Bb King Blues Concert Style

B.B. King performed a full blues concert, but based off his performance and the crowd reactions, you would not think he was performing anything sad. Though his style is traditionally blues, each song performed, with the exception of “Love Me Tender”, had an upbeat vibe to it. He played a total of nine songs with almost all of them ending with the same melody that the Blues are known for. The acoustics of the venue, Nick’s Uptown, were pretty good. There was only a slight echo, but for the audience it was probably unnoticeable. Actually, Nick’s Uptown did not seem as large as I thought it would be but it is a club after all. King and his band performed in front of a packed house, and from the start, the audience was loud as soon as King got on stage.
It had some sort of echo effect with a slight harshness to it. Besides, King’s guitar playing, the pianist kept to the normal “scat” sound and the trumpeter and saxophonist were mainly in charge of the harmonies since King did not have any back up singers. Actually, one of the best harmonies between the two was in “There Must Be A Better World Somewhere” with the trumpet being just a key higher than the saxophone. Other than that, the two would play the same notes. Two songs that stood out from the others, was his rendition of “Love Me Tender” which was more of a ballad than a blues song and “Better Not Look Down”. “Love Me Tender” had a slow tempo and due to its style was one of the softest played songs which also had a different feel compared to unhappiness with life. It felt more like a song about asking whoever to love King right. In a way it could be added to blues due to its feeling of sadness. It depends. On the other hand “Better Not Look Down” had a very upbeat feel, a crescendo after the third verse(third story), and a great bass solo. During the concert, one could tell that King really got into his