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Albert King: Talkin' Blues

Read "Talkin' Blues" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

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 musicians. Like fellow lefty Jimi Hendrix, he played a right-handed guitar upside-down and backwards. More than most blues musicians, he lingered on stretched ...

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In Session

By Albert King

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 1999

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Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Session

Read "In Session" reviewed by Ed Kopp

by Ed Kopp

In 1983, blues legend Albert King scheduled a TV appearance on In Session, a program produced by CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario. The show matched like-minded musicians in hour-long jam sessions. In advance of the show, the 60-year-old King was only told that he’d be jamming with another guitarist. His collaborator turned out to be 29-year-old Stevie ...

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Montreux Festival

By Albert King

Label: Ayler Records
Released: 1991


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