Blues For Thanksgiving

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B. B. King and his band perform at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York on Thanksgiving Day, 1972.

*”How Blue Can You Get” (or “Downhearted”) is a song that is a classic of the blues. A slow twelve-bar blues, the song is credited to jazz critic Leonard Feather and his wife, Jane Feather. It has been recorded by several blues and other artists in 1964. It was a big hit for B. B. King and has become a staple of his shows.

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