Thursday, July 23, 2009

B.B. KING-THE BEST OF B.B.KING.

RILEY B. KING OR B.B. KING IS AN AMERICAN RHYTHM AND BLUES SINGER, SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST KNOWN FOR HIS EXPRESSIVE SINGING WITH A LOT OF FEEL AND CONVICTIONS LIKE AS THOUGH HE IS NARRATING HIS EXPERIENCES AND HARDSHIPS TO US.

HIS GIBSON GUITAR IS NAMED LUCILLE AND HIS SOLOS ARE BASED ON TEARFUL, BEAUTIFUL NOTES BENDING AND VIBRATO.
MANY GREAT GUITARISTS ARE INFLUENCED BY HIM AND ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE RANKED HIM #3 OF "THE 100 GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIMES."
HE WAS ALSO INDUCTED INTO THE BLUES HALL OF FAME IN 1980.
THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1973 UNDER THE PROBE LABEL-EMI.
MY FAVE SONG IS "CALDONIA"

B.B.KING-GUITAR, VOCALS WITH LEON RUSSELL, JOE WALSH, BRIAN GAROFALO, RUSS KUNKEL, SHERLIE MATTHEWS, MERRY CLAYTON, CLYDE KING, VONETTA FIELDS, JIMMIE HASKELL, JOHN BROWNING, LOUIS HERBERT, BROOKER WALKER, RON LEVY, WILBERT FREEMAN, SONNY FREEMAN, JIM PRICE, OLLIE MITCHELL, CHUCK FINDLEY, BOOBBY KEYS, BILL PERKINS, DUSTER BENNETT, GARY WRIGHT, KLAUS VOORMAN, JIM GORDON, JOE BURTON, EARL TURBINGTON JR, MEL BROWN, JERRY RAGOVOY, JOHN URIBE, DAVID SPINOZZA, JOSHIE ARMSTEAD, TASHA THOMAS, CARL HILL, HUGH McCRACKEN, PAUL HARRIS, GERALD JEMMOTT, HERBIE LOVELLE AND BERT DeCOTEAUX.

SIDE ONE: 1.HUMMINGBIRD-June 1970 2. COOK COUNTY INTRODUCTION-HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET-Sept 1970 3. CALDONIA-June 1970 (video) 4. SWEET SIXTEEN-March 1971.

SIDE TWO: 1. AIN'T NOBODY HOME-June 1971 2. WHY I SING THE BLUES-1969 3. THE THRILL IS OVER(video)- 4. NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE MY MOTHER.




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