I saw Albert King in Detroit years ago he broke a high E string on a big bend then proceeded to stand there smoking a pipe while the band played on and pulled a string out of his jacket pocket and put it on tuned up and went right back into the song as if nothing happened...no guitar tech here folks!
I worked with Albert King during the last few years of his life. I wrote 9 songs for him and he recorded them all. Only 3 have been released so far on an album in Europe and Asia called "Red House" Albert was a tyrant on drummers, he would always say, "You're dragging drummer, you're dragging!!!" Loved him very much cause once you got past his wall he kept up to hide his lack of schooling, he was really a teddy bear. He asked me to go on tour in Europe with him but at the time I had 2 young sons at home and didn't go. "regrets, I've had a few..." On another "note" Albert had his own tuning he used. I had it written down at one time and would tune "Lucy" for him to the studio piano before he got there to save time. Somewhere along the way, I regretfully lost the paper it was written down on.
That's what happens when your guitar hero started out as a drummer first. Albert started on drums so there's no fooling him, he says he also learned how to write music for horns and his horn players didn't have it easy either, he also said the difference between his horns and B.B's is that his players could take a solo. Great channel Micheal.
Had to delete and re-post. The FVR in Premiere export to YT created WAAAYYY too many artifacts. Just unacceptable. Regardless - we fixed it and we can now see Albert chew this dude out!
Whew!! Ok, thx...certainly glad you reposted, love seeing the chewing outs that are caught on video. Now I'm gonna go watch it for the 3rd time, lol. Thx again for the video and the breakdown.
Oh yeah..so clear now I can almost feel the drummer freaking out. Albert was just dealing with it from both sides of the stage. Such a professional! Great video, thx for taking the time to set it right( something professional musicians just have to do😉)
I saw Albert play at Rockefeller’s (Houston) in 1986. He got so furious with the drummer, Albert actually stopped playing and really torn into the drummer . All in all , a great show.
Very true, this is when the true emotions are visible, if you regard your choices as being 'the old pentatonic patterns' it becomes obvious, these are notes from your heart, respect them.
I'm not even a guitar person, but I keep watching your videos because it's so fascinating you bring it in such an authentic personal way. You make people watch your videos because of you, and that's f*cking awesome.
Michael, I knew Albert for a few years before his death. My first gig as a guitarist was with two of his band members outside Crawfordsville, Arkansas at Sumpter's Grocery country store where Albert frequently stopped for BBQ/pool hall/gambling. I actually saw Albert and Little Milton get into a low down cuss fight on who the better guitar player was.This occurred at Woody's Bus shop where they both had their tour buses repaired.Clarence Woody the owner was a friend of mine. Albert used to come and just hangout at Woody's because he enjoyed it. He was a blast to hangout with and talk smack.. Albert and Milton were always rivals. I can tell ya Albert was hard on his musicians. I wound up playing second guitar for his adopted grandson Little Jimmy King for 8 years until Jimmy's death. I played with many of Albert's musicians and the stories they told about him were amazing. I cherish the years and memories of him and his band mates.
Great stories. Thanks for sharing. In the 90s I worked at Crosstown Studios in Memphis where Little Jimmy King recorded his album Something Inside of me. Great player. Hope you are still playing. Best wishes
@Michael Taylor 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟 ☮️!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!! I LOVE Little Jimmy King so much!!!! I saw him once in NYC in the '90's at a place called "Lola's"... you may have been with him that night! I got some amazing (if I do say so myself) photos of him. I only wish I would have been able to capture that performance on video!!! He was something special...
@@buddyalbert5808 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟 ☮️ !!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!! I have an autographed promo photo for "Something Inside of Me"... an amazing album!! I met him once... I was forever mesmerized... and devastated when he died...
Here's my interpretation of what's happening. This is a blues played with a 6/8 feel. At times the drummer is trying to double up on the hi hats by playing sixteenth notes (12 HH notes rather than 6 over one bar) and he's not quite keeping up. It's not easy to do that with one hand, which is what it sounds like he's trying to do, and that's probably why he's mixing it up by playing six notes on the hat sometimes, and 12 notes on the hats at other times. I think Albert is getting pissed b/c the drummer isn't playing the busier HH part where Albert expects him too. Albert is hearing it one way, and the drummer is hearing it another way. That's the downside to playing with a guitar player -- or anyone really - who can also play drums. It's not so much that the drummer is playing it wrong, or his tempo is off, it's just that he's not in Albert's head -- which is an unrealistic expectation.
Not familiar with Albert King and Ive never heard this song and Im not sure how the band is set up for this gig but the drummer's choices were perplexing. If theres a horn section and they're playing charts Id think the drummer would be playing charts also. Whenever I had horn sections following charts i always made sure my drummers had charts. I think more than anything its the tempo, pocket and feel he's getting irritated at.
Talked with a guy who engineered some AK recordings. Guy claimed that AK was very loose with tuning his guitar, he would just bend the notes into tune.
@@sprintcarsandguitars959 12 step tuning is far to rigid to be accurate so if you need one particular tonal distance to be perfect detune the string you use the most for the accents in a phrase to make it sound right and bend the other notes into tune, it's pretty common.
Gotta say, I watched the original first to see what my thoughts were without impressions. Man you killed the reactions. I noticed some of that stuff but in no way put it together to see what was happening. Cool vid.
JAMES NORWOOD! JAMES NORWOOD is the drummer in this video. His nickname is Bubba. I believe he is still alive. (as of 2018) Would love to ask him if he remembers this night.
Dude!!! I’ve been watching your videos for the last few days and I’m so hooked. So much so that I had to leave you a comment, thank you for what you are doing. I’ve played music my whole life, and I lost interest a year or so ago because I was bored. You’ve completely got me excited again, thank you so much for what you are doing!
Albert was notoriously hard on drummers. I saw him once in a smaller venue and he stayed on the drummer's ass the whole set. I felt sorry for the guy but I still love Albert. Ha!
@@estebanb7166 Depends who you're playing for. If they don't know what they're talking about, it probably sucks. But if you have something to learn from them, it forces you to get better. And that's awesome.
I had a guitar teacher once that told me a band leader would flash you a V sign with 2 fingers. That how he signaled to his band that was your 2 week notice. Can't remember who the bandleader was. 😂😂
There are stars and there are side men. Nothing wrong with being a good working side man. If you're walking on everyone else, you'll be unemployed quick, and stay that way, cause word gets around.
