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Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time.
The "original" Lucy, named for Lucille Ball, was a right-handed 1959 Gibson Flying V [3] made of korina, [2] and it is the guitar King used on almost all of the important recordings he made for Stax Records. The guitar was stolen but later recovered. [3] King bought it in his St. Louis days, in the late 1950s, when his career was beginning to ...
Born Under a Bad Sign is the second compilation album by American blues musician Albert King, released in August 1967 by Stax Records. It features eleven electric blues songs that were recorded from March 1966 to June 1967, throughout five different sessions. King played with two in-house bands: Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Memphis Horns.
The guitar he built for Albert King was named Lucy and it is in the style of a Gibson Flying V. Blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa played Albert King's guitar Lucy and liked it so much that he had Dan Erlewine build him a copy. Bonamassa's name is inlaid on the fingerboard. [6] He built for American guitarist Jerry Garcia of the rock band the ...
She benefited from dance and music lessons, and took up the guitar, joining the 1960s American folk music revival. Fariña met novelist, musician, and composer Richard Fariña (1937–1966) in 1963, [ 2 ] when she was 17 years old, and married him at age 18 in Paris. [ 3 ]
In Session is a blues album by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live for television on December 6, 1983, at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton, Ontario, when Vaughan was 29 and King was 60. It was released as an album on August 17, 1999, and re-released with a supplemental video recording on DVD on September 28, 2010.
Albert King (1923–1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer who was active from the late 1940s to 1992. During the earlier part of his career, he recorded several singles for smaller record labels.
Years Gone By is the third studio album by Albert King, released by Stax Records in 1969. [3] In the same year, the album reached number 46 on Billboard R&B Albums chart and number 133 on Billboard 200 .