BB King was a sincerely nice man. Not pretentious at all. BB shook my hand, said thanks, and let me touch Lucille!

He asked if I needed anything and if he could get me anything, and I told him no, but I told him that I didn't want to hold Lucille, but I'd like to just touch it. He kind of laughed and walked over with it, and let me touch it briefly.

At the time, I had no idea how rare that was, and when I learned that he rarely allowed anyone to touch Lucille, I kind of felt bad for asking, but I'm glad I got to do it.