By Sarah Begley
Carlos Santana remembered his fellow guitar hero and inspiration as a young musician, B.B. King, who died Thursday at 89, in a statement to TIME on King’s life and legacy.
Santana joins Barack Obama, Eric Clapton and many others in mourning the death of a legend.
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