Artist	Song
The Rolling Stones	Bitch
from Sticky Fingers (Remastered) (2009)
Derek & The Dominos	Layla
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton (2004)
Santana	Black Magic Woman
from Ultimate Santana (2007)
Led Zeppelin	Tea for One
from Presence (Remastered) (2007)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Pride and Joy
from Texas Flood (1994)
Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Steve Stills	Blues for Nothing
from Super Session (2003)
John Mayer	Blues Intro (Live)
from As/Is (Live @ Houston, TX - 7/24/04) (2004)
Jeff Beck	Rock My Plimsoul (Stereo Mix)
from Truth (Remastered) (2006)
Duane Allman & The Hourglass	B.B. King Medley: Sweet Little Angel / It's My Own Fault / How Blue Can You Get
from An Anthology (1987)
Prince	5 Women
from The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (2007)
Keb' Mo'	Riley B. King
from Keep It Simple (2004)
Mark Knopfler	Back to Tupelo
from Shangri-La (2004)
Luther Allison	It's a Blues Thing
from Reckless (2006)
Johnny Winter	Love, Life & Money
from 3rd Degree (1986)
Albert Collins	Backstroke
from Truckin' with Albert Collins (1991)
Lucky Peterson	She Spread Her Wings (And Flew Away)
from Lucky Strikes! (1989)
Primitive Radio Gods	Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
from Rocket (1996)
The Mars Volta	Vicarious Atonement
from Amputechture (2006)

Comment:

With his [i]seven decades[/i] on the throne — not to mention a style that makes the blues seem like a damn fine thing — it’s only natural that your favorite artists would turn to the King of the Blues for inspiration. Can a red-headed Quaker lady not only [i]ride[/i] with the King, but also [i]run[/i] with the blues pack’s biggest dogs? [i]Hell, yeah[/i], as Bonnie Raitt’s proved over the course of 20 albums spent bringing her soulful slide to rock fans who wouldn’t know Howlin’ Wolf from Wolfman Jack. In “Never Make Your Move Too Soon,” Bonnie and R&B goddess Ruth Brown trade bad-news bulletins over Charles Brown’s thunder-boogie-pumpin’ piano and Fabulous Thunderbird Kim Wilson’s hollerin’ harp. In Santana’s “Black Magic Woman,” Carlos' [i]guitar[/i] casts a Lucille-like spell, each s-u-s-t-a-i-n-e-d note a dark angel suspended in mid-air, haunting your dreams. And John Mayer, his six-string street cred validated by a [i]Rolling Stone[/i] cover story on “the new guitar gods,” tears into “Blues Intro” like an Olympic skier shredding fresh powder, with power, grace, and — just like B.B. — not a single wasted note. From the Rolling Stones to the Mars Volta, B.B. King’s painted not just the town, but the whole music [i]world[/i] his singular shade of royal blue.

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