High Def B.B. King
05/28/2009
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(Kayos) Eagle Vision, the wholly-own subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment, will release the legendary king of the blues, B.B. King, Live At Montreux 1993, on Blu-Ray disc and DVD on June 2.
The 17-song 99-minute set features the then 68-year old Mississippi Blues Boy in rare form, feeding off the palpable crowd love, singing his heart out and bending those notes on ol' Lucille, making her cry and moan. With his smokin'-hot bigband behind him punctuating every wiggle of his ample torso with staccato horn blasts, B.B. spans the gamut of blues from jump-blues and barrelhouse boogie to the kind of dramatic balladry that wrings out every last teardrop of emotion.
A special Blu-Ray exclusive features three tracks from King's triumphant 2006 Montreux appearance: "Why I Sing The Blues," "When Love Comes To Town" and "Guess Who."
B.B. King has, since 1949, recorded some of the greatest blues ever put to wax. With over 50 albums to his credit, he's come from busking on the streets to being one of the most internationally beloved names in all of entertainment. He hitchhiked to Memphis as a teenager where he was tutored by his cousin, blues legend Bukka White. After Sonny Boy Williamson gave him his start on the radio, B.B. toured the south, naming his guitar Lucille after a woman who was the cause of a fight and an arson in Twist, Arkansas (where B.B. went running into the burning building to save his beloved guitar).
His first #1 hit was the "Three O'Clock Blues" and he toured to support it by playing 342 one-night stands in 1956! He has since honed his guitar style to incorporate elements of Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker, and has influenced every generation of axmen since including Clapton, Beck, Page, Perry and more.
B.B. King has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival a record 19 times and is scheduled there again this summer.
Track Listing
1) Fanfare
2) Six Pack
3) Two I Shoot Blues
4) BB King intro
5) Let The Good Times Role
6) When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)
7) Chains of Love
8) Caldonia
9) All Over Again
10) Since I Met You Baby
11) Playing With My Friends
12) Ain't Nobody Home
13) Why I Sing The Blues
14) Blues Man
15) Rock Me Baby
16) Please Accept My Love
17) The Thrill Is Gone
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