The Three Kings
The Three Kings pay tribute to BB King, Albert King and Freddie King. Rick Booth, President of Intrepid Artists Int’l came up with the concept after a combination of casual phone calls with a few of the artists he represents, Chris Cain, D.K. Harrell and Albert Castiglia. It was blatantly obvious from the get-go that, as a kid, Little Village Recording Artist, D.K. Harrell studied all of BB Kings moves, and wanted to follow in The King’s path. He even resembles BB on stage with the way he conducts himself, holds his guitar, his facial expressions, mannerisms and certainly his playing style. Harrell tells Booth of the time he met BB. He recalls, It was January 2013 at The Baton Rouge River Center Theatre. My Mom took me and we sat in the Orchestra pit, Row S. D.K. laughs and says, I had my hair “conked” just like BB wore his back in 1955. After the show, D.K. went up to the stage to try and speak with Mr King. He hollered for BB and the Blues Legend came over to the side of the stage, extended his hand, and the two shook hands and BB gave D.K. a pic. D.K. told BB, he wanted to be like him and BB told D.K. he had spotted him in the audience and gave the young D.K. a piece of advice. He said, Be the Best You, that You can be! The young guitarist was in aw and broke down in tears of joy before leaving the theatre, not knowing at the time, that in just 5 years, he would be holding and playing Lucille at the BB King Symposium in Indianola, MS. D.K. believes that BB played Blues that Everyone could relate to, even young kids.
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