I met Albert in at Parkers Ballroom in Seattle around 1976. He played thru a solid state Acoustic Amp with horn that would take your head off. Which proves that a guitarist's tone is in his fingers. He sounded great! Every blues guitarist should play this song. Listening to Albert it's not hard to hear his influence on SRV.
I did a rendition of this song. Great tune. These guys in this band? They are on a tight rope. Black band leader are notorious for being hard on the timing and execution. When your singing a song and the band is just playing 12 bars that don't sound like it, well you get pretty mad. That drummer is wearing a face of I ain't fucking up, I need this gig. 😁
did you all notice at 2:10 thru 2:15 THE HORN PLAYER GOT ONE ARM - G-d blessed him and he didn't give up - he playes great with one arm - unbelieverable
Albert King was the first live blues show I attended, at the age of 15 at the tiny Ashgrove club on Melrose in Los Angeles. Great little club that hosted lots of blues at the time (this was 1967 I think). Saw Howlin' Wolf, Taj Mahal (with Jesse Edwin Davis on guitar), Bukkah White and others there. Being a young guitarist myself I went up to Albert on the break and asked him what kind of strings he used and he told me Black Diamond. A few years later I saw him at a club in Santa Cruz and man was he pissed off. Told a story of earlier that day he and the band rolled into town and went to a coffee shop and were treated rudely there (his words - "They treated us like we were pieces of shit!"). He played a hell of a show that night too!
K-ryste, yezzzzzzzz. The Ash Grove was wonderful! Albert played there many times. Saw many remarkable shows at the AG, including The Johnny Otis Review with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, T-Bone Walker and Shuggie Otis in '70.
I envy you!! Albert King is one of my favorite blues singers, but I never got to see him perform live. I can't believe you also got to see Howlin Wolf. Man! You were truly blessed. I had some Howlin Wolf 45s that dated back to the 50s. Thank God for RUclips. I can see these legends on video. I'm thankful for that.
Ash Grove was the place!!! Saw so many greats there...Freddy King In an electric green leisure suit, the Johnny Otis Show, Lightnin' Hopkins and so many more...and a great record shop in the lobby...my account phot you see is me and Muddy in the lobby of the Ash Grove...we went to see Johnny SHines and Muddy and band were hangin' out before there three night stand at the Whiskey...great times!!!
@@naughtmoses I saw the Johnny Otis Review there too. Great show! Shuggy was 17 I think. And i think it was Little Esther Phillips that was on the bill and of course Cleanhead Vinson but I don’t think T-Bone was on the bill. Pretty sure I would have remembered that!
This is simply the greatest live blues performance on RUclips. For all you budding blues guitarist- listen to the space - unlike the SRV clones - King uses feeling an space, with multiple textures. This is blues, not rock-blues
i think the bass player started it, and during the guitar solo the drummer joined in the race and they just kept speeding up .. i heard one of his last gigs, in seattle where the whole band was totall off, and it was like he was playing solo.. it was a magnificent performance of his mastery .
I saw Albert twice. Once in the late ‘70s in Cambridge, Mass. and once in the late ‘80s at Chestnut Cabaret in Philly. I went into his so-called dressing room (it was more like a bunker with no amenities) at the Cabaret and politely asked for an autograph. He obliged and signed a scrap piece of paper for me. I noticed that his handwriting was very shaky. He looked pretty worn out. He died of a heart attack about four years later. But he put on a strong show the last time I saw him. He played through a big Acoustic amp with a built in horn speaker. It really cut through and had a rough sound, but I guess it’s what he wanted.
April 25: Happy birthday Mr Albert King (1923-1992) Posthumous Rock and Roll Hall of fame inductee, formerly of The Three Kings of the Blues. Thank you and God bless. RIP, Bluesman
Was a senior at Seton Hall and grabbed this show. They brought a lot of bluesmen into TFE and it was always a rockin good time. Albert King was under the radar for most but one of the greatest ever!!!
Albert at his peak, playing absolutely flawlessly, with some of the best Stax road musicians (not the MG's this time, but you'd never know it) Not sure who any of the players are, I don't recognize them, but Albert had several different lineups at his fillmore gigs. Absolutely essential stuff...
Probably my favorite electric blues guitarist/singer along with Albert Collins, but a difficult guy on the bandstand. Saw him berate his band in front of a live audience once, apologizing to the audience for the way they were playing. (I could detect no flaws and I have played for over 50 years myself although I am in no way NEAR the player HE was!) To say the band was intimidated is an understatement. They all slowly and gradually moved to the opposite side of the stage away from him (except for the drummer of course, who LOOKED like he WANTED to!) I once asked a club owner in Nebraska why they quit booking him and he said that they frowned upon 6 foot 5, 300 pound men waving guns at the audience! A friend of mine knew a guy who once played in his band and he asked him what Albert was like. The guy said, "Like Idi Amin on acid." HA!! Great artist, but a little rough around the edges.
