There's little need for explanation when it comes to Albert King. Though he never had a profile near that of B.B., the "other" King, he has been incredibly influential on generations of blues ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A common piece of advice given to guitarists is play less. Albert King once advised Gary Moore to "play every other note", for ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Bonamassa plays Albert King's 1971 custom-built "Lucy" Flying V-style guitar made by Dan Erlewine. After the 1960s blues boom, ...
Albert King’s I’ll Play the Blues for You gets Craft Bluesville’s AAA vinyl treatment, with 180 gram pressing, Stax grit, and serious blues bite. Craft Recordings’ Bluesville reissue label understands ...
It took a while for Albert King to wend his way to Memphis and Stax studios but when he finally did, in 1966, it was worth the wait. Although King wasn’t a total unknown at the time (“Don’t Throw Your ...
As the story goes, Albert King was playing a residency at Antone’s in Austin, Texas, in the mid-1970s. Club owner Clifford Antone, a strong advocate for a young hot-shot guitarist from just outside of ...
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Eric Clapton's 'Strange Brew' guitar solo: How Albert King's 'Crosscut Saw' inspired it
It’s no secret that the biggest British rock bands of the ’60s borrowed heavily from the blues, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to the Who and beyond. Sometimes, though, they did a little bit ...
Craft Recordings and Bluesville reissue Albert King and Eddie Kirkland on AAA vinyl. Two blues classics that still hit harder than most new releases. Blues doesn’t always get the same glossy reissue ...
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