BB King was scared to set foot in Sing Sing prison to play for the
inmates, but later said it was the best performance of his life King opens the show with a bit of banter with the inmates,
showing he had some real comedy chops as well as guitar chops.
BB King - How Blue Can You Get?/Guess Who (Someone Really Loves You)/I Think You're Cheatin' On Me, Baby
King gave the performance on Thanksgiving in 1972, at the Sing Sing
Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York. While talking to NPR, the
guitarist explained his reticence to play the prison, saying “I’ve
played a lot of prisons since but Sing Sing is the only one that I can
remember the name of and the reason is because I was scared. I thought
it was the end of my life.”