CAPA presents B.B. King at the Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., at 8 p.m. Oct. 8.

For more than half a century, King has defined the blues for a worldwide audience with hits like The Thrill is Gone, Ridin’ with the King with Eric Clapton, and When Love Comes to Town with U2. He developed and perfected his signature style on his trademark guitar “Lucille,” earning him a spot in both the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

In his Mississippi youth, King played on street corners for change, sometimes playing as many as four towns a night. After hitchhiking to Memphis in 1947, he got his first big break on Sonny Boy Williamson’s radio program. King soon had his own radio show and was performing across the country. It was at one of these shows in Arkansas that “Lucille” was born. After the dance hall was set ablaze during a fight, King ran back in to save his guitar. He later found out the fight was over a woman named Lucille, and named his guitar after her to remind himself to never get into a fight over a woman. Ever since, each one of King's trademark Gibson guitars has been called Lucille.

King has since developed one of the world's most identifiable guitar styles. Borrowing from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, King integrates his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and left hand vibrato. King mixes traditional blues, jazz, swing and mainstream pop with his signature style.

For more information, visit www.bbking.com.

Tickets are $50, $45, and $40 at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, or www.ticketmaster.com.