Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Saturday Night at the Oldies: Kings of the Blues

Albert King, Born Under a Bad Sign

Albert King, Crosscut Saw

B. B. King, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

B. B. King and Eric Clapton, Riding With the King

Playlist
1. "Riding with the King"
2. "Ten Long Years"
3. "Key to the Highway"
4. "Marry You"
5. "Three O'Clock Blues"
6. "Help the Poor"
7. "I Wanna Be"
8. "Worried Life Blues"
9. "Days of Old"
10. "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer"
11. "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
12. "Come Rain or Come Shine"

Clapton's tribute on King's passing.  New York Times obituary.

All of us blues guitar players of a certain age copied those signature licks.  So long, B. B. King.


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