I'm convinced this song is awesome. It's a strange thing. Are there other people who hear this groove, and it just sticks in the mind like the next day or two? I actually sing it.
Nuff respect for the great Ernest Ranglin one never forget the article said if there was no Ernie there wouldn’t be no ska or reggae bless up my father ….Ray
I Wanna Get Funky is the eighth studio album by Albert King, covering various blues tunes with heavy funk overtones, by Albert King, recorded in 1972 and released in 1974. Personnel: Albert King - electric guitar, vocals Donald Kinsey (name on album credits incorrectly spelled as "Donald Kenzie") - rhythm guitar Memphis Symphony Orchestra - strings The Memphis Horns - horns The Bar-Kays & The Movement - rhythm section Hot Buttered Soul, Henry Bush - backing vocals Lester Snell - arrangements Dale Warren - arrangement on "Walking the Back Streets and Crying"
1_ "I Wanna Get Funky" (Carl Smith) - 4:08 2 _ "Playing on Me" (Sir Mack Rice) - 3:25 3 _ "Walking the Back Streets and Crying" (Sandy Jones) - 6:28 4 _ "'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone" (Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) - 7:32 5 _ "Flat Tire" (Henry Bush, Booker T. Jones, Albert King) - 4:43 6 _ "I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues" (Henry Bush, Dave Clark) - 4:16 7 _ "Travelin' Man" (Albert King) - 2:52 8 _ "Crosscut Saw" (R.G. Ford) - 7:45 9 _ "That's What the Blues Is All About" (Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland) - 3:53
I love the way that at around 3:50 you can clearly hear the drummer missing his ride symbal. The fact that they kept it anyway might be due to how great this take were or whatever and it makes it feel even more funky. Unexplicable little details that are not mistakes but just human singularity wich no robot will ever be capable of reproducing. It may not seems like much but this might one day be sought after like the ultimate mark of humain craftmanship. True legends
Back then recording a new take was done by recording over the previous one so it was done much more sparingly because sure it might be be better or it might get worse and you spend the next week trying to recapture what you deleted. So if it was a good take and sounded good but had a few mistakes they would usually keep it, especially if it was recorded live, meaning the band playing togethet and all tracks recorded simultaneously rather than one after the other, which makes it easier to redo a part. But with recording live in the studio if it was a good take they would keep it even if it had some mistakes. Today of course you can keep all the takes and pretty often you realise despite a mistake or two the first one or two takes was it and the next 23 didn't really improve anything. Now we know! Back then it was a big decision. Of course if they really wanted to they could load another tape and compare later but it wasn't feasible to do it regularily. It's why some famous guitar solos have mistakes too, they felt it was a good take and didn't want to risk it. Imagine all the incredible playing that ended just being recorded over! Some musicians were total pros of course they never even tried redoing it, they walked in, recorded a part and it was perfect.
Wow my favorite, second is SRV. Tried out BB King because I know very little of this genre and I don’t see why he’s bigger? Albert is the goat in my opinion. Love me some Gary Moore too, but because of his tenure in Thin Lizzy
BB has some great stuff that's more like soul + blues like this song, but he has A LOT of music so it can be hard to find. What I will agree on, while I think BB is comparable to Albert, Albert should be much more recognised and I personally enjoy his style the most by far, as far as "proper blues" goes. Of course I play an Epiphone Korina Flying V most of the time so I feel a special connection to him. As a metal guy I have to laugh when people say the V is a metal guitar. No sir!, it's been a blues guitar for much longer than that!
Gauge? It's debated, many say light top heavy bottom, 0.09-0.5, though there's a fair bit of evidence he played 8 gauge as did BB. Possibly 8 and 10 gauge hybrid set, 8 gauge on the high strings and 10 gauge on the low ones.
However he tuned down his low strings, so with 8 gauge on the high strings it would balance well, he tuned his E and A string a whole step down and the rest a half step if I remember. Pretty weird tuning either open E minor (C B E G B E) or open F tuning. This is because he played upside down without flipping the strings like most lefties like Hendrix did.
It Is Understood Why Stevie Ray Loved This Man For Sure!
Undisputed - The Man.
I'm convinced this song is awesome. It's a strange thing. Are there other people who hear this groove, and it just sticks in the mind like the next day or two? I actually sing it.
Man it sticks in my weeks. I can't quit it.
a great album by the finest of stax's small roster of blues artists.
Found this in a library in south London as a kid looking for something funky to sample... But found a new and amazing type of music.
You found it
Greetings from the Delta Deep South. Hope you Enjoy our soul.
