I was very blessed and fortunate to have played and toured with Albert King for a while. I was playing trombone on this tour. You could feel the power emulating out of him clear across the stage.
And he talk about jimi saying he got his own thing but its not the real blue's and Jimi Hendrix never said anything bad about Albert after being asked about what king said tells you everything
@@wesleyAlan9179 what's that got to do with anything that I said or he said cuz when he stated was the facts Jimi Hendrix was not real blues that's a fact that wasn't a boomer mentality
I think the point of him saying that was more of a lesson.. remember he said “the better you get, the harder you have to work.. don’t ever get so good and say I got it all, don’t ever do that..” then he says to Stevie.. “you already pretty good.. and you gone get better” So I think it was lesson in what he was saying.. 💯
always tough to wrap my head around that. Its like learning a new language with a new alpahbet, I would imagine . Like going from English to japanese or arabic
@@jea783 if the strings are upside down but he holds it the other way around then the strings are normal. its just the body of the guitar that is upside down.
got to see Albert King a Juneteenth Festival in Houston in the early 80s. he was the amazing sauce. Never saw any blues performance that came close, except perhaps John Lee Hooker with Carlos Santana in Golden Gate Park in the mid80s. oh and Carlos Santana was the most humble rock star sitting in ever. in fact, he was literally sitting. back to the Juneteenth Festival and Albert King, i was so blown away. and just to spice the day up, a very young Albert Collins also played that day. TH-cam has Stevie Ray Vaughan up next. saw him open for that stupid hotdog George Thorogood etc/man, after Stevie played, George shoulda hung up his guitar and said goodnight forever.
somewhere listening to this was a mesmerized 16 year old stevie ray vaughan who was about to quit his day job to try and make it big just like his idol albert king...
I love the story of Albert King coming into the studio while Stevie Ray was recording and asking him for like $1500. Stevie Ray gave him the money and Albert King said “This is for all of those licks you stole from me!”. Lol He loved Stevie and Stevie obviously loved him.
I really like listen to Albert King because it gives me a sense of of center of square one you know square one square two square three just like on the chess board right I'm going to move to win our King was the best Albert King was the best 🎵🎵🎵😂
At one point Johnny was the highest paid act in the US. Although he was playing Rock and Roll at the time. I loved Johnny big time seen him countless times. :-) Peace
@@jimiplayscobo5877 Exactly! He opened for the best bluesman in America Michael Bloomfield. Mike introduced Johnny (Winters not Winter) as a "bad" guitar player, of course meaning very good. Executives from Columbia Records were watching, and signed Johnny with the biggest advance in music history, about $160,000 I believe. Of course my man Mike, the King of guitar, got snubbed. This kind of thing happened to poor Michael again and again. Yet Johnny was one of the greats too in the end.
@@jimiplayscobo5877 THATS where the 6 came from in my mind, just in the wrong order ahahah! Goddamn, im lookin at videos of Muddy as we speak! God to talk to you brother, keep the blues alive always!
This is one fo the finest examples of slow blues ever captured on film. Such distinctive phrasing and passion! His influence will live on for generations.
@@lous8619 ... I don't know about that. You can surely hear SRV copying Albert note-for-note and lick-for-lick but I can't recall hearing Hendrix do that. Hendrix was much less of a LICK player than SRV and more about melody. Every once in a while I hear some BB and some Buddy Guy but nowhere near as much Albert as SRV...who was a straight up copycat albeit a very very good one.
@FramrodLiggins I agree Hendrix is much more original and has many influences. I hear Albert's influence much more in SRV also but Jimi was certainly listening as well.
Dripping sweat, buzzing, amplifiers, screaming, guitars, great lyrics, crowded, smoky room. This is what blues is all about real no nonsense down home, blues.
You can definitely hear where SRV got his tasty licks and feel from. Albert was his mentor. R.I.P to both of the brothers. Always missed...never forgotten.
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@@stuartdinkes8048 Right...when I tell people about him the 1st thing I always say is, "he's who Hendrix & Vaughn worshiped & idolized...that's how good he was"
lat woods I agree ☝️ 100 % and not trying to make it a race thing but those that disagree are white guys that study “OUR” Greats and can never come close
I've said it a million times Albert King plays nasty cutthroat funky blues straight no chaser. He's my favorite out of the three kings and I love all three. The three kings are blues immortals. 💙🤴🏾🤴🏾🤴🏾💙
"Those bends" you said ! That's why nobody could never play like him. Imagine, bending a string to 4 tones and still sound in tune ! Who else dare? He also was a good arranger. What too many people don't know. I have a blues Heaven, and at the very top is Albert King.