Albert King, nacido Albert Nelson (25 de abril de 1923-21 de diciembre de 1992) fue un influyente guitarrista y cantante estadounidense de Blues. Considerado uno de los Tres Reyes del Blues a la guitarra (junto a B.B. King y Freddie King), su altura de 1,95 m y sus 118 kg de peso le valieron el sobrenombre de The Velvet Bulldozer (la aplanadora de terciopelo). 69 AÑOS ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️
It was always hot in any room Albert King played in. Every time I saw him play he'd come out on stage in a full suit and tie. By the second or third song he'd be doing a slow strip down to a tie-less shirt, sweating like a whore in church. The guy always rocked. ALWAYS had a killer band backing him. He was a big man that always seemed to be gentle and respectful. King Earnest always reminded me of Albert King.
@naughtmoses we must have been at some of the same shows there. I also saw the Otis show with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (Kidney Stew!) and Shuggie of course who was not much older than i at the time. I am pretty sure Little Esther Phillips was part of the revue as well. Another show I recall being exceptional was John Hammond Jr. What a cool venue that was.
You can really hear how Son Seals patterned himself after Albert KIng. (Son drummed for Albert ,( but not on this video), before coming to Chicago and becoming a bandleader/guitarist.) Great Blues from a Great Bluesman! Albert King is one of a handfull of guitar players who's 'Mother could recognize him if she heard him on the radio".
Hot natured, Albert King could sweat almost as well as he played that Gibson flying V. Ask any great blues player where he cut his teeth; he'll tell it was on one of the bones thrown to him by the great Albert King.
The reason these guys are so stoney faced, is because A.K. could be a mean SOB if he didn't feel what you were doing. You can see him shooting glances back at 'em in this song .... Having said that .... They're all burning it down on this one !!!
I shook this great man's hand once...and it was like sticking my hand in a catchers mitt.....no pedal in the world can help you make his true sound....its in them giant hands...
this was the teacher for all the afterward "stars" in Rock&Roll", together with Chuck (Berry, of course). Naming: Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Eric Clapton, need some more names????????
Do you know that the horn player loose his arm while he a clean a violin stradivarius ? His arm was tight in a stradivarius (this stradivarius cost more than 3 millions dollars) . it was more interessant to save the stradivarius than the arm . today the horn player has lose his arm but he has touched a lot of money by the insurance .
I notice lately a whole bunch of teen kids pretending to know Jimi Hendrix hey guys youhace to go way back to 1959 to know Jimi take your time before writing shit about Guitar God
i was at this show 17yrs old ,its really something to see this again
I met Albert in at Parkers Ballroom in Seattle around 1976. He played thru a solid state Acoustic Amp with horn that would take your head off. Which proves that a guitarist's tone is in his fingers. He sounded great! Every blues guitarist should play this song. Listening to Albert it's not hard to hear his influence on SRV.
I totally agree. Did you talk to him?
Was the cabinet 15 inch speakers
I did a rendition of this song. Great tune. These guys in this band? They are on a tight rope. Black band leader are notorious for being hard on the timing and execution. When your singing a song and the band is just playing 12 bars that don't sound like it, well you get pretty mad. That drummer is wearing a face of I ain't fucking up, I need this gig. 😁
a gentleman- on stage- playin the blues with every pore of his soul-God bless you , sir!
Man, that is simply the real deal!
did you all notice at 2:10 thru 2:15 THE HORN PLAYER GOT ONE ARM - G-d blessed him and he didn't give up - he playes great with one arm - unbelieverable
Albert King was the first live blues show I attended, at the age of 15 at the tiny Ashgrove club on Melrose in Los Angeles. Great little club that hosted lots of blues at the time (this was 1967 I think). Saw Howlin' Wolf, Taj Mahal (with Jesse Edwin Davis on guitar), Bukkah White and others there. Being a young guitarist myself I went up to Albert on the break and asked him what kind of strings he used and he told me Black Diamond. A few years later I saw him at a club in Santa Cruz and man was he pissed off. Told a story of earlier that day he and the band rolled into town and went to a coffee shop and were treated rudely there (his words - "They treated us like we were pieces of shit!"). He played a hell of a show that night too!
K-ryste, yezzzzzzzz. The Ash Grove was wonderful! Albert played there many times. Saw many remarkable shows at the AG, including The Johnny Otis Review with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, T-Bone Walker and Shuggie Otis in '70.
I envy you!! Albert King is one of my favorite blues singers, but I never got to see him perform live. I can't believe you also got to see Howlin Wolf. Man! You were truly blessed. I had some Howlin Wolf 45s that dated back to the 50s. Thank God for RUclips. I can see these legends on video. I'm thankful for that.
