Lovejoy:(1971)
Truckload of Lovin':(1976)
The power of Albert King can not be denied. His guitar playing was forceful, as though he was channeling all 6' 7" of his body through his strings. My first encounter with an Albert King recording was at about fourteen. There was a Gibson's discount store near us that sold lots of cassettes. I would read guitar player magazine or Rolling Stone, and every time a musician I admired would mention one of their heroes, I'd scour Gibson's to see if they had anything by that artist. That's how I happened to find a badly reproduced cassette of Born Under A Bad Sign, clearly not licensed. I think I paid $1.99 for it, but it was good enough that I could pick up on what everyone was talking about in regards to this blues slinging guitarist named King.
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