My husband (Neal Setzler) played bass guitar for Albert King in the late 60's and early 70's it was a pleasure for me, a young musicians wife, to have been a part of such a great legend. Along with the great sound of Music that he preformed, he was a man of integrity and had great character and didn't put up with a whole lot of foolishness from his band members. I will always have great memories of Albert Kings music and his leadership style. RIP... A legendary Hero!!!
Bernice Holmes God bless you and I believe it was a gift to have been in the presence of such a legend. I always drift away when I listen to Albert and a few others in his class. I would love to hear some stories of just what that whole experience was like
He fired many many musicians that ever worked for him... leaving them stranded on the road in timbuktu or NYC. He didn't put up with any nonsense whatsoever.
Hey Bernice, those men made some great music...as a kid in the 60's I Ioved (and still do) their great work. I still have the old vinyl I bought back then - Laundromat, Assembly Line, etc., etc. - I love it all.
Anybody who puts the three "Kings",(BB, Freddie and Albert) at the top of their greatest blues guitarist's list has it going on as far as I'm concerned. Albert gets my nod, but I was lucky enough to have seen and learned from them all. God bless the Kings.
MASTER KING looks like a straight majestic African warrior with soul up there playing that Blues Guitar. His presence on that stage just sings GOD's glory!!
Albert king and all them other blues musicians should've been filthy ass rich like today's music artist that don't know a drum from a guitar or sing a note "it's really ass backwards"
This is one of the best funky blues songs. Albert is King. So powerful and with so much soul. I love his music so much I have "Born Under A bad Sign" tatted around my collar bone with 2 Flying V's at the ends. Iknow I have the blues.
@MissBondable Thanks my friend. It's good to know he's not totally forgotten. This stuff never EVER grows old. It'd too bad that young people don't get "learned" on this stuff, but I'm teaching MY kid to respect it, and she does. It's just that she'll never hear it on the radio, so I buy the CDs for her. She heard it and said, "Wow! this is really good quality music!" It really made my day.
Rare to see a great blues artist play a flying V but any artist that is left handed & jst turns the guitar around & dsn't change the strings is the best in my book.
I can hear Albert Kings influence in Stevie Ray Vaughns playing..this song is a real good one and I can still hear Stevies playing in my head through this song and many others.
This is where STEVIE VAUGHAN got ALL of his Blues licks. You are lookin' at THE MAN! Albert was truly the very best at Phrasing, and at "Less is More" Just try to get tone like that with an upside down/backwards strung Gibson Flying V plugged straight into a 300 Watt ACOUSTIC SOLID STATE AMP! No Pedals, No Compression, No Echo, No Reverb, Not even a Guitar Pick! Whooo Eeeee! ALBERT BE DA MAN!!!
A guy I know from back in the day (Kervon Setzler) his Mother (Bernice) her husband (Neal Setzler) played bass for Albert back in the day in the 60's and 70's
The Velvet Bulldozer....The king of the cool....The heavyweight champion of the blues. God bless you, Albert. You provided me with the foundation of my love for the blues, along with an inspiration I have taken & learned from. If it's good enough for Stevie...That's more than enough for me.
Total class. Among other things I love the sweetness of his voice and the subtlety in the playing of the backing band. This number still moves me every time i hear it.
Every time I listen to Albert King, I picture tan leather coats, cadillacs, trash-strewn city streets, everything 70's. They should've used this music in the movie American Gangster.
this is awesome ,thanks ,I got the album "Albert King plays the Kings music" the album where Albert plays Elvis' stuff its pretty darn cool .this dude influenced everybody jimi,stevie,eric,slash and me.
What?!? The film ends when he’s just about to really cut loose? 😱 Albert still holds the outdoor world record in string bending. 2.38 metres set in San Fransisco in 1968. On an intersting sidenote, Hollywood Fats plays the rhythm guitar here. ☝️🤓
WATTSTAX...L.A. COLISEUM CIRCA 1975??? I WAS THERE !!! ALBERT WAS THE 1ST ACT.... THE TICKETS WERE JUST $1 DOLLAR...THE AUDIENCE WERE A PART OF THE WATTSTAX FILM..... ISSAC HAYS WAS THE FINAL ACT...
I was in a band that opened up for him..he was a gentleman IMO and was very curtious..I was so nervous meeting him but he was very gracious and Kool... His band came back to my place for joints and beer. Cause Albert didn't put up with that stuff...lol..it was a fun time and great memory
@DiscoSamurai Thank you my friend. I'm glad some people STILL appreciate them. I'm sorry so many people of today have gone the easy money route of rap. These guys all have a place in my heart. They all tell it like it is. But, we still have Buddy Guy!
