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(Charly Records) 8 tracks Little Albert Nelson wurde am 25. April 1923 in Indianola,... more

Albert King: King Albert (LP)

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Little Albert Nelson wurde am 25. April 1923 in Indianola, Mississippi, geboren und wuchs in Forrest City, Arkansas, auf. Als Kind brachte er sich selbst das Gitarrenspiel bei und baute sein erstes Instrument aus einer Zigarrenschachtel.
1953 nahm er den Künstlernamen Albert King an, in Anlehnung an seinen Helden B. B. King. Er benannte sogar sein Markenzeichen, die Flying V-E-Gitarre, nach B. B. Kings Gitarre „Lucille“ in „Lucy“. King gelang der große Durchbruch, als er Mitte der 60er Jahre bei Stax Records unter Vertrag kam und zum internationalen Star wurde.
Nach dem Niedergang von Stax Records wechselte er zunächst zu Utopia und 1976 zu Tomato Records. Albert blieb sieben Jahre bei Tomato und veröffentlichte 1977 King Albert, produziert von der Detroiter Legende Don Davis und aufgenommen bei United Sound Systems. Dieses großartige Album markiert eine Rückkehr zur Form mit einer feinen Motor City Blues Band, die alles von B. B. Kings großem Hit „You Upset Me Baby“ über Little Sonny Willis' aufregendes „Love Shock“ bis hin zum gefühlvollen „Good Time Charlie“ abdeckt.

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  • Interpret: Albert King

  • Album titlle: King Albert (LP)

  • Genre Blues

  • Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
  • Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
  • Record Grading Mint (M)
  • Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
  • Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
  • Label Charly Records

  • Artikelart LP

  • EAN: 5060767444597

  • weight in Kg 0.28
King, Albert - King Albert (LP) LP 1
01 Love Shock Albert King
02 You Upset Me Baby Albert King
03 Chump Change Albert King
04 Let Me Rock You Easy Albert King
05 Boot Lace Albert King
06 Love Mechanic Albert King
07 Call My Job Albert King
08 Good Time Charlie Albert King
Albert King I'll Play The Blues For You Thanks in large part to Crosscut Saw and Born... more
"Albert King"

Albert King

I'll Play The Blues For You

Thanks in large part to Crosscut Saw and Born Under A Bad Sign, Albert King emerged as a powerful "new" blues guitarist in 1967, even though he'd been recording since ‘53 and had made plenty of great records for the St. Louis-based Bobbin label long before he signed with Stax. Young white rock fans were just picking up on his mile-wide upside-down string-bending and honeyed vocals as he shared bills with their long-haired rock idols, and luminaries such as Eric Clapton were incorporating King's trademark riffs into their own styles.

King posted two lesser hits, Cold Feet and (I Love) Lucy, in 1968 (the latter a tribute to his distinctive Flying V guitar), and he managed more chart appearances with the grinding Can't You See What You're Doing To Me in '70, an ironic Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven in '71, and 1972's pleading Angel Of Mercy. But none came close to the impact of I'll Play The Blues For You. This would prove a lasting signature song even though it was a major departure for the stevedore-sized southpaw. Composer Jerry Beach built in a lot of extra chords, and the overall feel is mid-tempo and mellow, especially when Albert hits on a young lady with a seductive monolog midway through (it's hard to tell whether he's successful).

"I was in the studio, searching for a tune to play," said the late King. "They came up with this ‘I'll Play The Blues For You.' They already had the tune there. It was sent in by another guy. So we just got it together." He was backed by the reformed Bar-Kays, back in action after their ranks were decimated by the tragic 1967 plane crash that also killed Otis Redding. Only bassist James Alexander and trumpeter Ben Cauley remained from the ill-fated original lineup; guitarist Michael Toles, drummer Willie Hall, and keyboardist Allen Jones, the song's co-producer with Stax recording engineer Henry Bush, now filled out the rhythm section.

I'll Play The Blues For You rose to #31 R&B in the summer of '72, but that relatively unimpressive chart position doesn't fully indicate its importance in King's vast musical pantheon. His touring bus sported that song title on its side, and rightly so because that's exactly what he did: play the blues for his fans. To the end—he died December 21, 1992 in Memphis, where this song and so many more of his classics were cut for Stax—King knew the music that he'd done so much to advance would endure.

 

"The blues will be here as long as the world stands," Albert confidently predicted. "Won't be no change in that."

Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! Vol.4 Electric Blues 1970 - 2005 (english)
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