“The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend.”

B.B. King’s Blues Club and Restaurant is planning to open a spot in D.C.

The smokin’ eight piece band just blazed its way through an uptempo blues shuffle, with each tuxedo-clad musician taking an extended solo. The rhythm section got soft and settled into a groovy vamp as one of the horn players stepped up to the mic and announced,”Ladies and gentlemen! The Undisputed King of the Blues, B.B. King!” The crowd at the Music Center at Strathmore rose to its feet, and there was B.B. Sporting a tux…