hilltop87
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Post by hilltop87 on Mar 4, 2020 11:19:39 GMT -5
I will take Albert.
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 4, 2020 11:48:28 GMT -5
Like 'em all, especially Albert's "pre-ballroom" output on the King and Chess labels and B.B.'s early stuff on the Ace label (pre-dates "The Thrill is Gone", "Live at the Regal", etc.). But in terms of personal preference, I give the nod to Freddie who, IMHO, was also the strongest singer of the three.
Of the three, I only had the good fortune to see B.B. live while he was in his prime.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Mar 4, 2020 14:30:00 GMT -5
It's hard not to like all three and I've also only seen B.B. in person -- many times. He was just a great entertainer as well as musician. I've got to go with him.
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hilltop87
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Post by hilltop87 on Mar 4, 2020 14:52:14 GMT -5
True.
That Albert King and SRV In Session performance really got me interested in Albert King.
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Post by BluzLvr on Mar 8, 2020 8:56:04 GMT -5
Tough choice. Although Freddie's probably the better guitar player, I gotta go with BB. On another(although related) note, Joe Bonamassa did a Three Kings tour a few years back and it was the best I heard him sound in years. It's all about the songs.
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 29, 2020 11:42:10 GMT -5
B.B. was a huge T-Bone Walker fan. You can really hear it much more in his early recordings. I once read an interview of him in which he freely admitted that, as a young player, he tried hard to sound just like T-Bone. He even played a big, blonde, ES-5 type jazz box with three P90s on it for awhile during part of that period (though, to my knowledge, he never held it "flat", the way T-Bone did).
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hilltop87
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Post by hilltop87 on Mar 30, 2020 14:06:34 GMT -5
B.B. was a huge T-Bone Walker fan. You can really hear it much more in his early recordings. I once read an interview of him in which he freely admitted that, as a young player, he tried hard to sound just like T-Bone. He even played a big, blonde, ES-5 type jazz box with three P90s on it for awhile during part of that period (though, to my knowledge, he never held it "flat", the way T-Bone did).
The Bee's knees: Cool photo. B.B. King seemed like such a great guy. |
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