YOUNG MAN I Guarantee that crowd...wasn’t black folk...love your observation...man you the SHIT...you know a lot of the OLD HEAD’S...didn’t read music...they just played whatever came to them at the time...IF YOU LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC...you will always here THE TRAIN🚂 going or coming...that’s a little part of it all...you bring back memories for me...LIVING IN DALLAS...all the greats use to come through...back then the club’s were called...CAFE’S...saw dust on the floor’s and a whole lot of Skunken going on...I’m now a SUB...you be putting in that work...🔥💯👍🏾🙏🏾☝🏾
Buddy Guy played in Morristown, NJ last summer (2019). After the show I talked with his back up guitarist, Ric Hall. He used to play with Albert King back in the day.. now, Albert had a real unique way of tuning his guitar. Ric, thinking he was doing something good, TUNED Albert's guitar to standard. Albert was PISSED! lol. I love those kind of stories. Great video!
You ain't telling me nothin I don't know! I played on tour with Albert,knew him,he fed me off his own plate in his dressing room ...somehow he found out I was in bad straights....He could get grouchy though,but he earned the right.....
"I wonder if this guy got fired..." Albert would do the same thing that Chuck Berry did, he'd tour in his car and have a pick up band at each stop. Sometimes they'd be great... sometimes not. This is one of the reasons he connected with SRV, he reportedly hated working with other guitarists in these bands, but he was impressed that this one skinny white kid was playing *his licks* back to him. One of my all time favorite blues stories is with Albert and one of these bands... because another thing he reportedly would never do was an encore. The show was the show. Anyway, one of these hotshot local bands was backing, and the last song is wrapping up and the audience is going wild, and the band extends just a bit... the bass player starts soloing. He says "Thank you good night" big smile and wave. As he's walking off he tells bass dude "Get off the stage..." Crowd is still going wild. Bass player keeps going. Audience starts doing the clap in time for an encore. Albert walks back out to a big applause. Does a big wave and smile. He walks back to the bass player... "Get off... the stage." The bass player keeps going. This is on a theater stage. Suddenly the back curtain pops open. The head of Albert King is floating about nine feet above the stage and its screaming "GET OFF THE STAGE!!" Bass player just drops his instrument and walks off.
Love this!!! I grew up listening to Albert and other Blues greats. They're all consummate showmen, and the best storytellers... period. Great analysis of the live performance struggle right here.👍 This is important for anyone aspiring to be a working musician or entertainer.
I can't believe what I have just seen as a non-musician music lover! MP, you just gave me the skeleton key to the second stage of music appreciation. I've always loved the sound of AK, but you have just amplified my appreciation for him [AK] tenfold!
I had the pleasure of seeing Albert play one night at the Delta Blues Festival, and Stevie Ray Vaughn was on the bill too, and he got up and played with Albert. Talk about serendipity.
Michael, I just found this awesome video and I just subscribed. I've been playing guitar for years in a hobby band, initially on a '63 Strat that I bought in 1975 off a farmer in Chillicothe, Ohio for $200 out of a newspaper ad, and then for the past 15 years or so on a Stevie Ray Strat. I still have the '63, of course. This video you made is amazing to me. It mirrors so much of what me and my buddies have talked about forever. I'm specifically talking about your critique of the band, Albert's reactions, and his professionalism of soldiering through it all. I saw Albert King at least 9 times. I know this because of photo's, ticket stubs and the 6 cassette tapes I have of various shows, most recorded at Gilly's in Dayton, Ohio, at least one cassette is of a show he did at Bogart's in Cincinnati. The recordings were made between 1977 through 1981-1982(?). In those days, it seemed he always had a different pick up band with him, specifically the other guitar player. One show in particular Albert was not happy with the guitar player. On the tape you can hear the frustration, to put it mildly. As the other guitar player plays an exceptionally lame solo, Albert yells "play it Johnny Guitar!".....Albert then proceeds to crank up his own amp and he plays an - on purpose - out-of-key rhythm part drowning out the solo before tearing into the loudest most blistering solo ever. The first time I saw Albert King was 1976 - it blew me away. I never missed him again if I saw he was coming anywhere near me. I'd sit at a first row table with my arm resting on the stage looking after my Sony cassette boom box which had two stereo condenser mics built into it. Do you by chance remember that ad, I think it was for Bose speakers......the one where the guy is sitting there in front of the speakers and his hair is blowing straight back.....that was me every time....after the band played the customary intro instrumental, Albert plugged in and got after it. My head blew off.
This was a fantastic video! I'd definitely love to see more breakdowns like this of a performance and the nuances that come with adjusting to mistakes and playing through them... on ALL levels! Cheers!
As great as Albert King was/is, I'm not so sure about his ear, at least when it came to keeping his guitar in tune. I got to see him play a few times and he couldn't tune his guitar to save his life. The funniest thing was one of the times I saw him and his guitar was going further and further out of tune. He started out blaming the other guitar player for being out of tune...he wasn't. Next, he blamed the bass player...he wasn't. Next he blamed the horns...ok, maybe they were a little out of tune, but trying to play to Albert would have been impossible. Lastly, he turned to the guy playing a DX-7 and yelled at him that his keyboard was out of tune and he was fucking everything up! After the song ended Link stormed offstage and when his roadie/guitar tech? went to get Kings guitar to tune it for him, King berated him for sabotaging his guitar!!! Sometimes being a great musician doesn't make you a great human being.
I like Albert King, BUT: 1. as far as I know he was not a likable person: Rory Gallagher once was on stage with him, and he refused to say what key the song was in... I mean.... 2. He is awful in tuning his guitar and sometimes has problems finding the right pitch (look at the studio sessions with SRV; he was out of tune + his demeanor is not acceptable : acting as if SRV will "sure become a very good player" and calling him "little stevie" who learned everything from him). Summary: I like his music, but not the man.
Well, little known fact I guess is that SRV idolized Albert King, and they were very good friends. That whole session with them playing to me was one of deep and profound respect on both their parts. At one point Albert states, “Don’t you ever stop working Stevie, cause if you do you know I’m a catch you.” So yeah he had said previously, “You’re gonna be real good one day. You’re already pretty good.” That statement about “don’t stop working or I’m a catch you”, is a nod and statement that Stevie had already surpassed Albert King in ability. Albert called him “Little Stevie” because he’d known him from the time he was a kid. You gotta remember Stevie Ray Vaughn was sneaking out of his house and into the blues bars and clubs at 14. All the guys back then knew who he was, and had played with him, and taught him. So yeah, Albert had a right to kind of feel like a proud Dad. In a way, he helped raise SRV in the blues. Nobody but Stevie Ray Vaughn, at 14 years old had the balls to ask if they could play with Albert King. For some reason the night he asked Albert said let’s see what the kids got, and the rest is history. You ought to read his biography sometime. Stevie had a very interesting life.
Dear magan , the many times I heard Albert in Los Angeles , he sure sounded in tune to me. I also saw him change a busted high "E" string in about 10 seconds with out stopping the song. He would always keep a couple "Black Diamond" E - strings in his back pocket. A real "Blue Journeyman" if I ever saw one.
@@GBlues1 Thank God for the erudite. Albert was complicated overall: for other greats to revere him there must have been something great about ole Nelson (Albert).