Ash Grove was the place!!! Saw so many greats there...Freddy King In an electric green leisure suit, the Johnny Otis Show, Lightnin' Hopkins and so many more...and a great record shop in the lobby...my account phot you see is me and Muddy in the lobby of the Ash Grove...we went to see Johnny SHines and Muddy and band were hangin' out before there three night stand at the Whiskey...great times!!!
@@naughtmoses I saw the Johnny Otis Review there too. Great show! Shuggy was 17 I think. And i think it was Little Esther Phillips that was on the bill and of course Cleanhead Vinson but I don’t think T-Bone was on the bill. Pretty sure I would have remembered that!
Pure Fire . So great a player influenced everyone . 😊😊😊
This is simply the greatest live blues performance on RUclips. For all you budding blues guitarist- listen to the space - unlike the SRV clones - King uses feeling an space, with multiple textures. This is blues, not rock-blues
Great insight. Thank you.
Absolute magic! The drummer is actually speeding up the song but in a way that totally works. This is epic!
i think the bass player started it, and during the guitar solo the drummer joined in the race and they just kept speeding up .. i heard one of his last gigs, in seattle where the whole band was totall off, and it was like he was playing solo.. it was a magnificent performance of his mastery .
Ha, yes. He's "on the clock."
I saw Albert twice.
Once in the late ‘70s in Cambridge, Mass. and once in the late ‘80s at Chestnut Cabaret in Philly.
I went into his so-called dressing room (it was more like a bunker with no amenities) at the Cabaret and politely asked for an autograph.
He obliged and signed a scrap piece of paper for me.
I noticed that his handwriting was very shaky. He looked pretty worn out.
He died of a heart attack about four years later.
But he put on a strong show the last time I saw him.
He played through a big Acoustic amp with a built in horn speaker.
It really cut through and had a rough sound, but I guess it’s what he wanted.
Superb craftsmanship,legend
April 25: Happy birthday Mr Albert King (1923-1992) Posthumous Rock and Roll Hall of fame inductee, formerly of The Three Kings of the Blues. Thank you and God bless. RIP, Bluesman
Was a senior at Seton Hall and grabbed this show. They brought a lot of bluesmen into TFE and it was always a rockin good time. Albert King was under the radar for most but one of the greatest ever!!!
Great guitar player. 🎸
This gives me the chills to watch this! Unbelievable music.
Beautiful soundtrack
An under acknowledged classic ! I swapped an album for this single.
Extraordinary guitar playing. 😊👍
This record, "blues power" change my life, thanks so much
The real thing. Smokin'! What the world be without Blues?
Amazing 💪❤️, Albert king, 🙏, very very good,the story of blues 👌👌❤️
One of my favourite bass lines ever 👌
Albert at his peak, playing absolutely flawlessly, with some of the best Stax road musicians (not the MG's this time, but you'd never know it) Not sure who any of the players are, I don't recognize them, but Albert had several different lineups at his fillmore gigs. Absolutely essential stuff...
Magnificent!!
10years, 185k views and 82 comments. This video should have that numbers every week!!!! What great music.
It's videos like this that remind me why Albert King is my favorite guitarist...thanks for posting...:)
this is fucking awesome! Albert's one of my favs.
awesome !!!!!!! - pure music and tone!!!!!!!
fullest perfection in action! yesss!!!
everyone is such a critic. I enjoy great music, to the bone. There's no judging, no rating, just the moment.
That guy has got it right.
I needed to hear this
The drummers great , someone please buy him a watch
Blues is the root Rock n Roll, so Buz lives on in all its beauty, the Blues will always be current, and a special @
Probably my favorite electric blues guitarist/singer along with Albert Collins, but a difficult guy on the bandstand. Saw him berate his band in front of a live audience once, apologizing to the audience for the way they were playing. (I could detect no flaws and I have played for over 50 years myself although I am in no way NEAR the player HE was!) To say the band was intimidated is an understatement. They all slowly and gradually moved to the opposite side of the stage away from him (except for the drummer of course, who LOOKED like he WANTED to!) I once asked a club owner in Nebraska why they quit booking him and he said that they frowned upon 6 foot 5, 300 pound men waving guns at the audience! A friend of mine knew a guy who once played in his band and he asked him what Albert was like. The guy said, "Like Idi Amin on acid." HA!! Great artist, but a little rough around the edges.
I forgot about this blues song. Thanks for posting.
3:15 I've never heard that bend played like that!
