How Does a Political Reporter get an interview with BB King?

I saw this a while ago, but Miller got to the blog first….

Aaron Chambers of the Rockford Register Star interviewed him in the December 4th edition

Coolest bit–he suffers from stage fright

“I’m scared when I first get out there.”

Scared of what?

“I don’t know,” he said.

“But I think some people call it stage fright. If you haven’t been married, you won’t understand. But to me, it’s like meeting your in-laws for the first time. … And you say, ‘Oh God, I hope they approve of me. And I hope I can be myself.’

At 79 he’s doing 215 shows a year. Damn.

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