Albert King - The Definitive Albert King (2011)
Albert King - The Definitive Albert King (2011)
Label: Stax | MP3 320 Kbps | 02:01:40 | 259.85 MB
Genre: Blues
Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer.One of the “Three Kings of the Blues Guitar” (along with B.B. King and Freddie King), Albert King stood 6’ 4”, weighed 250 lbs and was known as “The Velvet Bulldozer”. He was born Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, mississippi. During his childhood he would sing at a family gospel group at a church. One of 13 children, King grew up picking cotton on plantations near Forrest City, Arkansas where the family moved when he was eight years old. He began his professional work as a musician with a group called In The Groove Boys in Osceola, Arkansas. He had also briefly played drums for Jimmy Reed’s band and on several early Reed recordings. Influenced by blues musicians Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lonnie Johnson, but also interestingly hawaiian music, the electric guitar became his signature instrument, his preference being the Gibson Flying V, which he named “Lucy”.Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
02. She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride
03. Tell Me What True Love Is
04. Angel of Mercy
05. I'll Play The Blues For You (Pt. 1)
06. Breaking Up Somebody's Home
07. Answer To The Laundromat Blues
08. Match Box Blues (Live]
09. I Wanna Get Funky
10. Playing On Me
11. That's What The Blues Is All About
12. Flat Tire
13. Crosscut Saw [1974 version]
14. Santa Claus Wants Some Loving
15. Drivin' Wheel
16. I'm Doing Fine
17. Dust My Broom
CD 2:
01. Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
02. Laundromat Blues
03. Oh, Pretty Woman
04. Crosscut Saw
05. Born Under A Bad Sign
06. Cold Feet
07. (I Love) Lucy
08. Blues Power
09. Killing Floor
10. The Sky Is Crying
11. Drowning On Dry Land
12. Tupelo (Pt. 1) [with Steve Cropper, Pops Staples]
13. Water [with Steve Cropper, Pops Staples]
14. Wrapped Up In Love Again
15. Hound Dog
16. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me
17. Honky Tonk Woman