B.B. King’s granddaughter, Val B. King, has released a new song honoring her late grandfather who passed away just nine short months ago. Titled “The Legacy Goes On,” King told Rolling Stone the track was recorded “to get some of my emotions out with missing him so much.”
Featuring a clip from a 1968 interview with B.B. at the beginning of the new song, King says her new song “is a way to honor my grandfather for all he did for me, his family, and the world. Watching my grandfather perform on stage literally showed me how to dream. He inspired me and many other aspiring artists.”
King also mentions her grandfather’s wonderful philanthropic endeavors, “giving so much to help others, being a champion for education, giving of himself countless nights on stage, teaching us how to be humble, greeting his fans with a smile, and having sheer determination to make the world know about blues music,” she added. “He created a sound that truly made him the King of the Blues.”
Listen to Val B. King’s tribute song to her grandfather, B.B. King, below: