“I think about him, ‘What would B.B. King do?’” How Justin Lyons is channeling the King of the Blues in mgk's punk-rock band – and he even has his own Lucille

Justin "GuitarSlayer" Lyons performs live with Machine Gun Kelly, on a stage lit in deep red.

B.B. King is the undisputed King of the Blues but his influence extends far and wide, beyond blues guitar, through generations.

And, if you catch Machine Gun Kelly’s (mgk) blockbuster show, you’ll see his influence there, too – because for touring guitarist Justin Lyons, aka “GuitarSlayer,” B.B. King was the original source, the one who lit the spark.