ Top, performs onstage at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 1980. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
LARAMIE, WY – SEPTEMBER 12: B.B. King performs in concert at the University of Wyoming Arts and Sciences Auditorium on September 12, 1985 in Laramie, Wyoming. (Photo by Mark Junge/Getty Images)
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MEMPHIS, TN – 1949: Blues musician BB King poses for a portrait holding a Fender Esquire guitar in 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
MEMPHIS, TN – 1949: Blues musician BB King poses for a portrait holding a Fender Esquire guitar in 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)