B.B. King rocks

From the looks of it, the thrill is not gone. Far from it.

Check out the pure joy that lights up the face of music legend B.B. King during a performance with U2's Bono and Edge last night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. He was there, among various A-list Hollywood royalty, to pick up the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Founder's Award. Other performers included Robert Cray, Cassandra Wilson, Keb 'Mo, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock and Poncho Sanchez.

After all these years of playing and all the praise that's brought to King -- 14 Grammys, induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the National Medal of Arts -- it all comes down to this. A man and his guitar. And, unlike some of his most famous blues ballads, a love story with no unhappy ending.