Nuff respect for the great Ernest Ranglin one never forget the article said if there was no Ernie there wouldn’t be no ska or reggae bless up my father ….Ray
This man isn't known enough
king is king
It's blows your mind
Albert truly a King sending you to high heavens with his fine guitar 🎸 works and a soothing voice to match. Greetings from Nigeria Africa 👍👍🎉💕
The band i was in, Mucho, played this song back when I was in high school '74😮😊
I Wanna Get Funky is the eighth studio album by Albert King, covering various blues tunes with heavy funk overtones, by Albert King, recorded in 1972 and released in 1974.
Personnel:
Albert King - electric guitar, vocals
Donald Kinsey (name on album credits incorrectly spelled as "Donald Kenzie") - rhythm guitar
Memphis Symphony Orchestra - strings
The Memphis Horns - horns
The Bar-Kays & The Movement - rhythm section
Hot Buttered Soul, Henry Bush - backing vocals
Lester Snell - arrangements
Dale Warren - arrangement on "Walking the Back Streets and Crying"
One of my father in law’s favorites!
The Greatest Blues singer and player. Funky Albert !!!
King of kings!
1_ "I Wanna Get Funky" (Carl Smith) - 4:08
2 _ "Playing on Me" (Sir Mack Rice) - 3:25
3 _ "Walking the Back Streets and Crying" (Sandy Jones) - 6:28
4 _ "'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone" (Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) - 7:32
5 _ "Flat Tire" (Henry Bush, Booker T. Jones, Albert King) - 4:43
6 _ "I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues" (Henry Bush, Dave Clark) - 4:16
7 _ "Travelin' Man" (Albert King) - 2:52
8 _ "Crosscut Saw" (R.G. Ford) - 7:45
9 _ "That's What the Blues Is All About" (Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland) - 3:53
funky like this? You know it!
JUST found THIS in MINT condition AT A garage sale today $2.00.yea!
Hoarder alert
I love the way that at around 3:50 you can clearly hear the drummer missing his ride symbal. The fact that they kept it anyway might be due to how great this take were or whatever and it makes it feel even more funky. Unexplicable little details that are not mistakes but just human singularity wich no robot will ever be capable of reproducing. It may not seems like much but this might one day be sought after like the ultimate mark of humain craftmanship. True legends
i second that all day ;)
Back then recording a new take was done by recording over the previous one so it was done much more sparingly because sure it might be be better or it might get worse and you spend the next week trying to recapture what you deleted. So if it was a good take and sounded good but had a few mistakes they would usually keep it, especially if it was recorded live, meaning the band playing togethet and all tracks recorded simultaneously rather than one after the other, which makes it easier to redo a part. But with recording live in the studio if it was a good take they would keep it even if it had some mistakes. Today of course you can keep all the takes and pretty often you realise despite a mistake or two the first one or two takes was it and the next 23 didn't really improve anything. Now we know! Back then it was a big decision. Of course if they really wanted to they could load another tape and compare later but it wasn't feasible to do it regularily. It's why some famous guitar solos have mistakes too, they felt it was a good take and didn't want to risk it. Imagine all the incredible playing that ended just being recorded over! Some musicians were total pros of course they never even tried redoing it, they walked in, recorded a part and it was perfect.
nice groove Al
don't stop
I love this blues song
Holy shit Albert king on a Stratocaster is fire 🔥🔥🔥
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I wanna get down too
Happy Heavenly 101st Birthday Albert King April 25 1923 - December 21 1993
Lets do it ! ^^
LOVE Albert, he got funky
GOOGLE BLOCK VOLUME SO LOW NO VOLUME AT ALL
Wow my favorite, second is SRV.
Tried out BB King because I know very little of this genre and I don’t see why he’s bigger? Albert is the goat in my opinion. Love me some Gary Moore too, but because of his tenure in Thin Lizzy
BB has some great stuff that's more like soul + blues like this song, but he has A LOT of music so it can be hard to find. What I will agree on, while I think BB is comparable to Albert, Albert should be much more recognised and I personally enjoy his style the most by far, as far as "proper blues" goes. Of course I play an Epiphone Korina Flying V most of the time so I feel a special connection to him. As a metal guy I have to laugh when people say the V is a metal guitar. No sir!, it's been a blues guitar for much longer than that!
Music for adults.
I've always wondered what he's smoking in this album cover photo because if you look closely, it's not a cigarette.
Weed
Theres shows and such where he smokes a wooden pipe while playing
He probably set it down, began playing and exhaled aa the picture was taken, like someone else said he smoked a pipe, often while playing.
What strings?!?
Gauge? It's debated, many say light top heavy bottom, 0.09-0.5, though there's a fair bit of evidence he played 8 gauge as did BB. Possibly 8 and 10 gauge hybrid set, 8 gauge on the high strings and 10 gauge on the low ones.
However he tuned down his low strings, so with 8 gauge on the high strings it would balance well, he tuned his E and A string a whole step down and the rest a half step if I remember. Pretty weird tuning either open E minor (C B E G B E) or open F tuning. This is because he played upside down without flipping the strings like most lefties like Hendrix did.