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"On the night I was born, my broke mama cried, she said "Lord have mercy with this man child"
The devil screamed and threw up both his hands, said this boy was born to be a bluesman."
Albert King (Albert Nelson)
born: April 25, 19
23
,
Indianola, Mississippi
died: December 21, 1992,
Memphis, Tennessee
King grew on a
Mississippi
plantation in the days of
Jim Crow
segragation
with 12
brothers and sisters
. Born to a religious family he sang in the local
gospel choir
.
He taught himself how to play on a homemade guitar. He is a self taught guitar player who played left-handed by holding his guitar upside down.
Before making music fulltime he was a
bulldozer
operator. He got his professional musical start in Osceola, Arkansas, with a group named
In The Groove Boys
. In 1953 he made his first records
Bad Luck Blues
and
Be On Your Merry Way
for the
Parrot
record label.
In 1959 he had his first hit with
I´m a lonely man
. In 1966 he signed with
Stax Records
and became a major blues figure in time for e the 1960s blues revival. Albert was the first blues artist to play the legendary
San Francisco
club the
Fillmore West
, sharing the stage opening night in 1968 with Jimi Hendrix and
John Mayall
. In 1983 King was inducted into the
Blues Foundation´s Hall of Fame
. He died of a heart attack in 1992, just prior to starting a major
European tour
.
Discography (not definitive):
Legends Collection (2001)
24-Carat (2000)
Rainin' In California (2000)
Blues At Sunset (2000)
Smokin' The Blues (2000)
In Session
LIVE
(1999)
Blues Power (1999)
Best Of-Truckload Of Lovin' (1999)
Very Best Of (1999)
Big Blues (1998)
Mean Mean Blues (1998)
Let's Have A Natural Ball (1997)
Tomato Years (1994)
Ultimate Collection (1993)
Crosscut Saw-San Francisco (1992)
Blues Don't Change (1992)
New Orleans Heat (1992)
Blues For Elvis (1991)
Thursday Night in San Francisco: Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium
LIVE
(1990)
Wednesday Night in San Francisco: Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium
LIVE
(1990)
Door to Door (With Albert King) (1990)
Lovejoy (1990)
I'll Play the Blues for You
Rhino
(1989)
Live (1989)
Blues at Sunrise: Live at Montreux
LIVE
(1988)
Jammed Together (1988)
The Best of Albert King, Vol. 1 (1986)
I'm In A Phone Booth, Baby (1984)
Years Gone By (1983)
Chronicle (With Little Milton) (1979)
Albert (1976)
I Wanna Get Funky (1974)
Blues at Sunset
LIVE
(1973)
Live At Montreaux (1973)
I'll Play the Blues for You
Stax
(1972)
Wanna Get Funky (1972)
I'll Play The Blues (1972)
Lost Session (1971)
Blues for Elvis: Albert King Does the King's Things (1970)
King of the Blues Guitar (1969)
Live Wire/Blues Power
LIVE
(1968)
Live Wire Blues (1961)
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