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Live Wire/Blues Power by Albert King

Live Wire/Blues Power by Albert King

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Key Information
Artist: Albert King
Record Label: Stax (USA)
Genre: Blues
Release Date: February 21, 1989
Album Duration: 38m:16s
Number of Discs: 1
Song List: Disc 1
: 1. Watermelon Man
2. Blues Power
3. Night Stomp
4. Blues at Sunrise
5. Please Love Me
6. Look Out
More Information
Details: Solo performer: Albert King (vocals, guitar). Recorded live at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco. Originally released on Stax (2003). Personnel: Albert King (vocals, guitar); Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). Liner Note Author: Jumpin' Gene Simmons. Recording information: The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA. By 1968, after years of regional success and low-profile gigging, Albert King had attained significant popularity among both blues and rock audiences. The 1967 release of his Stax debut BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN had achieved crossover success, and he was regularly sharing stages with the likes of Jimi Hendrix at Bill Graham's Fillmore auditorium in San Francisco. That venue is the setting for this live recording, which catches King at the height of his game, both vocally and as an axeman. King throws a curveball with the opener, a boogaloo-tinged rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man." "Blues Power," in its spoken, call-and-response interludes and King's stinging electric leads, testifies to t...
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