@@nidranrebreski2828 man seeing all the hype behind him I’ve never even heard of Albee. But I’m not a blues fan. I’m an RnB fan and play guitar. Which is the offspring of blues. So I came back to learn my history. I’m from Memphis and Chicago so I know about BB King. Idk how I’ve only just now found out about Albert. In all honesty I thought Flying V’s were lame until I saw him ripping that one up.
I have Blues Power tattooed on my inner forearm. Every time I look at it, I get motivation from my hardships, and do my best to use them to my advantage and overcome them. BLUES POWER.
Anyone who's held a 60s vintage Flying V knows it's an unwieldy, heavy, imposing instrument. Albert's girth dwarfs this guitar, making it appear almost 3/4 size. Those huge powerful hands swallow the neck and tame that beast of an axe, making it babble and whimper like a baby.
"Jimi Hendrix used to take pictures of my fingers to try and see what I was doing. He never quite figured it out, but Jimi was a hell of guitar player, the fastest dude around at the time. To me, he was overplaying when he tried to play the blues. He’d hit two or three good licks here and there and then speed them up and hit them over and over until he’d drown out all the good ones. The kids loved it and I liked his playing, that was his style. But don’t call him a great bluesman. I think he was going more in that direction, but we’ll never know because he didn’t take care of himself." ~ Albert King ~
People always have to bring up the god, Jimi Hendrix. He had very little in common with Albert King’s playing (whereas SRV combined elements of Albert King with Hendrix to arrive at his own volcanic style). Having lived that era, I would say, Hendrix was great for the time, and for what he was: a showman, innovative in a number of respects, very skilled at effects, but vastly overrated in actual playing, and this is so evident when he tried to play an acoustic guitar; there were many better guitarists, in every genre. Saw Terry Kath at the Fillmore in ‘69. There’s a reason he impressed Hendrix. Anyone who ever saw Jerry Reed when he was serious, or Chet Atkins, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass up close, knows. But pollsters put JH at the top, ignoring cats like Kath, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Gary Moore, etc. It’s ludicrous.
This song is so damn true. Everyday i wake up feeling the power of the blues, blues like this really make me stanky. Back in the 70s my granny used to play this down at the bayou. What more could you ask for than a glass of warm whiskey and some good ol stanky blues. The blues will NEVER die, it lies in my soul. -Gary (m82)
S.R.V. plays these opening licks note for note on Texas Flood. I always loved the tone of Albert King. He had some serious bite in his sound. A guitar heros' , guitar hero. Never gets old.
When I lived in Southern California I went with a friend to Pasadena and saw Albert, BB,and Bobbie Blue Bland perform. One of the best times of my life
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"B.B. King's brother", a true legend, but still underrated. He developped his self-taught individual style playing left handed on a right handed guitar (his first "guitars" were self built).
I saw Albert King open for the Doors in 1972 or 1973. The FM radio station KPPC played rock and roll plus the blues and I was introduced to the Blues. Albert was smoking hot!
3:33 "I ain't seen my main squeeze in ten old weeks today. You know I got 'em." and then straight into that solo, *GODDAMN.* I got the chills and shivers from that.
Father in Heaven, bless me with peace and comfort in times of trouble. When I am anxious or afraid, fill me with Your serenity. Let me feel Your comforting presence and find solace in Your eternal love.
Well, you know what they say: it's not about how many notes you play, it's about HOW you play'em, WHEN you play'em and how much SOUL you put on them when you're playing'em. And this man had tons of all that in his playing
When I listen 2 music,I do not listen to just hear it. I listen to FEEL it,this guy,Albert King,makes u feel the music the way an artist is suppose too. RIP brother,as Johnny Guitar Watson said," that's a real mother ya."
Stevie rays Signature playing style is Albert King all the way.Albert King is who let Stevie sit in for the very first time and get noticed.I think it was at Antoine’s
As a young teenager I saw Albert many times at the Fillmore West. In the front row the guitar sounded like bombs dropping. You have experience it in person, like the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the world.
Same here brother. Lucky to catch him many times in his prime at FW and Winterland. I play blues harp and copy some of his phrasing in my bends. Always my favorite (AK). Jaw dropping when he was on the top of his game.
He plays what he feels. It's not scales really fast. His guitar speaks for him: simple, soulful, elegant. He is still miles behind Freddie King in bringing the voice out in every note, penetrating soul from his lady.
