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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 ...
Originally recorded on 7-String Guitars tuned down, the band switched to 8-String Guitars shortly after the album was released. The band play the song live a full step up from the original in F Standard Tuning on 8-String Guitars. D tuning – D'-G'-C-F-A ♯-d-g / D'-G'-C-F-B ♭-d-g Four and one half steps down from standard.
The Doors are excited because Albert King is coming onstage, so we played great. Then Albert comes on, and we played even better. We played dark and deep and funky. Morrison was just transfixed by Albert King's manual dexterity and adroitness on the guitar, so he was in blues-boy heaven." [3]
When asked about King's style of play, Jackson said: "Albert's guitar was always out of tune with everything else, but he was such a strong man he would just bend the notes back in!" [5] Side one of Born Under a Bad Sign features six short songs, which are all under three minutes long. [2] Side two features longer, more ballad-like songs.
"Born Under a Bad Sign" is a blues song recorded by American blues singer and guitarist Albert King in 1967. Called "a timeless staple of the blues", [2] the song also had strong crossover appeal to the rock audience with its synchronous bass and guitar lines and topical astrology reference. [3] "
I Wanna Get Funky is the eighth studio album by Albert King, covering various blues tunes with heavy funk overtones, by Albert King, recorded in 1972 and released in 1974. [1] With a rhythm section led by the Bar-Kays and horn arrangements by the Memphis Horns, [ 3 ] it is considered by AllMusic as a "another very solid, early-'70s outing".
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 .