{"id":24,"date":"2026-05-04T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:30:49","slug":"nobody-loves-me-but-my-mother-by-bb-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/nobody-loves-me-but-my-mother-by-bb-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody Loves Me but My Mother by BB King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was a BB King fan in the 1970&#8217;s and bought the album Indianola Mississippi Seeds in those years.\u00a0 \u00a0 It was a vinyl record and I played it frequently.\u00a0 \u00a0 In the years that followed I bought more albums and looked for chances to see a performance on TV (before YouTube).\u00a0 \u00a0Then decades later I got to see him perform live in Kamloops.\u00a0 \u00a0 It was a stunning performance by a master.\u00a0 \u00a0 He is gone now, but we can enjoy his music in videos.\u00a0 \u00a0 One is provided here:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_44684\"  width=\"1080\" height=\"607\"  data-origwidth=\"1080\" data-origheight=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OIW4ARVbhrw?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was a BB King fan in the 1970&#8217;s and bought the album Indianola Mississippi Seeds in those years.\u00a0 \u00a0 It was a vinyl record and I played it frequently.\u00a0 \u00a0 In the years that followed I bought more albums <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/nobody-loves-me-but-my-mother-by-bb-king\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tunes","tag-blues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nobody Loves Me but My Mother by BB King - Tales n&#039; Tunes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/nobody-loves-me-but-my-mother-by-bb-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nobody Loves Me but My Mother by BB King - Tales n&#039; Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I was a BB King fan in the 1970&#8217;s and bought the album Indianola Mississippi Seeds in those years.\u00a0 \u00a0 It was a vinyl record and I played it frequently.\u00a0 \u00a0 In the years that followed I bought more albums &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/nobody-loves-me-but-my-mother-by-bb-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tales n&#039; Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-04T16:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-07T16:30:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/136188-050-820ACE8F-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"D. 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