Rebecca you need to check out some good blues singers too from back in the day and react to some like Queen of Chicago Blues Koko Taylor, Mavis Staples, and especially Big Mama Thornton
Man the last thing I expected for my afternoon was to get emotional watching a breakdown of an Albert King clip. Holy cow. The catharsis when he smiles at the end and knows he got through. Fantastic job pointing out the nuance here, as always!
I met Alberts bass player, Gus, ( ruclips.net/video/tR01T4EPNYA/видео.html ) in the early 90's when he moved to St. Louis. He said Albert was a great guy, but tough. If you dropped a note, he knew it, and would let you know it.
Lol! I love it! The first time I ever saw this clip, I said the same thing, he's pissed off through the whole thing. However, you breaking it down, based on his expressions, made it much more clear! Lol. I love how you quickly focused on that! That was awesome! I had the same excitement as you did. Well done, sir! Well done. 😀
“Lenny” Live at the El Macambo SRV. Greatest song, greatest SRV performance ever bar none. You haven’t lived until you have heard that. AK was a big influence on SRV. You can hear AK’s sound in SRV’s style.
if you think Albert King being upset by stuff was an unusual thang, u wrong, he was always pissed off. Brilliant player and innovator but an extremely difficult personality.
I love that you are pointing this type of frustration out for some drummers who drag tempos that are counted. Never a good idea for the drummer to be asleep at the wheel..
Ive always had a love/hate with drummers. Just get in the pocket and fuckin stay there. HaHa. Kick and snare. Fuck the cymbals and the fancy fills. Use the hat if you wanna bang on metal. Oh God. The times Ive lost my mind. Sorry guys but geez cmon. Youre the engine. Get a fucking tune up. HaHa. I felt for Albert there. I know that feeling so well
i mostly watch live videos because i love to watch interaction between the band members. when you understand what certain looks and nods and the subtle signals mean you can get a perspective for whats really going on with the band and i like to see how members react after they get a nod or a look or whatever. theres a whole story just in that. i also pay attention to the drummer. i’ll hear a song a dozen times before i ever pay any attention to guitar because i’m wrapped up in the drums. i can’t play drums but i think theres a drummer in me thats trying to escape. i’ve thought about learning to play drums but when i watch a good drummer, to me it looks like wizardry to me and i’m like Jake you know you can’t do that! each arm does something different and each leg does something different but the all do it at the same time. drummers must be able to split their brain into 4 different compartments. if i tried that it’d be like splitting the atom and my head would explode!
I only got to see him one time at Blues Ecetera in Chicago. I believe he was like Chuck Berry in his later years, in that he would just use a pickup band of locals from town to town. It was fairly painful to watch as most of the night he spent with his back to the crowd yelling at the band. Man, those poor guys were some whipped puppies by the end of the night.
@@Deliquescentinsight I agree they're much more versatile than a V. I'd say if I had a gun to my head that a Tele might be the most versatile guitar ever.
Mike Clark told a story about Albert King. Albert came to him and told him to put more "bacon fat" into his backbeat. He demonstrated this by playing his rimshots with no rebound, really digging into that drum.
Michael; I swear you and I have the same music taste. I’ve found so many old favourites and new gems already through my recent discovery of your channel. The best bit though, is that through your training and experience... you can actually explain passionately and clearly to my brain what my otherwise admirably sensitive ears are telling my soul. I get a whole new appreciation of music I already love through your breakdown reviews. Thank you 👌🙏
Albert's reaction to the drummer isn't necessarily the difference between a pro and a beginner, it's more like the difference between a pro and a veteran. A pro would muscle through with minimal input to the drummer. A veteran does what Albert did. Loved the video, can't wait for the next stream!
Yep, that is Albert, I saw him a bunch from the mid 1970's until his death in 1992. He was very cantankerous to say the least on many nights. Mostly he took it out on the band. Just a few examples:He was very rough on his drummer's as he was a drummer when he was younger. He played drums on a few Jimmy Reed recording's! I saw him torture a drummer all night until he made him put a towl on his snare. I saw him torture his key board player all night because he could never get the volume just right, curse at his nephew after his nephew's solo got to much applause, I could go on and on. one of the funniest things was one night at The Lonestar in NYC about 1981 he broke a string, that got him mad. The band played a few instrmentals as he changed his string. While the trumpet player was taking a solo he tuned up at full volume! That was Albert.
Another great video Michael 👍🏻😊 totally enjoy watching these reaction/review ones.....definitely going to check out your site as it’s inspired me to look to refine and move my playing forward 🎸
Would like to hear some Freddy King and maybe Luther Allison done in the same way. Great analysis and commentary- very entertaining and informative....
you should do a video where you break down a little bit of a solo or song from each of the Three Kings and compare and contrast their styles. ALL of blues is encapsulated inside of those three gentlemen.
The only time ive been to black church in the south side Chicago, the whole church claps on 1&3 its painful to watch as a musician but the church loves it! So fascinating
Huge enthusiasm and great daily useful theory - Michael, you make it look easy. Great to have found you. "Me, the wood and wire. One guitar". 10,000 hrs - fabulous! 'He's had his back to drummers a long time...' - your analysis is fascinating to hear. Great musicianship, man thank you.
He was never hung over. He didn't drink and didn't allow his players to drink or use drugs either. He did his concerts and went to bed early. And maybe I´m wwrong in remembering this, but I believe he mentioned in an interview he used to be a drummer before picking up the guitar.
Albert also played this song with Rory Gallagher- Albert King - Live 1977. Rory plays the solo from 3.10 Rory played a couple of gigs with him in Switzerland... “whenever I asked Albert what key a song was in he always replied “B Natural”.... !!!!”
Albert King stories are everywhere here in St. Louis where Albert was based earlier in his career. My favorite is when he told one new drummer "When I'm singing stay on the hi-hat. When I'm playing a lead go to the ride cymbal. And as far as I'm concerned you can leave those tom toms in the van!" I never met or played with him but I hear this in my head whenever I'm doing blues gigs.
I bet he never thought his performance would be analyzed. But I also bet he never thought a generation of young guitar players would place a crown upon his head for his achievements in playing the blues and the overall feel of his performance. But in reality it’s rare when all the musicians on the same stage are able to feel what the main performer is feeling, and be able to lock into it. I wonder if the drummer was hired for just that gig.
I met Jimmie James and the blue flames in 1966. Jimmie said Albert was the man. I learned every lick Mr. King laid down. You can copy Albert note for note but you won't sound the same because Mr. King detuned Lucy A half step. That's the secret to bend the strings like Albert " Mr. Blues " King !!! Check out. Junior Brown's tribute to Mr. King Oh yeah Albert also had perfect pitch!! He is still my favorite. Todays guitar gods are those Aussie s Angus Young and Tommy Emmanuel but for blues tip your hats to Billy Gibbons ,Jimmy Paige with honorable mention to new commer Kingfish Engram.The most underrated blues man was Roy Buchanan. Just ask Mr. Jeff Beck.#sunnyside of excellent!