2:28 he adds an extra note I've never heard him play that lick like that
Albert King, nacido Albert Nelson (25 de abril de 1923-21 de diciembre de 1992) fue un influyente guitarrista y cantante estadounidense de Blues. Considerado uno de los Tres Reyes del Blues a la guitarra (junto a B.B. King y Freddie King), su altura de 1,95 m y sus 118 kg de peso le valieron el sobrenombre de The Velvet Bulldozer (la aplanadora de terciopelo).
69 AÑOS
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OH PRETTY WOMAN~~WHATS THE MATTER WITH YOU~~LOVE THIS SONG~~
just fab!
It was always hot in any room Albert King played in. Every time I saw him play he'd come out on stage in a full suit and tie. By the second or third song he'd be doing a slow strip down to a tie-less shirt, sweating like a whore in church. The guy always rocked. ALWAYS had a killer band backing him. He was a big man that always seemed to be gentle and respectful. King Earnest always reminded me of Albert King.
There's Albert, all wrapped up in love again
@thehomefront It's legendary concert promoter Bill Graham, who founded the Fillmore venues. He died some years ago in a helicopter crash.
Great drummer!
Your brother was a baaaaad dude, I love horns and he just furthered my appreciation!
"The Velvet Bulldozer" out of my hometown Albert King- Yikes:)
@naughtmoses we must have been at some of the same shows there. I also saw the Otis show with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (Kidney Stew!) and Shuggie of course who was not much older than i at the time. I am pretty sure Little Esther Phillips was part of the revue as well. Another show I recall being exceptional was John Hammond Jr. What a cool venue that was.
badass guitar
Albert King is really underrated, it's a pity
This is serious business
You can really hear how Son Seals patterned himself after Albert KIng. (Son drummed for Albert ,( but not on this video), before coming to Chicago and becoming a bandleader/guitarist.) Great Blues from a Great Bluesman! Albert King is one of a handfull of guitar players who's 'Mother could recognize him if she heard him on the radio".
He just grabbed a right handed guitar and turned it upside down, gotta love it!
And didn’t bother to restring it and never played the top E! Big Albert was Bad a**!
Tight. I was there.
Não tem igual
Ele é um dos mais originais que já existiu
..mojoj najljepšoj.. Tonka voli te tvoj Dean
Yup. Just add together Albert King and Lonnie Mack's styles together, and Voila! You got SRV...
LIKE!!!!
Hot natured, Albert King could sweat almost as well as he played that Gibson flying V. Ask any great blues player where he cut his teeth; he'll tell it was on one of the bones thrown to him by the great Albert King.
Wow
Does anyone know who the one-armed trumpet player is?
The great
them hot blues are making the king sweat.
The reason these guys are so stoney faced, is because A.K. could be a mean SOB if he didn't feel what you were doing. You can see him shooting glances back at 'em in this song .... Having said that .... They're all burning it down on this one !!!
+william greeson I'll say: he appears to have ripped of the trumpeters arm!
Devil's Advocate 😂😂😂
You are right, the same guitar and amp played by different guitarists sound completely diferent…
I shook this great man's hand once...and it was like sticking my hand in a catchers mitt.....no pedal in the world can help you make his true sound....its in them giant hands...
Where can I get the DVD of this full concert?
The Guvnor!
is this song in G?
this was the teacher for all the afterward "stars" in Rock&Roll", together with Chuck (Berry, of course).
Naming: Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Eric Clapton, need some more names????????
He's played the famous Hendrix lick at 3:00. Accidentally i think but nevertheless :)
who is the drummer?
I like to think he came out and was just immediately dripping with sweat
did that trumpet player have one arm
Who's the guy who introduced him? He looks familia
thehomefront Bill Graham I believe
F&^% me... The rawest of the Three Kings. Dynamite.
drummer got that angry focus.
Do you know that the horn player loose his arm while he a clean a violin stradivarius ? His arm was tight in a stradivarius (this stradivarius cost more than 3 millions dollars) . it was more interessant to save the stradivarius than the arm . today the horn player has lose his arm but he has touched a lot of money by the insurance .
So this is where SRV Got his vibrato.
Although his solos aren't crazy fast or complicated, the just speak to you in a certain way
Its called 'Taste'!
MainahGamer
It´s called "The Blues"
One-armed trumpet player?
This was like, 5 days after Jimi Hendrix died....
That look on the drummer's face... I think he's trying to figure out if his women is cheating on him with Albert King
Jimi Hendrix had two Flying V's for a reason.
In other words he's a member of the "One Note Club" ; )
Bill Graham
very Hot room
1:07 Zombie drummer.
Manoman, he's sweating like Lindsay Lohan at a sobriety check point!
I notice lately a whole bunch of teen kids pretending to know Jimi Hendrix hey guys youhace to go way back to 1959 to know Jimi take your time before writing shit about Guitar God
wot
only 8 view?...wow