Albert King
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Beach Boy Bruce Johnston reviews new singles in Blind Date
Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 19 August 1967
VANILLA FUDGE: 'You Keep Me Hanging On' (Atlantic). Oh! I love it. Oh it's great. I didn't recognise the beginning at first. Yeah, Vanilla Fudge. ...
James Brown, Box Tops, Albert King, Otis Redding et al, Album Reviews
Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 18 May 1968
Loads of R&B albums including Otis' great Dock Of The Bay LP ...
Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign (Stax)
Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 8 June 1968
'Born Under A Bad Sign'; 'Crosscut Saw'; 'Kansas City'; 'Oh, Pretty Woman'; 'Down Don't Bother Me'; 'The Hunter'; 'I Almost Lost My Mind'; 'Personal Manager'; ...
Interview by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, September 1968
As Told To Jim Delehant ...
Albert King: Steve Paul's Scene, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 17 October 1968
Albert King, Guitarist, Gives Loud Support to Blues Power ...
Buddy Guy, Albert King, King Curtis: Village Gate, New York City
Live Review by Ian Dove, Billboard, 15 February 1969
NEW YORK — The world of music moves closer as the long-established jazz spot, the Village Gate, took a brief weekend — but possibly regular ...
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, April 1969
Solo Jazz Stars Warm Up Chilly Night at UC ...
The Byrds, Albert King: Rose Palace, Pasadena CA
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 1969
Byrds in Spotlight at Pasadena Rose Palace ...
Albert King: Years Gone By (Stax STS2010)
Review by Loyd Grossman, Fusion, 26 July 1969
MEMO FROM: Loyd Grossman TO: Albert King Concerning: Years Gone By ...
Albert King, Poco, the Chambers Brothers: The Pavilion, Flushing Meadows, Queens NY
Live Review by Danny Goldberg, Billboard, 6 September 1969
King of the Blues Courts Fans ...
Platter Chatter: albums from Crosby Stills & Nash, Muddy Waters & more
Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, November 1969
CROSBY STILLS & NASH is an exquisite collection of words from this triumvirate. Steve Stills, the moody ex-Buffalo, seems to be the anchor here, as ...
Albert King, Otis Spann, Champion Jack Dupree: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 5 November 1969
THE HERO of our times is a man who plays blues guitar, and the hero of heroes is Albert King. Huge, gentle, he holds his ...
Albert King: Royal Albert Hall, London
Live Review by Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, 5 November 1969
THE HERO of our times is a man who plays blues guitar, and the hero of heroes is Albert King. Huge, gentle, he holds his ...
Albert King, Otis Spann et al: American Folk, Blues & Gospel Festival, Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Jerry Gilbert, Melody Maker, 8 November 1969
JOHN LEE HOOKER'S absence from the American Folk, Blues & Gospel Festival was without the consequence that at first seemed likely when the tour opened ...
Albert King: Talking to the King
Interview by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 8 November 1969
IT HAS taken a long time for Albert King to get to this country. But now he is among us there can be little doubt ...
Wattstax (dir. Mel Stuart, Stax)
Film/DVD/TV Review by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 10 February 1973
ISAAC HAYES, ROD STEWART and assorted FACES were at the preview of a new soul film. So was MM's RICHARD WILLIAMS... ...
Albert King: I Wanna Get Funky
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 15 February 1975
I WANNA GET Funky is the best album I've heard all year. ...
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 3 May 1975
If you're a living blues master, are you better off dead? ...
Albert King Delineates the Blues...
Interview by Lita Eliscu, Phonograph Record, August 1976
Lita Eliscu Listens! ...
Albert King an' where he's comin' from
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 10 August 1976
Been stood up by your girl? Low on cash? Behind with your payments? Then you must know the blues. They'll be around as long as ...
Albert King: Truckload Of Lovin'
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 30 October 1976
HOT DAMN! Way it looks to this white boy, Albert King just has to be to the blues what John Wayne is to cowboy movies, ...
Review by Pete Wingfield, Melody Maker, 26 May 1979
Steve Cropper/Pop Staples/Albert King: Jammed Together (Stax 3009) Booker T & The MGs: Time Is Tight — The Best Of… (Stax STX 3007) The Emotions: ...
Albert King: Full Circle For Albert King
Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 11 September 1983
Albert King is no stranger to passing pop fashions. ...
Albert King: An Old Blues Artist Is Easing Away
Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 1990
"It's Time to Quit," Says Famed Guitarist Albert King, 67 ...
Interview by Steve Newton, The Georgia Straight, 30 August 1990
THE INFLUENCE of the blues on British supergroups is well documented. The Stones, Zeppelin, Cream – they all lapped up the seminal works of people ...
Albert King/Otis Rush: Door To Door
Sleeve notes by Don Snowden, Chess Records, Fall 1990
CERTAINLY IT made sense for Chess to release an album combining the handful of songs recorded by Albert King and Otis Rush during their short-lived ...
Interview by Alan Paul, Guitar World, July 1991
2003 note: Just days after I became the Guitar World Managing Editor in February 1991, I sat at my desk listening two of my colleagues ...
Blues Guitarist Albert King Left An Indelible Legacy
Report by Fred Shuster, Los Angeles Daily News, 27 December 1992
AT LEAST as it applied to blues and rock artists, Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns got it right when he said the late Albert ...
Obituary by Robert Gordon, L.A. Weekly, 7 January 1993
ALBERT KING performed in overalls to the very end, even when he wore a tux. Like his music, King was urban but not ashamed of ...
Obituary by John Swenson, Rolling Stone, 4 February 1993
Blues master dies at age sixty-nine ...
Review by Ian MacDonald, Uncut, March 2001
Four-disc overview for the label that brought you sweet soul music ...
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