AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Blues album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by B.B.King complete with original artwork and liner notes. “Singin’ The Blues”; “B.B.King Wails”; “The Blues” and “and “My Kind Of Blues” To most of us music fans living in the 21st century, B.B.King was the “real thing”, the epitome of the “Blues Man”, a genuine living legend! Here was a guy who had actually lived the classic blues story. He was born Riley B. King into poverty on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers. A broken family was followed by being raised by his maternal grandmother and he was singing gospel in the local church from a very young age. Legend has it that he was given his fist guitar at age 12 by a relative named Bukka White! Following White to Memphis in 1946 he stayed with the great blues man until returning home 10 months later. By 1948 he was singing and DJ’ing on local radio station WDIA and when he met T Bone Walker he made the decision to get himself an electric guitar. The rest as they say is a legendary blues history and the early results can be heard on our four classic selections.
CD1 1-12: ‘Singin’ The Blues’ 1. Please Love Me 2. You Upset Me Baby 3. Everyday I Have The Blues 4. Bad Luck 5. 3 O’Clock Blues 6. Blind Love 7. Woke Up This Morning 8. You Know I Love You 9. Sweet Little Angel 10. Ten Long Years 11. Did You Ever Love A Woman 12. Crying Won’t Help You 13-22: ‘B.B. King Wails’ 13. Sweet Thing 14. I’ve Got Papers On You, Baby 15. Tomorrow Is Another Day 16. Come By Here 17. The Fool 18. I Love You So 19. The Woman I Love 20. We Can’t Make It 21. Treat Me Right 22. Time To Say Goodbye
CD2 1-12: ‘The Blues’ 1. Why Do Everything Happen To Me 2. Ruby Lee 3. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer 4. Don’t Have To Cry aka Past Day 5. Boogie Woogie Woman 6. Early In The Morning 7. I Want To Get Married 8. That Ain’t The Way To Do It 9. Troubles, Troubles, Troubles 10. Don’t You Want A Man Like Me 11. You Know I Go For You 12. What Can I Do 13-22: ‘My Kind of Blues’ 13. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 14. Mr. Pawn Broker 15. Understand 16. Someday Baby 17. Driving Wheel 18. Walking Dr. Bill 19. My Own Fault Baby 20. Cat Fish Blues 21. Hold That Train 22. Please Set The Date
