Posted on 04/25/2019 12:01:44 PM PDT by billorites
Legendary blues great born Albert Nelson this date in Indianola, MS.
Listen to his recording of the Englishman - German - and Jew Blues, performed with Albert Brooks here.
I liked Albert and B.B. and Freddie. The three kings of the six string. I have the CD of Albert playing with, in a mentoring kind of way, with a young Stevie Ray.
Stevie Ray Vaughn always sounded like Albert King to my ear.
I have an album Albert King did with Stevie Ray Vaughn called In Session, also on DVD since it was originally on a Canadian TV show. Good stuff.
Oh, there’s no doubt that Stevie Ray got the bulk of his inspiration from Albert King. He could play King’s signature riffs even better than the man himself.
They were a blast on stage together.
One of the three Great Blues Kings.
Four, actually.
I saw Albert King and BB King on back-to-back nights at the Chicago Blues Fest in June 1988.
Played backward.
Saw a kid playing at a pawn shop the other day.
He’s playing a right hand guitar upside down left handed.
I asked if he was am Albert King fan, and he just looked at me and said, “Who?”
The kid was playing blues riffs, how could he not know?
Kids.
Your image didn’t come across. Who is #4?
One of the best performances I’ve ever seen, at the Warner Theater in DC in late 80s. Was spectacular.
At one point he stopped mid-song, signaled the band to stop, and complained that his guitar volume was too low and demanded several times that that auditorium raise his volume. Was fantastic, and the crowd loved it.
Putting him on now, thanks for this post... listening now to Flat Tire, my favorite!
I have that one also.
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