I was shocked to find out Dan Erliwine was the builder of that guitar for Albert king. He presented it to him. It was stolen and albert asked for a second. Dan obliged... That's according to Mr Dan (stewart mcdonald) Erliwine himself.... Edit: like they just said 👇your the best!
I wish I would have been old enough to see some of these old blues greats live. I saw B.B. once, but he just wasn't as fluid as he used to be... his playing was too staccato when it should have been legato. Still enjoyed the performance, but I'm sure it wasn't the same as when he was in his prime. Albert King is a monster blues player...
Albert treated all his musicians badly, all the time. I played in a band that was the opening act for him in Europe in the late 1980's. I couldn't believe the way he berated them. There's no way I could have tolerated it.
Buddy i was teaching brings his new electric guitar over to show me. Lets me play it and i shredd on it then hand it back and say " It is Broken!" He said " What?" I said " Yea it won't ever sound like that AGAIN !" hahahahaha
This is so great. I would have had no idea about any of this without the explanation. I was lucky enough to see Albert King a couple years before he died at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, Ca (shortly before it closed) along with B.B. and Bobby Blue Bland. The place had a rotating circular stage with about 4000 seats. It was an amazing show, I was blessed to be there. Thanks!
Do you want to play blues? Listen to blues. Play blues. If you want to play like Albert lower your tuning to C instead of E. That'll be sixteen grand per semester.
Hilarious! I never noticed he was so upset with band until you said something. Wow! I’ve been there. He definitely felt it was a train wreck. I do wonder what he had to say to the drummer after !
I'm a lefty beginner but like most lefty's i have my strings the normal way. I just cannot understand how he bends notes because he does it in the opposite direction to most people.
Would love to watch blues videos with you one day! Your observations and reactions are priceless! 😁 Albert King used to be a drummer for Jimmy Reed, so he knew his shit.
Michael, I was in the audience when Albert King came out on stage to give Jimi Hendrix the evil eye during his first set at Winterland. He seemed to be disgusted with Jimi's effects driven hits, "Foxy Lady" etc.. Albert was shaking his head negatively. Truly rude but effective. For his 2nd set Hendrix blew Albert out of the water with lengthy blues-focused renditions of "Red House" and "Catfish Blues." A mammoth night of music. John Mayall & Janis Joplin were also on the bill.
This type of bandsmanship is what separates the greats from the legends. I would put money on the fact that no one in the audience knew about the adversity Albert was playing through on stage and that every single one of them left thinking it was one of the best live blues performances they had ever seen. Meanwhile, Albert was just relieved it was over haha. Amazing stuff.
Freddie King did the exact same thing during a live performance on mick7575's YT channel labeled "Freddie King~I love a big legged woman to the drummer @ 2:41 for an extra 16th snare role. Daggers! Like you stated here, these Blues Masters """""" fee!"""""" the tempo.
@Michael Palmisano this is so great...my Dad sent me a mix CD years ago with a lot of Albert King on it and it completely changed my focus on guitar. Thanks for this video. One request> You Know It Ain't Right with Kenny Vaughan and Guthrie Trapp
Well, Albert King was a drummer (under a different name), so he's going to be critical of drummers. And the clapping on 1 and 3 thing..... bless their hearts.
love how micheal breaks down every part. I used your link to watch video through. and YESSSS. I see his professionalism and frustration. smh. never would have caught all those micro reaction. damn. you're good. lol. tyvm
I'd love to see some approaches to funk soloing over a static 7th or 9th chord. How to really rip a solo, but keep it funky the whole time... And a hand full of different ways to do so... But at an advanced level. Like coming from a place of already using 16ths and sextuplets. I guess I'm asking for advanced funk harmony and phrasing while soloing. There is not much of this on RUclips lessons and a lot of the funk guitat greats don't often solo... So even some examples of funk greats taking guitar solos would be awesome
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I saw Albert King in Detroit years ago he broke a high E string on a big bend then proceeded to stand there smoking a pipe while the band played on and pulled a string out of his jacket pocket and put it on tuned up and went right back into the song as if nothing happened...no guitar tech here folks!
Thats awsome 😂
There's a very similar video with BB King on RUclips somewhere
Yep, I saw him do the same move playing atop a baseball diamond at a small park in Charleston, SC I think about 1991. Fantastic experience!
How can you not love him for that alone? Let alone the playing before and after.
Saw Albert Collins do that
SRV did it and
BB King shall I continue? 😉
I worked with Albert King during the last few years of his life. I wrote 9 songs for him and he recorded them all. Only 3 have been released so far on an album in Europe and Asia called "Red House" Albert was a tyrant on drummers, he would always say, "You're dragging drummer, you're dragging!!!" Loved him very much cause once you got past his wall he kept up to hide his lack of schooling, he was really a teddy bear. He asked me to go on tour in Europe with him but at the time I had 2 young sons at home and didn't go. "regrets, I've had a few..." On another "note" Albert had his own tuning he used. I had it written down at one time and would tune "Lucy" for him to the studio piano before he got there to save time. Somewhere along the way, I regretfully lost the paper it was written down on.
Nightdog1978 wow, thanks for sharing that. Lucky guy you are. I'm a big AK fan. Love your anecdote.
E minor with a C on the bottom.
what were the songs released?
You still writing?
Wow, what a great account, thanks for sharing that.
That's what happens when your guitar hero started out as a drummer first. Albert started on drums so there's no fooling him, he says he also learned how to write music for horns and his horn players didn't have it easy either, he also said the difference between his horns and B.B's is that his players could take a solo. Great channel Micheal.
Love this!!! Thanks :)
Albert King - "Do we have any lovers in the house?!?! ...That's great. That's great. Right about now, I'd love to kick my drummer's ass."
Lmaoooooooo
Crowd “Go ahead Mr King kick his ass!”
😂😂
Had to delete and re-post. The FVR in Premiere export to YT created WAAAYYY too many artifacts. Just unacceptable. Regardless - we fixed it and we can now see Albert chew this dude out!
Whew!! Ok, thx...certainly glad you reposted, love seeing the chewing outs that are caught on video. Now I'm gonna go watch it for the 3rd time, lol. Thx again for the video and the breakdown.
Oh yeah..so clear now I can almost feel the drummer freaking out. Albert was just dealing with it from both sides of the stage. Such a professional! Great video, thx for taking the time to set it right( something professional musicians just have to do😉)
Great! Gonna see this video again i guess. No complaints.
Albert was a drummer befor he was into guitar...that's the reason he was furious with drummer...😃
I saw Albert play at Rockefeller’s (Houston) in 1986. He got so furious with the drummer, Albert actually stopped playing and really torn into the drummer . All in all , a great show.