This comment came to me without a thought. Just watch the whole video and I said out loud where he plays upside down my whole life turns right side up. I met Albert King in New York City Lone Star Cafe in the late 80s and he signed my record live wire Blues power and he said Albert King loves you still got it:-) man I love this guy
So he flips the guitar upside down, for his left hand, and didn't restring it like Hendrix had, and he plays this sublime stuff?! This artistry of the finest. Thanks for posting it. Amazing.
@@bensblues I was just gonna comment that. Jimmy used to switch from left hand to right hand when his dad would come in the room because his dad believed playing left-handed was witchcraft. I've heard it said that Jimi played just as good right-handed as he did left-handed. NOTE...Jimi was actually a right-handed person
It gave him a lot of that distinctive sound.. bending strings up or down - it just sounds different, I never figured why, but it does, try it .. the fingers work different
@@tomasvanecek8626 as a young guitar player back in the day i knew he sounded very different for the obvious reasons but then realized after staring at a picture realized he was playing upside down and backwards which really flipped me out...
Don't limit yourself to Albert.Theres so many.They will change you music taste.Checkout Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Ike Turner(before Tina), Freddie King.That will get ya started!
Albert King is the greatest Blues Guitarist period don't even think for a min SRV is even close to albert.why because Albert had waaaaaay more tone and power
He mashing on that box he walking over the brass then he go turn the amp up some more the man had something say without using words long live the legend
Black People are amazing ❤ thanks for this beautiful music. Legendary music, forever rock, blues, jazz, metal, punk, hardrock, etc... True music forever ❤
They all tried, I Love this song so much, I'm delighted to meet you here. How is the pandemic going over there? Where are you watching from? I'm Patrick Corey from California USA.
Albert influenced everyone...you name them... Clapton... Stevie Ray...Jeff Beck..and the list goes on and on....when it came to bending strings Albert was the King...pun intended.....🎸🎸🎸
He had one of the most unmistakable styles out there. You can't hear one of his songs and not know immediately who it is. One of my favorites and a true pioneer. You have to give credit to anyone that can rise to the level that he did while playing the instrument in a way that no one else does.
That was one of the best I've ever heatd in my life. MR. ALBÈRT, you get ALL respect.! For real.so does your brother BB. I guess you can tell...i'm "old school" 😊 Don't matter. BIg up's. ❤
The way he slightly over bends notes is a side effect of the upside down thing, he squeezes the neck and has more power than us "normal " players! Anyway, that's what makes him special and I love it! R.i.p big Al !!!
What a giant of a blue's artist, and powerhouse Albert King is. I say "is", because his talent lives on in our heart's. Such a cool dude!!!!!! Talent beyond believable. 🙏🤗👍
Incredible. Thank you to Rick Beato and Joe Bomamossa for introducing me to this performance.
I've heard it but thanks to those two I had to come see it!
I also looked this up because Joe talked about it
Me too. Much appreciated.
same
Same here. Man, listen to that tone! Killer
I was very blessed and fortunate to have played and toured with Albert King for a while. I was playing trombone on this tour.
You could feel the power emulating out of him clear across the stage.
my man. you are a legend
Awesome opportunity, congrats....👍
Salute
I can't imagine the cajones it took to be on the same stage with Albert. Intimidating... powerful...
Oh man I could talk to u for hours I bet he was amazing to be around
The fact that Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughan worshiped this man shows u everything u need to know about how amazing he was.
Absolutely 💯 %
Facts.. Albert was a monster
And he talk about jimi saying he got his own thing but its not the real blue's and Jimi Hendrix never said anything bad about Albert after being asked about what king said tells you everything
@@justicemcdonald2939
Albert king had that "Boomer" mentality
@@wesleyAlan9179 what's that got to do with anything that I said or he said cuz when he stated was the facts Jimi Hendrix was not real blues that's a fact that wasn't a boomer mentality
This man looked SRV straight in his face and told him he was "pretty" good
This blues master is nothing but the truth , the holy truth!!
SRV called Albert Daddy. Nuff said.
Best comment I’ve ever seen. Had me dying. Thank you! This post immediately had me laughing.
I think the point of him saying that was more of a lesson.. remember he said “the better you get, the harder you have to work.. don’t ever get so good and say I got it all, don’t ever do that..” then he says to Stevie.. “you already pretty good.. and you gone get better” So I think it was lesson in what he was saying.. 💯
@@gavindandrick7486 yeah probably
Left handed guitar player with a right handed flying V ! Strings upside down! Genius !
always tough to wrap my head around that. Its like learning a new language with a new alpahbet, I would imagine . Like going from English to japanese or arabic
a flying v with strings upside down is just a lefty with the volume control on top
@@TwelfthRoot-tt5nm Try to play with strings upside down. This is my point
@@jea783 if the strings are upside down but he holds it the other way around then the strings are normal. its just the body of the guitar that is upside down.
@@TwelfthRoot-tt5nm No it is not .He is playing a guitar upside down. That is a left handed guitar and he is playing it right-handed .
Even with the respect that Albert gets from hard-core blues fans, he still is under-rated. Outstanding guitarist, great musician.
SHO YOU RIGHT
Believe me, Albert has inspired a many!
I damn sure respect!
He's the "Velvet Refrigerator". I saw him with close to this lineup in Santa Cruz in 1976. His hands were huge.
got to see Albert King a Juneteenth Festival in Houston in the early 80s. he was the amazing sauce. Never saw any blues performance that came close, except perhaps John Lee Hooker with Carlos Santana in Golden Gate Park in the mid80s. oh and Carlos Santana was the most humble rock star sitting in ever. in fact, he was literally sitting. back to the Juneteenth Festival and Albert King, i was so blown away. and just to spice the day up, a very young Albert Collins also played that day. TH-cam has Stevie Ray Vaughan up next. saw him open for that stupid hotdog George Thorogood etc/man, after Stevie played, George shoulda hung up his guitar and said goodnight forever.
somewhere listening to this was a mesmerized 16 year old stevie ray vaughan who was about to quit his day job to try and make it big just like his idol albert king...
I love the story of Albert King coming into the studio while Stevie Ray was recording and asking him for like $1500. Stevie Ray gave him the money and Albert King said “This is for all of those licks you stole from me!”. Lol He loved Stevie and Stevie obviously loved him.
Ha! That's some real shit too.
@@bryangoodwin6626 what does your comment even mean Jethro?
I once saw Albert King at a community college. They only charged a dollar for the concert - the deal of a lifetime. He was amazing.
How fortunate you were, to have watched him play live! My mind would have been blown away!!!!!!! 🙏
Profusely sweating, bending almost everything, pure soul, delivery. He is the
very definition of a blues showman. We love you Albert!
I really like listen to Albert King because it gives me a sense of of center of square one you know square one square two square three just like on the chess board right I'm going to move to win our King was the best Albert King was the best 🎵🎵🎵😂
@@richardlake8303 Spliff?
@@richardlake8303 what the straight fuck are you talking about bro
He must have had Great guitar strings.. i wonder what brand and gauge ?
@@nelsonhibbert5267 50's term for maijuana
Greatness of the internet. Albert King on demand. Only a dream as a child.
MPWorldway Amen brother
Really! I wish i had had all this when i was a teenager!
@@whitehorsedancing I am and I have it. Such an inspiration
Facts!
Giant man. Giant voice. Giant hands. Giant heart. Giant Gibson. Giant Amps. Giant tone. Giant influence. No pedals. Albert, we love you.
Stevie Ray, Jimi, Johnny, Eric, Coco, all owe this guy a debt of gratitude.
and Rory
My first time hearing Albert King and I'm hooked. He's fantastic!
Welcome, my favorite....
Door to door, with Otis rush.
Same!
The best!
Me too! 🥂
Johnny Winter once said, there is no money in the Blues, we do it because we love it!! RIP Johnny!!
At one point Johnny was the highest paid act in the US. Although he was playing Rock and Roll at the time. I loved Johnny big time seen him countless times. :-) Peace
@@jimiplayscobo5877 👍🏽
@@jimiplayscobo5877 Exactly! He opened for the best bluesman in America Michael Bloomfield. Mike introduced Johnny (Winters not Winter) as a "bad" guitar player, of course meaning very good. Executives from Columbia Records were watching, and signed Johnny with the biggest advance in music history, about $160,000 I believe. Of course my man Mike, the King of guitar, got snubbed. This kind of thing happened to poor Michael again and again. Yet Johnny was one of the greats too in the end.
@@oldgrannywheels Johnny's advance was 600.000. He helped revive a lot of the blues legends especially Muddy's career.
@@jimiplayscobo5877 THATS where the 6 came from in my mind, just in the wrong order ahahah! Goddamn, im lookin at videos of Muddy as we speak! God to talk to you brother, keep the blues alive always!
This is one fo the finest examples of slow blues ever captured on film. Such distinctive phrasing and passion! His influence will live on for generations.
Got Blues ?
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So many know his playing without even knowing it. You can hear Albert's influence ooze out of Jimi and SRV. Countless others.
@@lous8619 ...
I don't know about that. You can surely hear SRV copying Albert note-for-note and lick-for-lick but I can't recall hearing Hendrix do that.
Hendrix was much less of a LICK player than SRV and more about melody.
Every once in a while I hear some BB and some Buddy Guy but nowhere near as much Albert as SRV...who was a straight up copycat albeit a very very good one.
@FramrodLiggins I agree Hendrix is much more original and has many influences. I hear Albert's influence much more in SRV also but Jimi was certainly listening as well.
R.I.P Albert King (April 25, 1923 - December 21, 1992), aged 69
You will be remembered as a legend
Dripping sweat, buzzing, amplifiers, screaming, guitars, great lyrics, crowded, smoky room. This is what blues is all about real no nonsense down home, blues.
This man is one of the best to ever do it. He deserves much more credit.
Wouldn't you just love a backing band like these guys.....man what a sound!!
This band just KILLS IT HERE🔥🔥
Albert was known for working his band hard and not taking any 💩.
You can definitely hear where SRV got his tasty licks and feel from. Albert was his mentor. R.I.P to both of the brothers. Always missed...never forgotten.
You left out Hendrix and Johnny Winter if you're talking about where SRV copped both his phrasing and his sound in general.
Brothers and friends indeed. Naught ego either!
@@dantean moreso albert and johnny than hendrix...
@@bensblues Not to my ears.
music is always about fusing those who were before and making it your own
No matter how many times I hear this, it never gets old. one of the all time greats
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NOTICE THE DATE OF THIS CONCERT SEPT 23RD 1970 FIVE DAYS AFTER JIMI HENDRIX DIED ONE OF JIMIS IDLES!!!!
me to!
@@stuartdinkes8048 Right...when I tell people about him the 1st thing I always say is, "he's who Hendrix & Vaughn worshiped & idolized...that's how good he was"
Magnifique. Salutations
Albert king and Freddie king two of the most underrated guitarist.
since when lol
@@AnsiloPlaysGames a long time now some lists have the disrespect of ranking Freddie King as 55 and Albert 43 in the top 100 guitarists of all time.
@lat woods I mean, most people regardless of their color didn't create the blues
lat woods I agree ☝️ 100 % and not trying to make it a race thing but those that disagree are white guys that study “OUR” Greats and can never come close
@@aaronandrus6623 "Our greats" is quite the sentiment of basking in glory of others with whom you are not
Look at that man's face when he is feeling it. Tells you that the blues is as much about joy as it is about sorrow.
Blues is a feeling, whatever you're feelin' at the time.
I've said it a million times Albert King plays nasty cutthroat funky blues straight no chaser. He's my favorite out of the three kings and I love all three. The three kings are blues immortals. 💙🤴🏾🤴🏾🤴🏾💙
This guy could play a whole song on a 1-string guitar! Those bends!
He only used 3 strings
"Those bends" you said ! That's why nobody could never play like him. Imagine, bending a string to 4 tones and still sound in tune ! Who else dare? He also was a good arranger. What too many people don't know. I have a blues Heaven, and at the very top is Albert King.
@@nidranrebreski2828 man seeing all the hype behind him I’ve never even heard of Albee. But I’m not a blues fan. I’m an RnB fan and play guitar. Which is the offspring of blues. So I came back to learn my history. I’m from Memphis and Chicago so I know about BB King. Idk how I’ve only just now found out about Albert. In all honesty I thought Flying V’s were lame until I saw him ripping that one up.
Not bends...pulls.He pulled down to get that fat tone with the little E on top.
Upside down and open tuning wtf lol
I have Blues Power tattooed on my inner forearm. Every time I look at it, I get motivation from my hardships, and do my best to use them to my advantage and overcome them. BLUES POWER.
Stay blessed.
He was the string bending master
He’s is absolutely killing that Flying V! He’s making it cry! The tone is unbelievably strong with this one. Love it! And that vibrato! Sick!
Anyone who's held a 60s vintage Flying V knows it's an unwieldy, heavy, imposing instrument. Albert's girth dwarfs this guitar, making it appear almost 3/4 size. Those huge powerful hands swallow the neck and tame that beast of an axe, making it babble and whimper like a baby.
He doesn't have to try. This is truly BLUES
The Velvet Bulldozer
Actor Stephen Segal has Albert's V collection.
Dual Showman with 2x15 JBL speakers helps the process.
Albert's tone on this recording is simply sublime
"Jimi Hendrix used to take pictures of my fingers to try and
see what I was doing. He never quite figured it out, but Jimi was a hell of
guitar player, the fastest dude around at the time. To me, he was overplaying
when he tried to play the blues. He’d hit two or three good licks here and
there and then speed them up and hit them over and over until he’d drown out
all the good ones. The kids loved it and I liked his playing, that was his style.
But don’t call him a great bluesman. I think he was going more in that
direction, but we’ll never know because he didn’t take care of himself." ~ Albert King ~
Wow ! 👨🏿💼👦🏿🤔🇺🇸
Where is that quote taken?
5 days after Hendrix died
@@michaelnero1550 wherefrom?
People always have to bring up the god, Jimi Hendrix. He had very little in common with Albert King’s playing (whereas SRV combined elements of Albert King with Hendrix to arrive at his own volcanic style). Having lived that era, I would say, Hendrix was great for the time, and for what he was: a showman, innovative in a number of respects, very skilled at effects, but vastly overrated in actual playing, and this is so evident when he tried to play an acoustic guitar; there were many better guitarists, in every genre. Saw Terry Kath at the Fillmore in ‘69. There’s a reason he impressed Hendrix. Anyone who ever saw Jerry Reed when he was serious, or Chet Atkins, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass up close, knows. But pollsters put JH at the top, ignoring cats like Kath, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Gary Moore, etc. It’s ludicrous.
I refuse to listen to this at a low volume.My speakers be blasting loud to the max.Smoking and thinking...About everything.❤
Mine too...Love him and Albert Collins!
You are correct sir, this can not be listened to at anything less then max volume.
my man!
say that again Yo ear got to be in your foot if ya can't hear it.
Man I so badly need a join listening to this
That phrasing, that sound, that vibe. Sheer power.
This song is so damn true. Everyday i wake up feeling the power of the blues, blues like this really make me stanky. Back in the 70s my granny used to play this down at the bayou. What more could you ask for than a glass of warm whiskey and some good ol stanky blues. The blues will NEVER die, it lies in my soul.
-Gary (m82)
Listen........some people are just gifted. Albert was one of em.
make no mistake........this is the KING of the kings.
Evan Neuburger bb
SCHIZOPHRENIC LSD ADDICT Freddie.
Not huge on freddy he doesent look cool.
SCHIZOPHRENIC LSD ADDICT are you kidding- massive collars are *essential* for the blues!
+Evan Neuburger George Benson is the King.
Slow blues hits the soul. It gets right to point. This is one of the best slow blues performances hands down. By one of the masters
S.R.V. plays these opening licks note for note on Texas Flood. I always loved the tone of Albert King. He had some serious bite in his sound. A guitar heros' , guitar hero. Never gets old.
His sound and tone is what sets him apart from his contemporaries
When I lived in Southern California I went with a friend to Pasadena and saw Albert, BB,and Bobbie Blue Bland perform. One of the best times of my life
You were so fortunate, to get to see the great Albert King playing live!!!!!!! 🙏👍🤗🩵
Look at him sweat, a true labor of love, pourin ' out his soul!
I believe Joe Bonnamassa played Mr Kings Flying V here. Blues is just the truth. No bullshit.
It REALLY doesn't get any better than this ! The real Blues power !!!
It's absolutely amazing that we have this footage!
Blues power!
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The man can flat out play and sing. A true gift to music
A mountain of a man. He had such a touch, tone with impeccable timing that Stevie Ray Vaughn picked up on and used it at will.
RIP to the both.
"Texas flood" ( song ) is pure Albert KIng.
"B.B. King's brother", a true legend, but still underrated. He developped his self-taught individual style playing left handed on a right handed guitar (his first "guitars" were self built).
I love how he engages the audience and they become part of the song. Gorgeous timing and complete abandon to the moment.
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That venue had the best sound system and mix. The Fillmore was heavenly!
I saw Albert King open for the Doors in 1972 or 1973. The FM radio station KPPC played rock and roll plus the blues and I was introduced to the Blues. Albert was smoking hot!
3:33 "I ain't seen my main squeeze in ten old weeks today. You know I got 'em." and then straight into that solo, *GODDAMN.* I got the chills and shivers from that.
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@@doshiamullins8675 Fuck god.
@@doshiamullins8675Jesus fucking Christ, relax!
god given talent,thats how a guitar should sound.
This is as good as electric blues guitar gets. Ain't nothin' beat this.
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Amén.
Albert King is one of the greatest artists ever. That voice and guitar playing are legendary.
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Best blues ever. 15 mins of playing only half a dozen different notes, but still making it interesting and expressive. Thats an art!
Well, you know what they say: it's not about how many notes you play, it's about HOW you play'em, WHEN you play'em and how much SOUL you put on them when you're playing'em. And this man had tons of all that in his playing
@@danielmicheli354 agree great comment
When I listen 2 music,I do not listen to just hear it.
I listen to FEEL it,this guy,Albert King,makes u feel the music the way an artist is suppose too.
RIP brother,as Johnny Guitar Watson said," that's a real mother ya."
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There is a lot to learn in that, limited notes with unlimited expression
Albert's tone is even bigger than he is. I guess we know where SRV got his from.
petec9686 yup.. when you hear Stevie you hear where his influence came from
petec9686 i hear alot of Albert in Stevies playing. Dont you agree
Yep. Some Albert, some Jimi, some Buddy Guy, and poof you got Stevie. All of them legendary. 👌
Stevie rays Signature playing style is Albert King all the way.Albert King is who let Stevie sit in for the very first time and get noticed.I think it was at Antoine’s
Can u dig it
As a young teenager I saw Albert many times at the Fillmore West.
In the front row the guitar sounded like bombs dropping.
You have experience it in person, like the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the world.
@Emilio Conesa Wow!! Thnx for your brilliant and colorful comment!! Way to paint a picture for us reading this!!
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Same here brother. Lucky to catch him many times in his prime at FW and Winterland. I play blues harp and copy some of his phrasing in my bends. Always my favorite (AK). Jaw dropping when he was on the top of his game.
In my opinion, there is the blues and everyone that plays it and then there is Albert Kang. You better sit down and listen up.
he makes every single note count!! never "overplays"
He plays what he feels. It's not scales really fast. His guitar speaks for him: simple, soulful, elegant. He is still miles behind Freddie King in bringing the voice out in every note, penetrating soul from his lady.
@@franciskralovec3326 couldnt have said it any better...im not a guitar player bur it sounds like you are....
One of The 3 Kings of Blues!! Albert..BB..and Freddie King!! RIP and Memory Eternal to All 3...
I think Albert King, BB, and A.Collins are the greatest bluesmen of all time.
Man the power of that sound is still there coming through my little iPhone speaker. This dude was and is still untouchable.
Heck yeah ! ❤️🎸
incredible phrasing no flashy solo's just simple perfectly timed phrasing. and that vibrato on par ( even better) than B.B. incredibleQ!!!
This comment came to me without a thought. Just watch the whole video and I said out loud where he plays upside down my whole life turns right side up. I met Albert King in New York City Lone Star Cafe in the late 80s and he signed my record live wire Blues power and he said Albert King loves you still got it:-) man I love this guy
Albert King had some incredible guitar licks. His touch was very subtle. He really knew how to make those strings sing.
So he flips the guitar upside down, for his left hand, and didn't restring it like Hendrix had, and he plays this sublime stuff?! This artistry of the finest. Thanks for posting it. Amazing.
hendrix could could play left and right handed with the strings strung either way on both
@@bensblues I was just gonna comment that. Jimmy used to switch from left hand to right hand when his dad would come in the room because his dad believed playing left-handed was witchcraft. I've heard it said that Jimi played just as good right-handed as he did left-handed. NOTE...Jimi was actually a right-handed person
@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus glad to know ppl know him
It gave him a lot of that distinctive sound.. bending strings up or down - it just sounds different, I never figured why, but it does, try it .. the fingers work different
@@tomasvanecek8626 as a young guitar player back in the day i knew he sounded very different for the obvious reasons but then realized after staring at a picture realized he was playing upside down and backwards which really flipped me out...
This is Mr. Albert King. "This is blues power."
Blues hurts, but I like it though...Hurts so good...
A timeless performance from the best. This will still be great 10,000 years from now.
“Everybody understands the Blues”
I learned the blues and I'm a blues girl through my dad. He was a great lead Guitar 🎸 blues man.. I love you Father😢. Guitar Nick name GOODIE.
@Martin G could you? haha
@Martin G have you ever played the guitar? I dont think you understand what's happening
@Martin G would you consider yourself a better guitarist than albert king?
@Martin G because they can play faster?
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I'm just discovering him and I really think he might be the most expressive guitar player I've ever heard this just shook me to the core I'm floored
You just don't know what you've been missing. Listen to "crosscut saw, flat tire, how blue can you get, badluck blues or born under a bad sign"
Don't limit yourself to Albert.Theres so many.They will change you music taste.Checkout Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Ike Turner(before Tina), Freddie King.That will get ya started!
You can hear every blues guitarist in his playing. Totally excellent
imagine having to follow albert king after he brings the house down.... 😁
When his guitar gets quiet, is when his music speaks so loud! We all got the blues!
The giant with the hands of an angel.
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@@empereurjustinien2082 un khey qui aime Albert :O
His timing,, his feeling, you know hees got the blues..
what a legend, Albert King is Blues.
1970 I would wake up n go right to my first Albert King album bc I knew I understood the Blues by then…
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Give me Albert King, SRV, or Eric Clapton, and I go to that place that fills my soul with blues baby, real blues... the good stuff.
Saw Albert King at a few nightclubs in the late '70's and early '80's' in Vancouver. Absolutely among the best, ever.
JIMI HENDRIX PASSED AWAY FIVE DAYS BEFORE THIS GIG!!!!
Whatever you say about this blues tune it ain't gonna be enough to describe how good it is
Albert King is the greatest Blues Guitarist period don't even think for a min SRV is even close to albert.why because Albert had waaaaaay more tone and power
Albert had WAY more power and tone than SRV without ANY of the boxes and pedals SRV used. That’s why they can’t be compared.
SRV loved Albert's sound!
He mashing on that box he walking over the brass then he go turn the amp up some more the man had something say without using words long live the legend
Black People are amazing ❤ thanks for this beautiful music. Legendary music, forever rock, blues, jazz, metal, punk, hardrock, etc... True music forever ❤
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Yes Sir! I saw Kingfish two weeks ago and is a fact. Bluesmen are unique.
I'm a white woman, of a particular age. I have loved the blues since I was a child.
It's just insane what he was able to convey with such "limited" resources. Albert King was truly a Master.
Good Gawd Mr. King is putting it down. Lucy is screaming the blues, he is truly in his element here.
They all tried, I Love this song so much, I'm delighted to meet you here. How is the pandemic going over there? Where are you watching from? I'm Patrick Corey from California USA.
Gawd damn, that tone cuts straight to the core. What a force of nature he was.
Albert influenced everyone...you name them... Clapton... Stevie Ray...Jeff Beck..and the list goes on and on....when it came to bending strings Albert was the King...pun intended.....🎸🎸🎸
Listing to this track on the Blues Power album changed my life. Absolute magic.
The Late Great King....Albert! So glad I got to see him LIVE before he passed....I saw him a couple years after this recording.
Awesome
Ya ever see SRV live?
Yes -- loud and boring. But he was better once he got sober...
OH ALBERT- OH ALBERT- HAVE MERCY
amen love
It’s like dying and going to heaven 🙏😁🥰
He had one of the most unmistakable styles out there. You can't hear one of his songs and not know immediately who it is. One of my favorites and a true pioneer. You have to give credit to anyone that can rise to the level that he did while playing the instrument in a way that no one else does.
Mr king is like the wolf as soon as the music starts you know
That was one of the best I've ever heatd in my life. MR. ALBÈRT, you get ALL respect.! For real.so does your brother BB. I guess you can tell...i'm "old school" 😊 Don't matter. BIg up's. ❤
The way he slightly over bends notes is a side effect of the upside down thing, he squeezes the neck and has more power than us "normal " players! Anyway, that's what makes him special and I love it! R.i.p big Al !!!
it's just a blue note my dude
Plus he is a big dude from the farm and has massive hands
@@spidey12332 ignorant comment. Obviously note a musical bone in your body.
You can tell he loved playing the blues.!!!!!!
This performance gives me the chills every time i listen to it !!
Ibrahim Hanna Albert King is the Best!!
Ibrahim Hanna I've been listening to Albert King since I was 11 years old 1969
HEAVY--THE BEST
What a giant of a blue's artist, and powerhouse Albert King is. I say "is", because his talent lives on in our heart's. Such a cool dude!!!!!! Talent beyond believable. 🙏🤗👍
In the 21st Century, we've lost the Blues and replaced it with anxiety
The blue's will live on, in our heart of hearts!!!!!! 🙏🤗🩵