William R. Ferris with B.B. King in Frankfurt, Germany, 1977.
"Wherever there is suffering, wherever loneliness, wherever love is felt, your spirit, your voice, your music will be heard."
You touched our hearts in such enduring ways. I first heard “The Thrill Is Gone,” when I applied for Conscientious Objector status at Fort Bragg in December 1969. Your song bonded that moment in my memory, and those feelings return each time I hear it.