"Dude," this is your best react video yet. So many little things to unpack in this vidio and you do it so well. The war of art indeed.
Yes! War of art!
The clapping correction was hilarious! Awesome observations
Dude we've all been there.
Wasn't quite his tempo.
Oh man, he corrects the audience claps and that is the boss move and they had no idea
slow minor blues with all the space in it is the hardest to play you feel so naked.
Fact.
As a drummer I would be scared shitless lol
Nothing to hide behind
Very true, this is when the true emotions are visible, if you regard your choices as being 'the old pentatonic patterns' it becomes obvious, these are notes from your heart, respect them.
Don‘t panic. The crowd loves a little space to stuff their fantasies in. The musician doesn‘t have to do all the work.
Albert's voice is like whipped cream, silk, and pecan pie in a mix that was made in heaven, I loved this guy.
I'm not even a guitar person, but I keep watching your videos because it's so fascinating you bring it in such an authentic personal way. You make people watch your videos because of you, and that's f*cking awesome.
Thanks so much!!!!
Michael, I knew Albert for a few years before his death. My first gig as a guitarist was with two of his band members outside Crawfordsville, Arkansas at Sumpter's Grocery country store where Albert frequently stopped for BBQ/pool hall/gambling. I actually saw Albert and Little Milton get into a low down cuss fight on who the better guitar player was.This occurred at Woody's Bus shop where they both had their tour buses repaired.Clarence Woody the owner was a friend of mine. Albert used to come and just hangout at Woody's because he enjoyed it. He was a blast to hangout with and talk smack.. Albert and Milton were always rivals. I can tell ya Albert was hard on his musicians. I wound up playing second guitar for his adopted grandson Little Jimmy King for 8 years until Jimmy's death. I played with many of Albert's musicians and the stories they told about him were amazing. I cherish the years and memories of him and his band mates.
Great stories. Thanks for sharing. In the 90s I worked at Crosstown Studios in Memphis where Little Jimmy King recorded his album Something Inside of me. Great player. Hope you are still playing. Best wishes
@@kazire4591 I’d say “have a nice day”, but we both know you won’t.
@@kazire4591 bro why are you commenting negativity on every comment
@Michael Taylor 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟 ☮️!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!! I LOVE Little Jimmy King so much!!!! I saw him once in NYC in the '90's at a place called "Lola's"... you may have been with him that night! I got some amazing (if I do say so myself) photos of him. I only wish I would have been able to capture that performance on video!!! He was something special...
@@buddyalbert5808 💗 💖 💘 💝 💟 ☮️ !!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!! I have an autographed promo photo for "Something Inside of Me"... an amazing album!! I met him once... I was forever mesmerized... and devastated when he died...
someone once told me, "you're only as good as you're drummer " :)
That's correct.
Truth.
Don’t let the drummers know that.
So true
I've always said, if the drummer aint kickin', the band aint either.
Here's my interpretation of what's happening. This is a blues played with a 6/8 feel. At times the drummer is trying to double up on the hi hats by playing sixteenth notes (12 HH notes rather than 6 over one bar) and he's not quite keeping up. It's not easy to do that with one hand, which is what it sounds like he's trying to do, and that's probably why he's mixing it up by playing six notes on the hat sometimes, and 12 notes on the hats at other times. I think Albert is getting pissed b/c the drummer isn't playing the busier HH part where Albert expects him too. Albert is hearing it one way, and the drummer is hearing it another way. That's the downside to playing with a guitar player -- or anyone really - who can also play drums. It's not so much that the drummer is playing it wrong, or his tempo is off, it's just that he's not in Albert's head -- which is an unrealistic expectation.
Not familiar with Albert King and Ive never heard this song and Im not sure how the band is set up for this gig but the drummer's choices were perplexing. If theres a horn section and they're playing charts Id think the drummer would be playing charts also. Whenever I had horn sections following charts i always made sure my drummers had charts. I think more than anything its the tempo, pocket and feel he's getting irritated at.
Talked with a guy who engineered some AK recordings. Guy claimed that AK was very loose with tuning his guitar, he would just bend the notes into tune.
ive heard a few tunes where he was pretty far out of tune,i often wondered what he's thinking.
@@sprintcarsandguitars959 12 step tuning is far to rigid to be accurate so if you need one particular tonal distance to be perfect detune the string you use the most for the accents in a phrase to make it sound right and bend the other notes into tune, it's pretty common.
Have you seen the film of him live at the Fillmore in 1970? Trumpet player's only got one arm.
I wonder what he did to piss Albert off that much!
LOL... F'n hell.
Gotta say, I watched the original first to see what my thoughts were without impressions. Man you killed the reactions. I noticed some of that stuff but in no way put it together to see what was happening. Cool vid.
Thanks man!
JAMES NORWOOD! JAMES NORWOOD is the drummer in this video. His nickname is Bubba. I believe he is still alive. (as of 2018) Would love to ask him if he remembers this night.
I highly doubt he would forget upsetting Albert King.
Yea hell remember that for sure
Ah the origins of Layla!
You called Lucy Lucille. Lucille was BB’s guitar. Lucy was the flying v.
Dude!!! I’ve been watching your videos for the last few days and I’m so hooked. So much so that I had to leave you a comment, thank you for what you are doing. I’ve played music my whole life, and I lost interest a year or so ago because I was bored. You’ve completely got me excited again, thank you so much for what you are doing!
Love it !! That’s the whole thing here!
Albert was notoriously hard on drummers. I saw him once in a smaller venue and he stayed on the drummer's ass the whole set. I felt sorry for the guy but I still love Albert. Ha!
These great bluesmen could tell a story while performing with such skill. It truly is a joy to watch the master at work. We are so lucky to have it.
I’m a drummer and I learned early , if you want to keep the job , you have to play the way the man that’s paying you wants. Bottom line.
FACT
Sounds sad. Might as well work at staples.
@@estebanb7166 Depends who you're playing for. If they don't know what they're talking about, it probably sucks. But if you have something to learn from them, it forces you to get better. And that's awesome.
I had a guitar teacher once that told me a band leader would flash you a V sign with 2 fingers. That how he signaled to his band that was your 2 week notice. Can't remember who the bandleader was. 😂😂
There are stars and there are side men. Nothing wrong with being a good working side man. If you're walking on everyone else, you'll be unemployed quick, and stay that way, cause word gets around.
YOUNG MAN I Guarantee that crowd...wasn’t black folk...love your observation...man you the SHIT...you know a lot of the OLD HEAD’S...didn’t read music...they just played whatever came to them at the time...IF YOU LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC...you will always here THE TRAIN🚂 going or coming...that’s a little part of it all...you bring back memories for me...LIVING IN DALLAS...all the greats use to come through...back then the club’s were called...CAFE’S...saw dust on the floor’s and a whole lot of Skunken going on...I’m now a SUB...you be putting in that work...🔥💯👍🏾🙏🏾☝🏾
Thank you sir!!
