B.B. King with Etta James Tickets in San Diego

By: Jamie    Category: Concerts, Humphreys By The Bay

If you are looking for a night of blues and jazz we have on in San Diego coming up. Etta James and B.B. King are teaming up and will be putting on a concert by the bay at Humphrey’s in San Diego. There is hardly a better place to be in the late summer than on the San Diego bay listening to two of the best jazz and blues artists of our time. If you can’t find the tickets you want to this show at the box office here are the places to shop for after market tickets:

1. AIW Tickets always has a great inventory and usually has the cheapest prices too.

2. Stubhub is an excellent place to shop online as well.
They’ll even let you sell your tickets there.

3. TicketsNow is also a solid after market ticket vendor and usually has access the hard to find tickets

4. If those aren’t cutting it for you try a couple of these ticket vendors as well:

Here is some info about B. B. King from Wikipedia:

Aged 80 at the time, on March 29 2006, King played at the Sheffield’s Hallam Arena. This was the first date of his UK and European farewell tour. He played this tour supported by ex-shredder/rocker turned bluesman Gary Moore, with whom King has previously toured and recorded, including the song “Since I Met You Baby”. The British leg of the tour ended on the April 4 with a final UK concert at Wembley Arena.

In July, B.B. went back to Europe and at that time he said farewell to Switzerland, playing twice (July 2nd and 3rd) in the 40th edition of the world famous Montreux Jazz Festival and also in Zürich at the Blues at Sunset on July 14th. On his show in Montreux at the Stravinski Hall he jammed with Joe Sample, Randy Crawford, David Sanborn, Gladys Knight, Lella James, Earl Thomas, Stanley Clarke, John McLaughlin, Barbara Hendrix and George Duke. The European leg of the Farewell tour ended in Luxembourg on the 19th September 2006 at the D’Coque arena (support act: Todd Sharpville).
Live at Montreux, July 2006
Live at Montreux, July 2006

In November and December, King played six times in Brazil.

During a press conference on November 29th in São Paulo, a journalist asked King if that would be the actual farewell tour. He answered: “One of my favorite actors is a man from Scotland named Sean Connery. Most of you know him as James Bond, 007. He made a movie called “Never Say Never Again.”

And here is some info about Etta James from Wikipedia as well:

To a younger generation, Etta is known for the Muddy Waters song “I Just Wanna Make Love To You”, used in television commercials for Coca-Cola and for John Smith’s bitter. The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and Foghat have also recorded the song. Etta’s version was a surprise Top 10 UK hit in 1995. Drug-related and romantic problems interfered with her career, but James managed to maintain a career throughout the latter half of the 20th century.[4] Later in life, James struggled with obesity. She reached more than 400 pounds, experienced mobility and knee problems, and often needed a wheelchair. In 2003, James underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost over 200 pounds.[5] James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.[6] She was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001. Her pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In 2003 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked her #62 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[7] She is still touring in 2006. A new album was also released in 2006 called All the Way, which was released by RCA Records.

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