Sweet Little Angel

B.B. King took an old, raunchy 1930s tune by Lucille Bogan and smoothed it out into a masterpiece of modern electric blues. Recorded in Los Angeles with a swinging horn section, "Sweet Little Angel" is an absolute showcase for King's revolutionary guitar playing. Instead of playing chords, King bent the strings of his guitar, "Lucille," using a heavy vibrato that mimicked the trills and sustains of a human voice. This fluid, horn-like single-note soloing style helped define the vocabulary of modern electric blues guitar, influencing generations of rock and blues players.