The evolution of B.B. King's performance attire as he ages, from his early satin suits to the more casual shirts he often wears are displayed at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Miss. , Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The one thing that does not change is his favorite guitar, a Gibson model that he named "Lucille. " The museum also celebrates the musical heritage of the blues and rock-and-roll which was "born" in the Mississippi Delta. Special events surround the facility's first anniversary this weekend, including live performances by area blues musicians. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

The evolution of B.B. King's performance attire as he ages, from his early satin suits to the more casual shirts he often wears are displayed at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Miss. , Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The one thing that does not change is his favorite guitar, a Gibson model that he named "Lucille. " The museum also celebrates the musical heritage of the blues and rock-and-roll which was "born" in the Mississippi Delta. Special events surround the facility's first anniversary this weekend, including live performances by area blues musicians.

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  1. The evolution of B.B. King's performance attire as he ages, from his early satin suits to the more casual shirts he often wears are displayed at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Miss., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The one thing that does not change is his favorite guitar, a Gibson model that he named "Lucille. " The museum also celebrates the musical heritage of the blues and rock-and-roll which was "born" in the Mississippi Delta. Special events surround the facility's first anniversary this weekend, including live performances by area blues musicians.
  2. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Musician B.B. King leaves his Midtown Manhattan hotel on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  3. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Musician B.B. King leaves his Midtown Manhattan hotel on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  4. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Musician B.B. King leaves his Midtown Manhattan hotel on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  5. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Musician B.B. King leaves his Midtown Manhattan hotel on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  6. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Musician B.B. King leaves his Midtown Manhattan hotel on October 30, 2009 in New York City.
  7. In this Sept. 24, 2009 photo, Ruleville, Miss., mayor Shirley Edwards is shown. Edwards hopes the The Ole Place Cafe: Home of the Hollywood Star Collection, and the exhibit of African wildlife mountings in the office next door are tourist draws to the town of 4,000. Although the town is about 30 miles away from blues legend B.B. King's museum in neighboring Indianola, it is still far enough off the beaten to have to seek tourists.
  8. In this Sept. 24, 2009 photo, Ruleville, Miss., mayor Shirley Edwards is shown. Edwards hopes the The Ole Place Cafe: Home of the Hollywood Star Collection, and the exhibit of African wildlife mountings in the office next door are tourist draws to the town of 4,000. Although the town is about 30 miles away from blues legend B.B. King's museum in neighboring Indianola, it is still far enough off the beaten to have to seek tourists.
  9. Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry performs at the B.B. King Club, in New York, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
  10. Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry, 83, plays the B.B. King Club, in New York, September 12, 2009. Chuck lets audience members join him on the stage.
  11. Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry performs at the B.B. King Club, in New York, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
  12. Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry performs at the B.B. King Club, in New York, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
  13. A visitor watches a panoram viewer during a visit to the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Miss., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The interactive panoram viewer gives visitors an opportunity to see how films were first seen by consumers in the early 1900's. The museum also celebrates the musical heritage of the blues and rock-and-roll which was "born" in the Mississippi Delta. Special events surround the facility's first anniversary this weekend, including live performances by area blues musicians. King, who was born in nearby Itta Bena now lives in Las Vegas, celebrates his 84th birthday Sept. 16.
  14. Noxubee County High School student Earnest Harmon, 17, plays a few bars along with B.B. King in the interactive recording studio at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Miss., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The museum also celebrates the musical heritage of the blues and rock-and-roll which was "born" in the Mississippi Delta. Special events surround the facility's first anniversary this weekend, including live performances by area blues musicians.
  15. Students from Noxubee County High School use the interactive kiosks to learn more about the blues, and the impact the Mississippi Delta has had on the music world at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Miss., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The museum also celebrates the musical heritage of the blues and rock-and-roll which was "born" in the Mississippi Delta. Special events surround the facility's first anniversary this weekend, including live performances by area blues musicians.
  16. Shatoya Coleman, right, Portia Eichelberger, center and Rodriquez Brown, all 17 and students from Noxubee County High School, listen to interactive recordings of various blues musicians at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Miss., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. The museum also celebrates the musical heritage of the blues and rock-and-roll which was "born" in the Mississippi Delta. Special events surround the facility's first anniversary this weekend, including live performances by area blues musicians.

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