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King Of Hearts The King Of the Blues B.B. King stopped in Grand Ronde to play
at the Tribe's Spirit Mountain Casino as part of his 2001 North American Tour. King (above with Lucille)
strutted onto the stage and showed off his legendary guitar playing skills to the loud, sold out crowd.
King has been performing for over 50 years and still travels the world to standing room only shows.
Rumors of his retirement are untrue said King. "You're not dead until you die! I'm still trying to learn."
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By Brent Merrill
When you are
in the pres
ence of a leg
end, you just stand in
awe. When that legend
treats you with kind
ness, you are humbled.
Legendary blues gui
tarist B.B. King stopped
in Grand Ronde on his
2001 North American
Tour and showed off his
equally famous guitar
Lucille.
King is in the middle of a coast-to-coast tour that
will take him from Los Angeles to Hawaii to Alaska
through the Midwest and then to the east coast.
His only stop in Oregon led him to the Tribe's Spirit
Mountain Casino and a boisterous crowd that had
been sold out for more than a month in advance
of the show.
King took time to visit with Smoke Signals be
fore the show and shared stories of his youth and
his penchant for learning. After the visit, King
I've got a bad case of love...
I've got a bad case of love...
I've got a bad case of love;
my heart is filled with misery.
Since you've teen gone
nothin' ever goes right.
I got a bad case of love."
B.B. King
strutted his 75-year-old
stuff on the stage with
his eight-piece band.
Other than using a
chair during his perfor
mance, the legend ap
peared ageless. His gui
tar acumen unfazed by
age and his voice only
showing feint signs of
change. His presence
on stage was larger
than life and he made
faces and played to the
crowd like a child at a birthday party.
Before the show, King was thoughtful and re
flective in his sharing of stories that shaped his
life. His demeanor alternated between animated
and excited to laid-back and relaxed. He took his
slippers off and offered coffee in the back of his
tour bus. He showed off his newly purchased music
lessons on CD ROM and talked about his love of
flying.
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Car Crashes into
Ditch, Burns
This motor vehicle accident occurred on Tuesday,
March 13 at 7:25 a.m. at milepost 19 on Highway 18
near Grand Ronde. The vehicle was eastbound when
the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
A fire started after the wreck and spread to nearby
brush. Members of the Willamina Fire Department put
out the fire. First year firefighters Jeremy Chapin4and
James Smith (pictured here putting out the remainder
of the flames from the wreck) got some training in.
"I got there right after it happened and flames were
shooting out from under the hood," said Vickie Merrill.
"The flames were shooting way up in the air. There
were two girls on the side of the road; one of them was
wrapped in a blanket. They were upset and crying.
One other car had stopped and it looked like a neighbor
was there and calling for help on her cell phone."
According to the Oregon State Police Department,
the girls involved in the crash are fine.