Buddy Guy played in Morristown, NJ last summer (2019). After the show I talked with his back up guitarist, Ric Hall. He used to play with Albert King back in the day.. now, Albert had a real unique way of tuning his guitar. Ric, thinking he was doing something good, TUNED Albert's guitar to standard. Albert was PISSED! lol. I love those kind of stories. Great video!
I love Albert Kong he has such great blues licks in all his songs that I use in almost everything I’m glad that you did a video on him!
You ain't telling me nothin I don't know! I played on tour with Albert,knew him,he fed me off his own plate in his dressing room ...somehow he found out I was in bad straights....He could get grouchy though,but he earned the right.....
"I wonder if this guy got fired..."
Albert would do the same thing that Chuck Berry did, he'd tour in his car and have a pick up band at each stop. Sometimes they'd be great... sometimes not. This is one of the reasons he connected with SRV, he reportedly hated working with other guitarists in these bands, but he was impressed that this one skinny white kid was playing *his licks* back to him.
One of my all time favorite blues stories is with Albert and one of these bands... because another thing he reportedly would never do was an encore. The show was the show. Anyway, one of these hotshot local bands was backing, and the last song is wrapping up and the audience is going wild, and the band extends just a bit... the bass player starts soloing. He says "Thank you good night" big smile and wave. As he's walking off he tells bass dude "Get off the stage..."
Crowd is still going wild. Bass player keeps going. Audience starts doing the clap in time for an encore. Albert walks back out to a big applause. Does a big wave and smile. He walks back to the bass player... "Get off... the stage."
The bass player keeps going. This is on a theater stage. Suddenly the back curtain pops open. The head of Albert King is floating about nine feet above the stage and its screaming "GET OFF THE STAGE!!" Bass player just drops his instrument and walks off.
Love this!!! I grew up listening to Albert and other Blues greats. They're all consummate showmen, and the best storytellers... period. Great analysis of the live performance struggle right here.👍 This is important for anyone aspiring to be a working musician or entertainer.
"Not quite my tempo, why do you think I just hurled a flying V at your head drummer?"
I can't believe what I have just seen as a non-musician music lover! MP, you just gave me the skeleton key to the second stage of music appreciation. I've always loved the sound of AK, but you have just amplified my appreciation for him [AK] tenfold!
I had the pleasure of seeing Albert play one night at the Delta Blues Festival, and Stevie Ray Vaughn was on the bill too, and he got up and played with Albert. Talk about serendipity.
Albert King played drums before he played guitar so you know he was on the drummers ass.😂
Michael, I just found this awesome video and I just subscribed. I've been playing guitar for years in a hobby band, initially on a '63 Strat that I bought in 1975 off a farmer in Chillicothe, Ohio for $200 out of a newspaper ad, and then for the past 15 years or so on a Stevie Ray Strat. I still have the '63, of course.
This video you made is amazing to me. It mirrors so much of what me and my buddies have talked about forever. I'm specifically talking about your critique of the band, Albert's reactions, and his professionalism of soldiering through it all.
I saw Albert King at least 9 times. I know this because of photo's, ticket stubs and the 6 cassette tapes I have of various shows, most recorded at Gilly's in Dayton, Ohio, at least one cassette is of a show he did at Bogart's in Cincinnati. The recordings were made between 1977 through 1981-1982(?). In those days, it seemed he always had a different pick up band with him, specifically the other guitar player. One show in particular Albert was not happy with the guitar player. On the tape you can hear the frustration, to put it mildly. As the other guitar player plays an exceptionally lame solo, Albert yells "play it Johnny Guitar!".....Albert then proceeds to crank up his own amp and he plays an - on purpose - out-of-key rhythm part drowning out the solo before tearing into the loudest most blistering solo ever.
The first time I saw Albert King was 1976 - it blew me away. I never missed him again if I saw he was coming anywhere near me. I'd sit at a first row table with my arm resting on the stage looking after my Sony cassette boom box which had two stereo condenser mics built into it. Do you by chance remember that ad, I think it was for Bose speakers......the one where the guy is sitting there in front of the speakers and his hair is blowing straight back.....that was me every time....after the band played the customary intro instrumental, Albert plugged in and got after it. My head blew off.
This was a fantastic video! I'd definitely love to see more breakdowns like this of a performance and the nuances that come with adjusting to mistakes and playing through them... on ALL levels! Cheers!
Yeah that's a great series idea. thanks!
As great as Albert King was/is, I'm not so sure about his ear, at least when it came to keeping his guitar in tune.
I got to see him play a few times and he couldn't tune his guitar to save his life.
The funniest thing was one of the times I saw him and his guitar was going further and further out of tune. He started out blaming the other guitar player
for being out of tune...he wasn't. Next, he blamed the bass player...he wasn't. Next he blamed the horns...ok, maybe they were a little out of tune, but trying to play to Albert would have been impossible. Lastly, he turned to the guy playing a DX-7 and yelled at him that his keyboard was out of tune and he was fucking everything up!
After the song ended Link stormed offstage and when his roadie/guitar tech? went to get Kings guitar to tune it for him, King berated him for sabotaging his guitar!!!
Sometimes being a great musician doesn't make you a great human being.
I like Albert King, BUT: 1. as far as I know he was not a likable person: Rory Gallagher once was on stage with him, and he refused to say what key the song was in... I mean.... 2. He is awful in tuning his guitar and sometimes has problems finding the right pitch (look at the studio sessions with SRV; he was out of tune + his demeanor is not acceptable : acting as if SRV will "sure become a very good player" and calling him "little stevie" who learned everything from him). Summary: I like his music, but not the man.
Am I missing something here?
Well, little known fact I guess is that SRV idolized Albert King, and they were very good friends. That whole session with them playing to me was one of deep and profound respect on both their parts. At one point Albert states, “Don’t you ever stop working Stevie, cause if you do you know I’m a catch you.” So yeah he had said previously, “You’re gonna be real good one day. You’re already pretty good.” That statement about “don’t stop working or I’m a catch you”, is a nod and statement that Stevie had already surpassed Albert King in ability. Albert called him “Little Stevie” because he’d known him from the time he was a kid. You gotta remember Stevie Ray Vaughn was sneaking out of his house and into the blues bars and clubs at 14. All the guys back then knew who he was, and had played with him, and taught him. So yeah, Albert had a right to kind of feel like a proud Dad. In a way, he helped raise SRV in the blues. Nobody but Stevie Ray Vaughn, at 14 years old had the balls to ask if they could play with Albert King. For some reason the night he asked Albert said let’s see what the kids got, and the rest is history. You ought to read his biography sometime. Stevie had a very interesting life.
Dear magan , the many times I heard Albert in Los Angeles , he sure sounded in tune to me. I also saw him change a busted high "E" string in about 10 seconds with out stopping the song. He would always keep a couple "Black Diamond" E - strings in his back pocket. A real "Blue Journeyman" if I ever saw one.
