b.b. king ♪ the thrill is gone away ♪. >> pelley: on the road at 88. >> "rolling stone" ranked you number three guitar player of all time. >> you don't believe that. >> reporter: you don't? >> no, but i ain't going to tell them. ( laughter ) them. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the rock-bottom interest rates that have pulled the economy slowly out of the great recession will stay in place. the federal reserve said today that the economy is growing but not as much as it expected. the fed predicted that growth could be only 2% this year. it was just a few weeks ago that the fed predicted it could be 2.6%. so with unemployment still high and inflation low, the fed is giving the economy more help. well, that news sent stock prices to record highs. the dow gained 147 points to close at 15,676. s&p 500 closed at 1,725. here's senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> reporter: wall street was expecting the fed to pull back

heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact >>> legendary musician b.b. kingd his 80th birthday and he's hardly slowing down. anthony mason sat down with the king of the blues. >> reporter: he does not walk easily anymore, but on stage this night in atlantic city, new jersey, b.b. king's fingers can still fly. ♪ >> reporter: are you still getting better as a guitarist? >> i hope i am. i can't always tell because i still can't play like i want to play. >> reporter: he's the last of the legendary blues men who emerged from the mississippi delta. the son of share croppers, riley b. king was born on a cotton plantation outside of berclair, mississippi, and started working at age 7. you said you could pick 400 pounds a day? >> i did. >> reporter: you did. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: he started hitch hiccing to play blues in memphis. he soon picked up the nickname blues boy or b.b. his song "3:00 blues" hit number one on the r & b charts. in 1946 you played 346? >> in two nights. >> reporter: but he wouldn't play for a white audience until 1967 until he was invited to t

b.b.'s "lucille" and frampton's "phoenix" joining forces. king'sat you're saying. >> well, i wouldn't say dressing up but looking what i call presentable. >> reporter: he's the last of the legendary blues men who emerged from the mississippi delta. his contemporaries how lynn wolf, muddy waters, john lee hooker are all gone now. how would you describe the blues? >> it's good for me when i'm feeling bad and good for me when i'm feeling good. it's kind of relims music. >> reporter: the son of share croppers. riley b. king was born on aton plantation outside of mississippi and started at 7. you said you picked 400 pound as day? >> i did. >> he was 27 when he left. in 1952 his song "three o'clock blues hit number one and he started touring black theaters and roadhouses in the country. 1956 you played three 3 4342 days? >> 342 one-nighters. >> reporter: in 196 p rock promoter bill graham invited him to the fillmore west in san francisco. and that actually changed for you when you playing in fillmore. >> yes, i did. >> reporter: it was the first time he

b.b.'s "lucille" and frampton's "phoenix" joining forces. king's, is what you're saying. >> well, i wouldn't say dressing up but looking what i call presentable. >> reporter: he's the last of the legendary blues men who emerged from the mississippi delta. his contemporaries how lynn wolf, muddy waters, john lee hooker are all gone now. how would you describe the blues? >> it's good for me when i'm feeling bad and good for me when i'm feeling good. it's kind of relims music. >> reporter: the son of share croppers. riley b. king was born on aton plantation outside of mississippi and started at 7. you said you picked 400 pound as day? >> i did. >> he was 27 when he left. in 1952 his song "three o'clock blues hit number one and he started touring black theaters and roadhouses in the country. 1956 you played three 3 4342 days? >> 342 one-nighters. >> reporter: in 196 p rock promoter bill graham invited him to the fillmore west in san francisco. and that actually changed for you when you playing in fillmore. >> yes, i did. >> reporter: it was the first t

of jimi hendrix, and for myself a lot of the same people like jimi hendrix and albert king, and b.b. kingdy guy. >>and what about the opportunity to keep blues alive? >>these shows are really fantastic because, this gives you the opportunity to see where a lot of it comes from and the generations that, that follow the music afterwards like stevie ray or somebody like, you know, myself or even younger and younger and this is, this is the best place to learn about it, y'know, on pbs. >>public television gives you that front seat. it lets us all gather around the fireplace so to speak, sharing experiences across generation and across cultures. coming to appreciate something that maybe has given you memories of when you first heard stevie ray vaughan or albert king. and here's a way that you can appreciate the music even more. >>you wanna play some blues? >>sure. (narrator) call now and pay tribute to the musical legends of albert king and stevie ray vaughan. for a pledge of $60, we'll send you the 2-cd set, stevie ray vaughan couldn't stand the weather, the digitally re-mastered and expanded

amy poehler turns 42 and blues legend b.b. king, 88. >>> bobby flay, giada de laurentiis and james blunt help to christen studio 1a. keep it here. i'm richard lui with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today." you have an amazing monday ahead. happen. >> three women killed by a fire at an east bay home. why firefighters say it could have been prevented. >> and some possible relief for the thousands of people in colorado impacted by all of that flash flooding. hundreds still in need of rescue. we'll let you know how some bay area volunteers are helping out. >> more than a year after it capsized, crews finally start to right the "costa concordia" off the coast of italy. >> i want to take you outside for a live look, that is the bay bridge toll plaza. pretty smooth going at this time of day. once again it is very early. on this monday, september 16, this is "today in the bay."

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