Biography

Albert King is one of the most important post-war blues guitarists. His influence was even more profoundly felt in the rock world than in blues, though he earned iconic stature in both. His unusual style came from playing pickless, upside-down, and left-handed, and from his preference for attack, tone, and volume over speed. King was also one of the first blues players to enter the R&B world, recording on Stax with Booker T. & the MG's.

Top Tracks

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• All Your Love (i Miss Loving)

• Angel Of Mercy

• Answer To The Laundromat Blues

• Ask Me No Questions

• Birds Can't Row Boats

• Blues At Sunrise

• Blues Power

• Boom Boom

• Born Under A Bad Sign

• Cadillac Assembly Line

• Call It Stormy Monday

• Call My Job

• Can't You See What You're Doing To Me

• Cold Feet

• Cold Women With Warm Hearts

• Creepy

• Crosscut Saw

• Don't Be Cruel

• Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong

• Driftin' Blues

• Driving Wheel

• Dust My Broom

• Funk-shun

• Got To Be Some Changes Made

• Heart Fixing Business

• Heartbreak Hotel

• Hound Dog

• I Get Evil

• I Wanna Get Funky

• I'll Play The Blues For You

• I'll Play The Blues For You, Pt. 1

• I'll Play The Blues For You, Pts. 1 - 2

• I'll Play The Blues For You, Pts. 1 & 2

• I'll Play The Blues For You, Pts. 1-2

• I've Made Nights By Myself

• Killing Floor

• Laundromat Blues

• Let's Have A Natural Ball

• Match Box Blues

• Oh, Pretty Woman

• Overall Junction

• Parchman Farm

• Personal Manager

• Phone Booth

• Road Runner

• Shake 'em Down

• She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride

• So Close

• Stormy Monday

• That's What The Blues Is All About

• The Sky Is Crying

• Watermelon Man

• Why You So Mean To Me

• Wrapped Up In Love Again

• You Gotta Sacrifice

• You Upset Me Babe

Discography

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• In Session

  Fantasy / Stax

  1999

• Laundromat Blues

  Edsel

  1984

• Crosscut Saw: Albert King in San Francisco

  Stax

  1983

• San Francisco '83

  Fantasy

  1983

• Albert Live

  1979

• New Orleans Heat

  Rhino

  1978

• I'll Play the Blues for You [1977]

  Rhino

  1977

• The Pinch

  Stax

  1977

• Live

  Rhino

  1977

• King Albert

  Tomato

  1977

• Albert

  Tomato

  1976

• Truckload of Lovin'

  Tomato

  1976

• Montreux Festival

  Stax

  1974

• Blues at Sunset

  Stax

  1973

• I'll Play the Blues for You [1972]

  Stax

  1972

• The Lost Session

  Stax

  1971

• Blues for Elvis: Albert King Does the King's Things

  Stax

  1970

• Years Gone By

  Stax

  1969

• Travelin' to California

  1967

• The Big Blues

  King

  1962