It all started with a preacher named Archie Fair, a distant relative, make known to him to the guitar and gave him an important role in the dramatic services of the local Sanctified Church. At first he was inclined by the music of his cousin Bukka White, as well as Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Sonny Boy Williamson. But he was also an admirer of jazz players like Charlie Christian, particularly when he was playing with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, and Django Reinhardt. He said that a little bit of all of those people I liked, with my own ideas, shaped the BB King twinging guitar sound.
