B.B. King and Lauren Hutton at the Ramada Inn in Oxford, Mississippi, June 13, 1979. This is not the newspaper photograph, but rather it was taken and contributed by Ramada Inn employee Deborah Sharp.
“I was visiting Granny in Oxford in 1979 when B.B. King was recording his Now Appearing at Ole Miss album. After the recording was complete, I went backstage to congratulate B.B. He welcomed me to come along with him and the band for a little celebration. We went to the Ramada Inn and it was a special night. I slept in the next morning, or rather I tried to.”
“My bedroom was beside the living room and I kept hearing Granny answering the phone, and questions. It seems a local newspaper had published a picture of us at the Ramada, on the front page. Through blurry sleep, I finally realized she was talking about me. When I got up and walked into the living room I was reminded of Aunt Pitty Pat Hamilton getting told at the Atlanta Bazaar in Gone with the Wind. — ‘If Melanie says it’s alright, then it is alright.’ It seemed I had shocked some of the Confederacy. Granny was saying, ‘Well, if Mary (May-Ree) thought it was okay, then it was okay.'” – Lauren Hutton
