Instruments: electric guitar, vocals
Lifespan: 1924-1992
Style synopsis: One of the most influential blues guitarists ever. One of the three Kings of electric blues guitar.
Representative Recordings:(ratings strictly my opinion - jm)
(1) Wednesday / Thursday Night in San Francisco (1968, Stax) (****) (both)
(2) Blues At Sunrise (Live in Montreux 1973, released 1988, Stax) (****)
(3) King of the Blues Guitar (have it, will get info later) (***)
Contributor: John Morgan (jpm@juliet.ll.mit.edu)
Contributor's comments: The guitar work of Albert King lives on in the playing of literally thousands of blues, rock, and jazz guitarists. Picking with his bare fingers and the volume turned WAY up, Albert created perhaps the most cutting and immediately identifiable electric blues guitar style ever. Absolutely one of the most powerful, articulate, and soulful string benders ever.