![]() ![]() The album is stingy in terms of songs, with only six - but a torrent of emotions, opening with a blues and funky version of the classic Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man. ![]() Recorded in June 1968, when King was 45 years old, it is easy to see the enormous impression he left on all the lguitarists to come, from Clapton and Hendrix, to the man who may be his most devoted student, Stevie Ray Vaughan. This album, Live Wire/Blues Power, sees the gigantic (in every way) left-handed guitarist at the peak of his career, having left behind the fleabag hangouts of the Chitlin' Circuit and playing what would become his new home, the Fillmore West (King is possibly the bluesman who played there the most) before a new and totally dedicated audience. In August 1967 Born Under A Bad Sign appeared, an album on which a number of his biggest hits were compiled, historical songs like the title track, Crosscut Saw, Oh, Pretty Woman, The Hunter and As the Years Go Passing By, songs that made the left-hander the most admired blues guitarist among white audiences, beyond the other king of blues, B.B. Beyond his 1961 single Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong, Albert King 's career saw no real popular success until he signed to Stax in the mid-60s and began releasing classic after classic, accompanied by Booker T & The MG's. ![]()
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