At 80, B.B. King proves to Convo Center audience his fingers can still fly

Reviewed by Renee Messacar - Staff Writer DeKALB - His hair might be grayer and his walk slower, but B.B. King's fingers can still fly. The musical legend proved during his performance Thursday night at Northern Illinois University's Convocation Center that he's still the King of Blues. He stopped in DeKalb as part of his "B.B. King Blues Festival and 80th Birthday Celebration Tour." King turned 80 on Sept. 16. King's band members guided him to a chair and helped set him up as he thanked the audience for "waiting for an old man to get out of bed." But he showed his vitality through his limber fingers, which stroked note after bending note out of his guitar "Lucille." His voice, roughened with age, only fit the blues sound better as he belte