When Calvin Owens invited Eugene Carrier to join the B. B. King Orchestra in 1979, the blues was beginning to realize its most dramatic era in worldwide appreciation. He brought home dozens of posters from his travels with foreign language graphics that show just how popular the blues was in Europe, South America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. From the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta, East Texas and the Gulf Coast, this music and its musicians was heralded for their talent and their wisdom.Read more