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Those who are big fans of this arent all schwarzenegger telling "rolling stone" magazine he loves that show. he said its his favorite show and loves exploring the idea of legacies and those are your headlines. havent had a chance to see that yet. i want to see the one on davy crockett. >> you can walk down the hall and ask bill oreilly for a copy. >> hes very approachable. >> we have a fox news alert. while you were sleeping the music world lost a legend. ♪ when i first met you baby ♪ baby y...

>> how much of an influence has he had on your life and your career? >> not my life, every guitar player that i know. those shoes will never be filled man. >> b.b. king earned 15 grammys, a member of the rock and roll hall of fame awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president george w. bush and even sang with president obama at the white house. ♪ >> people call me king of the blues. ive heard it many, many times. do you think i think that? no i do not. i think its a lot of people can ...

Saying good-bye to the king of blues. b.b. king died overnight at his home in las vegas. the music icon inspired fans and influenced countless musicians, including jimmy hendricks, keith richards, and eric clapton. this morning on claptons facebook page he called king a dear friend and inspiration. heres part of eric claptons video tribute. >> i just wanted to express my sadness and to say thank you to my dear friend b.b. king, i want to thank you him for all the inspiration and encouragement he...

Greats that you together and coco taylor, folks like you helped keep the blues alive when many felt it had gone the way to other forms, other genres of music. >> you know, you used to have to crank automobiles from the crank at the front of it with the manual crank, and now you can punch a button and start it for you, leave out your house and get a new one, so b.b. king did that with the guitar. like i said, before he made "3 oclock in the morning," didnt have a price on the guitar, theyd say ju...

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Where he did an average of 250 shows a year, something like that. he had 35 hits on the billboard top 100 33 albums in the billboard 200 chart. 15 grammys. thats just an undeniable run. if you look at that amount of shows, thats like a herculean feat. the guy was a titan. >> he was, all the way to the end. we celebrate his life. today i tell everyone go on youtube, live concerts for b.b. king and that will make your whole weekend. thank you, alex, thank you again to buddy guy on the phone. nex...

Fixture on the citys legendary beal street. he once told johnny carson where the name b.b. came from. >> i never asked what b.b. stands for? >> it stands for blues boy, beginning of my career they called me the blues boy some would abbreviate it and say b.b. >> his first number one record in 1951, 3:00 blues. he was soon touring nationally and more chart toppers would follow. almost two decades later he found fame as a crossover artist opening for the rolling stones and later recording with u2. ...

Without b.b. king i dont think youd be talking to me or no one else this morning. b.b. king taking the guitar from the music store shelf to the owner of the music store would tell you, i dont know, just make me an offer. because what nobody playing, wasnt exposed like he did. and after he made "3 oclock in the morning" they changed that, they told you what the price was. i told all the guitar companies, im familiar with i say give b.b. king a percentage of every guitar you sell because he set th...

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