​American Masters’ latest documentary, B.B. King: The Life of Riley, will air during Black History Month on Friday, Feb. 12, at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. The film is narrated by Morgan Freeman, who also appears in the piece.

The film was made in cooperating with the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi and filmed in locations in the U.S. and in the U.K. Jon Brewer worked on the film with King for two years, before the blues icon’s passing on May 14, 2015.

B.B. King: The Life of Riley explores King’s life and career through interviews with the man himself, as well as his his family, longtime friends, and fellow music contemporaries such as Bono, George Benson, Eric Clapton, Aaron Neville, John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Ringo Starr, Johnny Winter, and more.

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