CV - Midge Marsden interviews BB King

In this April 1989 excerpt from music show CV, local bluesman Midge Marsden interviews BB King between flights at Auckland Airport. Sitting with his beloved Gibson guitar Lucille, King reveals his dissatisfaction with his own guitar playing, his family's distaste for blues music while growing up, and his belief that the growing sophistication of blues has helped it win increased popularity. He also mentions Bono writing him a song ('When Love Comes to Town'), and his take on friends James Brown and Ike Turner getting in trouble with the law.

...it's obvious that you don't have to be black to play the blues when you listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan.

– BB King

Key Cast & Crew

Midge Marsden

Interviewer

Mark Tierney

Presenter