@@GBlues1 Thank God for the erudite. Albert was complicated overall: for other greats to revere him there must have been something great about ole Nelson (Albert).
You're the best 👌
You are the best! I haven't forgotten about our video!
@@Guitargate I know same we will do it. 👍
Rebecca you need to check out some good blues singers too from back in the day and react to some like Queen of Chicago Blues Koko Taylor, Mavis Staples, and especially Big Mama Thornton
@@Guitargate please do a frank zappa review. I think he is very underrated as a guitarist. But let us hear your take.
Yes RVA. I Love that you’re randomly turning up here on an Michael Palmisano / Albert King video!!
Man the last thing I expected for my afternoon was to get emotional watching a breakdown of an Albert King clip. Holy cow. The catharsis when he smiles at the end and knows he got through. Fantastic job pointing out the nuance here, as always!
I met Alberts bass player, Gus, ( ruclips.net/video/tR01T4EPNYA/видео.html ) in the early 90's when he moved to St. Louis. He said Albert was a great guy, but tough. If you dropped a note, he knew it, and would let you know it.
Totally believe that. And kinda love it.
Lol! I love it! The first time I ever saw this clip, I said the same thing, he's pissed off through the whole thing. However, you breaking it down, based on his expressions, made it much more clear! Lol. I love how you quickly focused on that! That was awesome! I had the same excitement as you did. Well done, sir! Well done. 😀
“Lenny” Live at the El Macambo SRV. Greatest song, greatest SRV performance ever bar none. You haven’t lived until you have heard that. AK was a big influence on SRV. You can hear AK’s sound in SRV’s style.
please do more albert king this was very very fun to play along with and your commentary was great
if you think Albert King being upset by stuff was an unusual thang, u wrong, he was always pissed off. Brilliant player and innovator but an extremely difficult personality.
You ever noticed that most not all tho the great ones always seem to have an edge about them no matter the genre or walk of life
@@elohgenesis875 The ever popular Tortured Artist Effect 😁
I love that you are pointing this type of frustration out for some drummers who drag tempos that are counted. Never a good idea for the drummer to be asleep at the wheel..
Ive always had a love/hate with drummers. Just get in the pocket and fuckin stay there. HaHa. Kick and snare. Fuck the cymbals and the fancy fills. Use the hat if you wanna bang on metal. Oh God. The times Ive lost my mind. Sorry guys but geez cmon. Youre the engine. Get a fucking tune up. HaHa. I felt for Albert there. I know that feeling so well
Always good to see Mr.King play. He's amazing. The video with him and SRV is something else as well. You should do it Michael!
i mostly watch live videos because i love to watch interaction between the band members. when you understand what certain looks and nods and the subtle signals mean you can get a perspective for whats really going on with the band and i like to see how members react after they get a nod or a look or whatever. theres a whole story just in that. i also pay attention to the drummer. i’ll hear a song a dozen times before i ever pay any attention to guitar because i’m wrapped up in the drums. i can’t play drums but i think theres a drummer in me thats trying to escape. i’ve thought about learning to play drums but when i watch a good drummer, to me it looks like wizardry to me and i’m like Jake you know you can’t do that! each arm does something different and each leg does something different but the all do it at the same time. drummers must be able to split their brain into 4 different compartments. if i tried that it’d be like splitting the atom and my head would explode!
I only got to see him one time at Blues Ecetera in Chicago. I believe he was like Chuck Berry in his later years, in that he would just use a pickup band of locals from town to town. It was fairly painful to watch as most of the night he spent with his back to the crowd yelling at the band. Man, those poor guys were some whipped puppies by the end of the night.
King also tuned his guitar differently from standard tuning as well so he could play it.
It's amazing how influenced Stevie was by Albert but he didn't play a V but yet all those influenced by Stevie, self included, all have Strats.
Strats are versatile.
@@Deliquescentinsight I agree they're much more versatile than a V. I'd say if I had a gun to my head that a Tele might be the most versatile guitar ever.
Mike Clark told a story about Albert King. Albert came to him and told him to put more "bacon fat" into his backbeat. He demonstrated this by playing his rimshots with no rebound, really digging into that drum.
Mike relayed that to me during a lesson once - great lesson...
The vocal line is where Duane Allman got the riff for Layla.
any specific timestamp?
@@preethamveeranna8319 "there iis nothing I can do"
Michael; I swear you and I have the same music taste. I’ve found so many old favourites and new gems already through my recent discovery of your channel. The best bit though, is that through your training and experience... you can actually explain passionately and clearly to my brain what my otherwise admirably sensitive ears are telling my soul.
I get a whole new appreciation of music I already love through your breakdown reviews. Thank you 👌🙏
Albert's reaction to the drummer isn't necessarily the difference between a pro and a beginner, it's more like the difference between a pro and a veteran. A pro would muscle through with minimal input to the drummer. A veteran does what Albert did. Loved the video, can't wait for the next stream!
YES!
Love a man that cares about quality
Yes sir! Most real musicians do.
Yep, that is Albert, I saw him a bunch from the mid 1970's until his death in 1992. He was very cantankerous to say the least on many nights. Mostly he took it out on the band. Just a few examples:He was very rough on his drummer's as he was a drummer when he was younger. He played drums on a few Jimmy Reed recording's! I saw him torture a drummer all night until he made him put a towl on his snare. I saw him torture his key board player all night because he could never get the volume just right, curse at his nephew after his nephew's solo got to much applause, I could go on and on. one of the funniest things was one night at The Lonestar in NYC about 1981 he broke a string, that got him mad. The band played a few instrmentals as he changed his string. While the trumpet player was taking a solo he tuned up at full volume! That was Albert.
Europe and Canada, safe havens for the Soul artist in the 50's, 60's and 70's....that's why they have so much music in their archives.
Another great video Michael 👍🏻😊 totally enjoy watching these reaction/review ones.....definitely going to check out your site as it’s inspired me to look to refine and move my playing forward 🎸
Loved this and the struggles being pointed out. Yep, live band stuff for real! :D thanks
Would like to hear some Freddy King and maybe Luther Allison done in the same way. Great analysis and commentary- very entertaining and informative....
you should do a video where you break down a little bit of a solo or song from each of the Three Kings and compare and contrast their styles. ALL of blues is encapsulated inside of those three gentlemen.
The only time ive been to black church in the south side Chicago, the whole church claps on 1&3 its painful to watch as a musician but the church loves it! So fascinating
Minor correction! I believe Lucy was the name of Albert King's Flying V. Lucille was B.B. King's Gibson ES-335.
Huge enthusiasm and great daily useful theory - Michael, you make it look easy. Great to have found you. "Me, the wood and wire. One guitar". 10,000 hrs - fabulous! 'He's had his back to drummers a long time...' - your analysis is fascinating to hear. Great musicianship, man thank you.
