Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:57
Size: 138,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: LP (front & back) & CD (full)
1. When You Find A Fool (4:45)
2. The Blues Has Got Me (3:49)
3. Love At First Sight (3:59)
4. The Twelve Year Old Girl (3:47)
5. 99 Pounds (3:39)
6. Laundromat Blues (6:33)
7. Able Mae Bee (4:02)
8. He'll Drain On You (5:39)
9. The Woman I Love (3:46)
10. Buttermilk And Cornbread (7:52)
11. Losin' Boy (Bonus) (4:47)
12. Man-Sized Job (Bonus) (2:41)
13. Eddie's Thing (Instrumental) (Bonus) (4:32)
Eddie King (born Edward Lewis Davis Milton, April 21, 1938) is an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Living Blues stated 'King is a potent singer and player with a raw, gospel-tinged voice and an aggressive, thick-toned guitar sound'. He was noted as creating a 'straightforward style, after Freddie King and Little Milton'. King was born in Talladega, Alabama, United States. His parents were both musical, with his father playing guitar and his mother a gospel singer. King learned basic guitar riffs from watching from outside the window of local blues clubs, and was inspired by the playing of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. He grew up playing alongside Luther Allison, Magic Sam, Junior Wells, Eddie C. Campbell, and Freddie King.
He relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1954, and his diminutive stature and the influence of B.B. King led to him being referred to as 'Little Eddie King'. Given a break by Little Mack Simmons, he first recorded under the tutelage of Willie Dixon and, in 1960, played on several tracks recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also recorded with Detroit Junior. Also in 1960, King had a single released by J.O.B. Records, 'Shakin' Inside' / 'Love You Baby'. He then became the guitarist backing Koko Taylor, a role he undertook for two decades. Separately forming Eddie King & the Kingsmen in 1969, King moved to Peoria, Illinois, in the early 1980s. Since the early 1990s, King's backing ensemble have been known as the Swamp Bees, and his output has incorporated Chicago blues, country blues, blues shouter, and soul.
His debut album, "The Blues Has Got Me" (1987), was issued by the Netherlands based record label Double Trouble, and later re-released by Black Magic. It featured one of his sisters, Mae Bee May, on vocals. In 1997, King recorded "Another Cow's Dead", which got a Blues Music Award for 'Best Comeback Blues Album'. /Wikipedia
Note: Recorded at Soto Sound in Chicago, USA. December, 1985 & November 1986
He relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1954, and his diminutive stature and the influence of B.B. King led to him being referred to as 'Little Eddie King'. Given a break by Little Mack Simmons, he first recorded under the tutelage of Willie Dixon and, in 1960, played on several tracks recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also recorded with Detroit Junior. Also in 1960, King had a single released by J.O.B. Records, 'Shakin' Inside' / 'Love You Baby'. He then became the guitarist backing Koko Taylor, a role he undertook for two decades. Separately forming Eddie King & the Kingsmen in 1969, King moved to Peoria, Illinois, in the early 1980s. Since the early 1990s, King's backing ensemble have been known as the Swamp Bees, and his output has incorporated Chicago blues, country blues, blues shouter, and soul.
His debut album, "The Blues Has Got Me" (1987), was issued by the Netherlands based record label Double Trouble, and later re-released by Black Magic. It featured one of his sisters, Mae Bee May, on vocals. In 1997, King recorded "Another Cow's Dead", which got a Blues Music Award for 'Best Comeback Blues Album'. /Wikipedia
Note: Recorded at Soto Sound in Chicago, USA. December, 1985 & November 1986
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9 comments:
hola amigos del blog ! un gran disco del guitarrista de Koko Taylor junto a su hermana que también y a pesar de no ser muy conocida es una excelente vocalista .Se pasara un rato agradable escuchando este cd . Felicitaciones por la pagina y mis disculpas por no entrar a saludarlos pero promete estar acompañándolos mas seguido .
Un abrazo y buena semana !
Glad you enjoyed the post Luther Blues, and thanks for your comment. Sorry for not writing in Spanish, but I hope you understand English.
Hello, I hope you are doing well, Please send a link for this Lp. Eddie King - The Blues Has Got Me.
Thank you very much, and have a good weekend.
Links for this post updated May 31, 2020.
Would love to have this reupped. I do not have any of his works. :)
Links for this post updated September 5, 2022.
Thanks Rooster. I am going to listen to him tonight! :)
Please Red Rooster New Link. Thank You
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