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BLUES LEGEND B.B. KING GIVES GOLDEN PERFORMANCE.(Local)(Concert review)
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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March 4, 2007
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Byline: Mark Bialczak Staff writer
B.B. King knows how to treat a crowd special.
He thrilled the blues-loving fans at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse on Saturday night in so many ways.
The buzz in the place grew when he first stepped onstage to accept an award for his role in the nonviolent civil rights movement from Central New York students in the organization Civil Rights Connection.
When he bowed, sat down in his chair front and center and was handed his famous guitar Lucille by band leader James "Boogaloo" Bolden, the crowd was truly his.
And at 81 ...
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