The band are young and playing tight with each other. This is all a great blues guitar player, singer, leader needs from his band. TIGHT!!%!#@!!! & Using DYNAMICS!
great video.. there used to be a similar one that was cut in the middle of the song for people start talking for the blues... and for copyrights it was removed... unique for me after 4 years thanks a lot!
Where would electric guitar be without Albert King? He taught us all how to bend a note.Not just a half step either. Right to the moon and back! Thank-you Albert King!
@@vaultboy5492 Not necessarily, Alberts bending style was a huge influence on guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, two of the most important guitarists for shaping the way rock and blues would be played through the late 60's and 70's all the way to now. I would say he had a pretty big impact!
Ya know, it really hurts me when I see the number of hits on clips like this compared to Eric Clapton. Eric gets 56 million and his teacher, the King of Cool, Albert King gets 56 thousand. Eric's fine, but man. No justice.
man those albert king licks. just goes to show you can do a whole ton and never get anywhere, but do a little and do it well and you might become a legend
Way to compare apples to dvd players. What if you do a lot and "do it well"? If you do anything well on guitar you'll be great! I love Albert King, but he didn't slave for years on one technique (alternate picking) like shredders do to achieve their ability. They're also very proficient at more than one technique. What you said was not only stupid, but naive.
My Father playing the bass in this video. Bernice is my Mother and I love both of them.
KerVonn Setzler Who was playing rhythm guitar?
You were a lucky kid.
O'Neal Setzler?
@@arthurc1971 Hollywood Fats! (Michael Mann)
That’s special
One of the absolute best blues players ever. A legend.
My husband (Neal Setzler) played bass guitar for Albert King in the late 60's and early 70's it was a pleasure for me, a young musicians wife, to have been a part of such a great legend. Along with the great sound of Music that he preformed, he was a man of integrity and had great character and didn't put up with a whole lot of foolishness from his band members. I will always have great memories of Albert Kings music and his leadership style. RIP... A legendary Hero!!!
Bernice Holmes That is great. Can you please share some funny stories of Albert King. Thank you.
Bernice Holmes God bless you and I believe it was a gift to have been in the presence of such a legend. I always drift away when I listen to Albert and a few others in his class. I would love to hear some stories of just what that whole experience was like
He fired many many musicians that ever worked for him... leaving them stranded on the road in timbuktu or NYC. He didn't put up with any nonsense whatsoever.
Hey Bernice, those men made some great music...as a kid in the 60's I Ioved (and still do) their great work. I still have the old vinyl I bought back then - Laundromat, Assembly Line, etc., etc. - I love it all.
Bernice Holmes Please check me our Captain Jack Watson blues artist from Dallas, Texas...I grew and always wanted to sing the blues..
Anybody who puts the three "Kings",(BB, Freddie and Albert) at the top of their greatest blues guitarist's list has it going on as far as I'm concerned. Albert gets my nod, but I was lucky enough to have seen and learned from them all. God bless the Kings.
nobody bends like Albert King
Nobody!
Yessir!
Yeah man...they all had a different feel back then...that hadn't been done before...like it is today.
Watching clips likes this is great when you're stoned, you get inside the fucker as if you're there. 1973 L.A. enjoy
MASTER KING looks like a straight majestic African warrior with soul up there playing that Blues Guitar. His presence on that stage just sings GOD's glory!!
He was a strong man with a guitar for once can we take the damn race out of it. You said this 10 years ago now look at the damn United States
....and he played the hell outta the blues!
This is the mark of a true blues man, full of soul, full of honesty, full and the truth.
Albert King super bluesman .
Albert King had presence, that tone is beautiful.
Agree!
Albert king and all them other blues musicians should've been filthy ass rich like today's music artist that don't know a drum from a guitar or sing a note "it's really ass backwards"
@@MrTeatreeoil Just show that they weren't doing it for money.
He’s playing a 1958 Gibson Flying V guitar, one of less than 100 made. Nowadays those instruments are worth a quarter of a million dollars.
@@tomloncaric6189I’m pretty sure The one in this video is a 1966 or 1967 Korina. They were produced briefly
KDHX in St. Louis brought me here, 88.1 fm, the Soul Selector turn me on this, can't thank him enough!!
This is one of the best funky blues songs. Albert is King. So powerful and with so much soul. I love his music so much I have "Born Under A bad Sign" tatted around my collar bone with 2 Flying V's at the ends. Iknow I have the blues.
Albert King, Mr. Bad Ax 🎸😀💞
Clapton owes his life to Albert King.
Albert, you are missed what a fantastic blues man you were.
+Russ Gray That's the man right there who got into the blues. Struggling now to catch up with his licks!
Albert taught em all how to bend those strings!!!!!
@michaelpilot1000 You are a fortunate person to have seen them all, I am totally jealous! I love ALL those guys playing.
The left hand blues man!
The Hammond organ's moan is so '60s '70s.👍
I LOVE this Man so much.........................!
The king for ever.
