James Bolden, Quinn Sullivan and ZZ Ward Sign on for ICON: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF B.B. KING

B.B. King, 15-time GRAMMY winner will be honored at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 1.

The GRAMMY Foundation and GRAMMY Museum are partnering to celebrate the life and legacy of B.B. King with Icon: The Life And Legacy Of B.B. King, a live tribute concert sponsored in part by Gibson Memphis and the Gibson Foundation, and by Brian and Adria Sheth.

In addition to live tribute performances and storytelling by artists influenced by King's music, a pre-event VIP reception will be held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Proceeds raised from Icon: The Life And Legacy Of B.B. King will support the initiatives of the GRAMMY Foundation and GRAMMY Museum, two charitable organizations of The Recording Academy.

Performers include multi-GRAMMY winners Keb' Mo', Derek Trucks and Jimmie Vaughan; GRAMMY winners Slash and Susan Tedeschi; GRAMMY nominees Joe Bonamassa and Kenny Wayne Shepherd; 35-year member of King's band James Bolden; Buddy Guy's protégé singer/guitarist Quinn Sullivan; blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker; and singer/songwriter ZZ Ward. The show's music director will be Jimmy Vivino of the "Conan" show. He will be joined by the Basic Cable Band, who will serve as the house band for the evening.

The event is hosted by Scott Goldman, Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation.

Also in attendance will be Tim Bucher, GRAMMY Foundation Board Chair Emeritus, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and Senior Vice President, Consumer Solutions at Seagate Technologies, LLC; John Hamm, GRAMMY Foundation Board member and founding partner of Soda Rock Partners; and GRAMMY Museum Foundation Board members Ken Ehrlich, GRAMMY Awards executive producer, Ken Ehrlich Productions; Giselle Fernandez, TV journalist, producer and filmmaker; and Todd Goldstein, chief revenue officer, AEG.

Referred to as the King of the Blues, King released more than 50 albums since he began recording in the 1940s, creating classics such as "3 O'Clock Blues," "You Don't Know Me," and "The Thrill Is Gone," among many others. King was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He received The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, has had four recordings inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame and he received honorary doctorates from several universities and music colleges. King has inspired a variety of artists through the years, including Bonamassa, Elvis Costello, Robert Cray, J.J. Cale, John Mayer, Delbert McClinton, Jimmy Page, Diane Schuur, Slash, Tedeschi, and Vaughan, several of whom will perform at the concert.

Tickets for this event are sold out. Please contact Melissa Pazornik at melissa.pazornik@grammy.com to be placed on the waiting list.

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Photo Credit: Danny Clinch

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