BB King And Lucille

Today I would like to share with you the story of BB King and his guitar "Lucille" and how he named his guitar. A while back when King was playing gigs in clubs he had a near death experience. This happened during winter, King was playing a gig in a nightclub and since the place was poor they heated it using a barrel and fire. People would gather around the burning contents of the barrel for heat during the performances, and it just so happened that this night a fight broke out. Two men started fighting and one of the men got pushed onto this flaming barrel. The club lit up like a match due to its wooden construction and everyone including King fled the club. Once he left he realized he had forgotten his guitar, he quickly rushed back into the burning building to save his guitar and luckily made it out with his life. He later on found out that the men had been fighting over a waitress in the club called Lucille, and he named his guitar Lucille after the women that had caused this fire.

here is a video where King retells the story himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsvAMRFivo