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Albert King - 1967 - Born Under A Bad Sign
One of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with B. B. King and Freddie King), Albert King stood 6' 4" (192 cm) and weighed 250 lbs (118 kg) and was known as "The Velvet Bulldozer". He was born Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi. During his childhood he would sing at a family gospel group at a church. One of 13 children, King grew up picking cotton on plantations near Forrest City, Arkansas where the family moved when he was eight. He began his professional work as a musician with a group called In The Groove Boys in Osceola, Arkansas. He also briefly played drums for Jimmy Reed's band and on several early Reed recordings. Influenced by blues musicians Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lonnie Johnson, but also interestingly Hawaiian music, the electric guitar became his signature instrument, his preference being the Gibson Flying V, which he named "Lucy". Born Under a Bad Sign is a blues album recorded between 1966 and 1967, and released in 1967 by Stax Records. This was the first album Albert King recorded on Stax, and the title song became a blues standard. 01 - Born Under A Bad Sign 02 - Crosscut Saw 03 - Kansas City 04 - Oh, Pretty Woman 05 - Down Don't Bother Me 06 - The Hunter 07 - (When I Lost My Baby) I Almost Lost My Mind 08 - Personal Manager 09 - Laundromat Blues 10 - As The Years Go Passing By 11 - The Very Thought Of You LINK