GONE BUT CERTAINLY NOT FORGOTTEN. RIP MR. KING.
@MissBondable Thanks my friend. It's good to know he's not totally forgotten. This stuff never EVER grows old. It'd too bad that young people don't get "learned" on this stuff, but I'm teaching MY kid to respect it, and she does. It's just that she'll never hear it on the radio, so I buy the CDs for her. She heard it and said, "Wow! this is really good quality music!" It really made my day.
Rare to see a great blues artist play a flying V but any artist that is left handed & jst turns the guitar around & dsn't change the strings is the best in my book.
He was a bad man with the guitar.the guitar god.
Imagine having a Grandfather or a uncle as cool as this man. Love this.
He was a big man with a huge influence on music along with a smooooooth singing voice!!💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
I want to know you!😘😉😎
Yes Sir, I'll play the blues for you-yea baby
I grew up on this guy truly one of greatest ...............
#replay - Grown Folks Music 'fo 'sho.....
Love this song
This is groove ! 🤪
Those in the know will never accept fake kings, here folks, is the REAL King!
IM LOVING THIS SOUBDS LIKE THE BLUES I HEARD BACK IN ARKANSAS A LOBG TIME AGO IT WAS GREAT THEN AND ITS EVEN BETTER NOW
True to life songs. happens every day, in bad relation ships. People who don't need to be together don't have respect for each other...😮.
The man made that guitar talk!
Legendary.
THIS was my childhood. I do love some Albert King. Rest in Power Sir.
I'll play the blues for you!!😉😎
Rest in Power? I love that :))))
Truly the inspiration for all the great rock guitar player that followed
THIS IS THE WAY WE DID IT IN THE EARLY 70,s FOLKS........................................................................end of lesson
Chloe Bear Don’t end the lesson- keep it going. ✊🏾
His soft touch w the vocals and then that biting guitar tone makes this one of my favorite blues songs. Albert was a master.
My God that guitar sound is alien.
saw Albert open for Jimi Hendrix at the Winterland in San Francisco. what a show...
hendrix should have opened for KING
@@66884491 Ya okay, I think they got it right. Jimi should always headline like the Master he is.
You are so lucky! What a show!
Yes sir. John Mayall was on that bill too. My first trip to Winterland.
I was there too!!!
Chapeau Chapeau what a real Bluesman he was, Pure and so beautifull .Awesome.
I can hear Albert Kings influence in Stevie Ray Vaughns playing..this song is a real good one and I can still hear Stevies playing in my head through this song and many others.
Yes you're right. Albert King influenced him a lot.
And, Hendrix. I think Alnert King had the first Flying V, of course Hendrix played flying V later
That tone is ridiculous!! Sheesh!!
Greatest blues player that ever lived!
Thank you!!! Blues at it's best. Michael Mann (Hollywood Fats), a legend in his own right, on second guitar. ;)
Yes 👍
This is a master guitar player at work right here!
This is where STEVIE VAUGHAN got ALL of his Blues licks. You are lookin' at THE MAN! Albert was truly the very best at Phrasing, and at "Less is More"
Just try to get tone like that with an upside down/backwards strung Gibson Flying V plugged straight into a 300 Watt ACOUSTIC SOLID STATE AMP! No Pedals, No Compression, No Echo, No Reverb, Not even a Guitar Pick! Whooo Eeeee! ALBERT BE DA MAN!!!
My hero, I’m a professional musician and he is been my great inspiration.❤
A guy I know from back in the day (Kervon Setzler) his Mother (Bernice) her husband (Neal Setzler) played bass for Albert back in the day in the 60's and 70's
No mistakin' that Guitar, one of a kind, extra good !
I'm Blues music fan.
Music that touch your soul and deep in your heart.
What a great great Blues singer and guitarist.
Love Albert.
Wattstax at the L.A. Coliseum 1972: Albert King invented blues power!
No wattstax was just yesterday 1972 blues been jamming way before you just haven't been around in the blues world..
Albert King with a flying V is SICK
I will FOREVER Remember my DAD and all that you done for me in this business and we all miss you so.very much
RI,P PAW PAW,
YOUR BABY GIRL
He can play the blues anytime he wants..awsome.Love the style of music and always have.😎🎵🎶🎷🎸
michelle tharp come over to the place I work! I'll play the blues for you 😁😁😁😉😎
Yes sir Mr King
simply the best
The Bass is on time.
Albert King is amazing
The "Velvet Bulldozer" is right! One of a kind...
"WHOO- OOOO!"
The Velvet Bulldozer....The king of the cool....The heavyweight champion of the blues.
God bless you, Albert. You provided me with the foundation of my love for the blues, along with an inspiration I have taken & learned from.
If it's good enough for Stevie...That's more than enough for me.
The velvet bulldozer!!!
