众所周知,美国前期的流行音乐都是黑人比白人强,只不过因为种族问题,黑人音乐得不到推广,反而是白人翻唱黑人的歌走红。Don说他受够了这种翻唱版本,他就在夜里自己调收音机听BB King,听小理查德,他迷上了黑人灵歌和布鲁斯,背着家人混迹黑人社区。要说Don的真正偶像,绝对是BB King。有一次BB King来他的家乡,他央求黑人社区里的一个朋友带他去听。“音乐会”在牲口棚里举行,Don付不起门票,就躲在外面听。“I watched him, wide-eyed, and knew that I wanted to be like him more than anything else in the world--standing at the front of the stage, eyes pressed shut, making women weep with my guitar.”(啊!Don!you can really make me cry!)乐声停息,这孩子冲了进去,“Mr. King, I just wanna shake your hand.”他如愿了。