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For generations of blues musicians and rock 'n rollers, B.B. King's plaintive vocals and soaring guitar playing style set the standard for an art form born in the American South and honored and performed worldwide. Photo courtesy Flickr/Justin Block

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B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that "as long as people have problems, the blues can never die."

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