That’s Hollywood Fats on second guitar 🎸
i played this three times before i could finally pull it together enough to comment. this shit is soooo hot it's ridiculous
Total class. Among other things I love the sweetness of his voice and the subtlety in the playing of the backing band.
This number still moves me every time i hear it.
Thanks for posting! This is great!
Every time I listen to Albert King, I picture tan leather coats, cadillacs, trash-strewn city streets, everything 70's. They should've used this music in the movie American Gangster.
Interesting. I , Japanese regard him as a gentleman who was a pimp. But he can soothe……(T▽T)
Trash strewn streets? Man get the fuck outta here with that bullshit.
Proud Memphis ,TN native. I got to see Albert play one of his last shows at the Overton Park Shell. He was solid all the way to the end.
0:40 that tone is just on another level
Another King máster of The Blues Mr Albert King 🎸🎸🥁🎹
this is awesome ,thanks ,I got the album "Albert King plays the Kings music" the album where Albert plays Elvis' stuff its pretty darn cool .this dude influenced everybody jimi,stevie,eric,slash and me.
“We’re gonna be around awhile!”:))))))))))
That opening guitar riff 💯
What?!? The film ends when he’s just about to really cut loose? 😱 Albert still holds the outdoor world record in string bending. 2.38 metres set in San Fransisco in 1968. On an intersting sidenote, Hollywood Fats plays the rhythm guitar here. ☝️🤓
well, i have listened and watched it and loved it!!!! so i reckon i have soul
WATTSTAX...L.A. COLISEUM CIRCA 1975??? I WAS THERE !!! ALBERT WAS THE 1ST ACT.... THE TICKETS WERE JUST $1 DOLLAR...THE AUDIENCE WERE A PART OF THE WATTSTAX FILM..... ISSAC HAYS WAS THE FINAL ACT...
I was in a band that opened up for him..he was a gentleman IMO and was very curtious..I was so nervous meeting him but he was very gracious and Kool... His band came back to my place for joints and beer. Cause Albert didn't put up with that stuff...lol..it was a fun time and great memory
2020 and still loving it
Great guitar tone through an Acoustic 270 solid-state amp! 👍👌🎸🙂
The velvet bulldozer at his best
@DiscoSamurai Thank you my friend. I'm glad some people STILL appreciate them. I'm sorry so many people of today have gone the easy money route of rap. These guys all have a place in my heart. They all tell it like it is. But, we still have Buddy Guy!
This was in Wattstax, a documentary about the brothers!
Great player and singer. Huge influence on so many.
ALL HAIL THE KING
The Blues by Albert touches everything. You even realize how Rock and Metal could evolve.
Dude not only was Al going in but that organ... That was the concert to be at!
my granny use to throw the best parties when I was growing up, she always played the blues and this is one of the songs I remember her playing.
this is music...
The band are young and playing tight with each other. This is all a great blues guitar player, singer, leader needs from his band. TIGHT!!%!#@!!! & Using DYNAMICS!
great video.. there used to be a similar one that was cut in the middle of the song for people start talking for the blues... and for copyrights it was removed... unique for me after 4 years thanks a lot!
Where would electric guitar be without Albert King? He taught us all how to bend a note.Not just a half step either. Right to the moon and back! Thank-you Albert King!
One thing I know is he said in his song is he will play the blues for us and my eyes saw him play his blues
Umm.. Freddie King would probably save electric guitar the same way.. and many others too. But I understand, you are excited
@@tomasvanecek8626 lmao fr bro tripping too hard the guitar would be the exact same
@@vaultboy5492 Not necessarily, Alberts bending style was a huge influence on guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, two of the most important guitarists for shaping the way rock and blues would be played through the late 60's and 70's all the way to now. I would say he had a pretty big impact!
@@youreatoilet so ur saying everyone woulda been to retarded to bend a string if not for one guy
Ya know, it really hurts me when I see the number of hits on clips like this compared to Eric Clapton. Eric gets 56 million and his teacher, the King of Cool, Albert King gets 56 thousand. Eric's fine, but man. No justice.
Feliz de quem tocou com esse gênio do blues. Albert King, uma lenda.
This is special
pure guitar magic
Could it get anymore awesome ? Hell no !!! Rock on Daddy-O !!!
WOW !
man those albert king licks. just goes to show you can do a whole ton and never get anywhere, but do a little and do it well and you might become a legend
Dennis Procopio. 👍 so true
Way to compare apples to dvd players. What if you do a lot and "do it well"? If you do anything well on guitar you'll be great! I love Albert King, but he didn't slave for years on one technique (alternate picking) like shredders do to achieve their ability. They're also very proficient at more than one technique. What you said was not only stupid, but naive.
@@equalleftrights3130 There are a few good ones, but most shredders are boring as hell.
'A little?'...lol
@@equalleftrights3130 lol wrong comparison