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- From: jimh@pongo.Eng.Sun.COM (jim hori)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
- Subject: Re: ALBERT KING
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 22:35:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.213157.3530@news.mentorg.com> jhale@mentorg.com (Jim Hale) writes:
- >Any opinions on which of Albert's recordings are the best? I've heard some
- >of his recordings were attempts at funk/disco crossover and I definately
- >want to avoid anything along these lines.
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- The '67-'70 era is my personal favorite. The stuff with Booker T
- and the MGs especially "Born Under A Bad Sign" is just solid
- compositionally, rhythm section wise, and the solos soar. In this
- period also is "Live At The Fillmore West" taken from a gig that
- featured Hendrix and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. The album
- features chorus after incredible chorus of King's trademark
- string bending. A rarity that is also incredible is his version,
- some 5 or 6 minutes long, of James Brown's "Cold Sweat" issued
- as a Stax b-side, that is one long solo after another, broken only
- by the head repeated a few times. One mark of a great musician is
- an identifiably singular sound and no one had that more than Albert.
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- jimh@west.sun.com
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