Thanks Mike you’re the heat Sir! I was laughing, and deeply enjoying this entire video. I have always loved Albert King’s music.
He was never hung over. He didn't drink and didn't allow his players to drink or use drugs either. He did his concerts and went to bed early. And maybe I´m wwrong in remembering this, but I believe he mentioned in an interview he used to be a drummer before picking up the guitar.
He would always get pissed at his band. Atlanta/Fox Theatre...he yelled....he cussed...he walked off the stage and never came back
Albert also played this song with Rory Gallagher- Albert King - Live 1977. Rory plays the solo from 3.10
Rory played a couple of gigs with him in Switzerland... “whenever I asked Albert what key a song was in he always replied “B Natural”.... !!!!”
Albert King stories are everywhere here in St. Louis where Albert was based earlier in his career. My favorite is when he told one new drummer "When I'm singing stay on the hi-hat. When I'm playing a lead go to the ride cymbal. And as far as I'm concerned you can leave those tom toms in the van!" I never met or played with him but I hear this in my head whenever I'm doing blues gigs.
So did he want the more busy hihat or the straight forward one?
It took only 40 years for that poor man to be understood in his misery that on top was taped close up to be seen for eternity.
There is nothing I can do = Layla riff.
Albert King played some drums himself for a little bit. So he knew what to listen for.
I really love the old school thinking behind playing the same guitar forever. Willie Nelson's trigger comes to mind.
I bet he never thought his performance would be analyzed. But I also bet he never thought a generation of young guitar players would place a crown upon his head for his achievements in playing the blues and the overall feel of his performance. But in reality it’s rare when all the musicians on the same stage are able to feel what the main performer is feeling, and be able to lock into it. I wonder if the drummer was hired for just that gig.
I met Jimmie James and the blue flames in 1966. Jimmie said Albert was the man. I learned every lick Mr. King laid down. You can copy Albert note for note but you won't sound the same because Mr. King detuned Lucy A half step. That's the secret to bend the strings like Albert " Mr. Blues " King !!! Check out. Junior Brown's tribute to Mr. King Oh yeah Albert also had perfect pitch!! He is still my favorite. Todays guitar gods are those Aussie s Angus Young and Tommy Emmanuel but for blues tip your hats to Billy Gibbons ,Jimmy Paige with honorable mention to new commer Kingfish Engram.The most underrated blues man was Roy Buchanan. Just ask Mr. Jeff Beck.#sunnyside of excellent!
Albert king is one of my top 3 favorite guitarists. Such an amazing everything.
I was shocked to find out Dan Erliwine was the builder of that guitar for Albert king. He presented it to him. It was stolen and albert asked for a second. Dan obliged...
That's according to Mr Dan (stewart mcdonald) Erliwine himself....
Edit: like they just said 👇your the best!
I wish I would have been old enough to see some of these old blues greats live. I saw B.B. once, but he just wasn't as fluid as he used to be... his playing was too staccato when it should have been legato. Still enjoyed the performance, but I'm sure it wasn't the same as when he was in his prime. Albert King is a monster blues player...
Best of the best.
Albert treated all his musicians badly, all the time. I played in a band that was the opening act for him in Europe in the late 1980's. I couldn't believe the way he berated them. There's no way I could have tolerated it.
'Lucy' was AK's guitar. 'Lucille' was BB King's guitar.
Buddy i was teaching brings his new electric guitar over to show me. Lets me play it and i shredd on it then hand it back and say " It is Broken!"
He said " What?" I said " Yea it won't ever sound like that AGAIN !" hahahahaha
This is so great. I would have had no idea about any of this without the explanation.
I was lucky enough to see Albert King a couple years before he died at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, Ca (shortly before it closed) along with B.B. and Bobby Blue Bland. The place had a rotating circular stage with about 4000 seats. It was an amazing show, I was blessed to be there.
Thanks!
This video was well constructed...You should be running the Country...Step over Trump..BLUES POWER 4real😢
Do you want to play blues? Listen to blues. Play blues. If you want to play like Albert lower your tuning to C instead of E. That'll be sixteen grand per semester.
Hilarious! I never noticed he was so upset with band until you said something. Wow! I’ve been there. He definitely felt it was a train wreck. I do wonder what he had to say to the drummer after !
I'm a lefty beginner but like most lefty's i have my strings the normal way. I just cannot understand how he bends notes because he does it in the opposite direction to most people.
Would love to watch blues videos with you one day! Your observations and reactions are priceless! 😁 Albert King used to be a drummer for Jimmy Reed, so he knew his shit.
Michael, I was in the audience when Albert King came out on stage to give Jimi Hendrix the evil eye during his first set at Winterland. He seemed to be disgusted with Jimi's effects driven hits, "Foxy Lady" etc.. Albert was shaking his head negatively. Truly rude but effective. For his 2nd set Hendrix blew Albert out of the water with lengthy blues-focused renditions of "Red House" and "Catfish Blues." A mammoth night of music. John Mayall & Janis Joplin were also on the bill.
This type of bandsmanship is what separates the greats from the legends. I would put money on the fact that no one in the audience knew about the adversity Albert was playing through on stage and that every single one of them left thinking it was one of the best live blues performances they had ever seen. Meanwhile, Albert was just relieved it was over haha. Amazing stuff.
Knowing AK, he'd probably told the drummer he was fired and the drummer was like "f**k you then. I'll play it my way!"
This is AWESOME. Never seen this King video. The fact that he corrects on the clapping is total LEGEND. Well commented! Laughed a lot!
Freddie King did the exact same thing during a live performance on mick7575's YT channel labeled
"Freddie King~I love a big legged woman
to the drummer @ 2:41 for an extra 16th snare role. Daggers!
Like you stated here, these Blues Masters """""" fee!"""""" the tempo.
@Michael Palmisano this is so great...my Dad sent me a mix CD years ago with a lot of Albert King on it and it completely changed my focus on guitar. Thanks for this video. One request> You Know It Ain't Right with Kenny Vaughan and Guthrie Trapp
Well, Albert King was a drummer (under a different name), so he's going to be critical of drummers. And the clapping on 1 and 3 thing..... bless their hearts.
love how micheal breaks down every part. I used your link to watch video through. and YESSSS. I see his professionalism and frustration. smh. never would have caught all those micro reaction. damn. you're good. lol. tyvm
This is why I have a huge albert king poster on my wall
I'd love to see some approaches to funk soloing over a static 7th or 9th chord. How to really rip a solo, but keep it funky the whole time... And a hand full of different ways to do so... But at an advanced level. Like coming from a place of already using 16ths and sextuplets. I guess I'm asking for advanced funk harmony and phrasing while soloing. There is not much of this on RUclips lessons and a lot of the funk guitat greats don't often solo... So even some examples of funk greats taking guitar solos would be awesome