B.B.King and Eric Clapton "Riding with the King"

Riding with the King is a blues album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King that was released in 2000. It was their first collaborative album and won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album reached number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the United States. Riding with the King was also released on a DVD-Audio in higher resolution and with a 5.1 surround sound mix in 2000.

The album was generally well received by reviewers, although some felt that it could have been better, and that the sound on the CD was too polished for a blues album.

Riding with the King was the first collaborative album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King. They performed together for the first time at Cafe Au Go Go in New York City in 1967 when Clapton was 22 and a member of Cream, but did not record together until 1997 when King collaborated with Clapton on the song "Rock Me Baby" for his duets album, Deuces Wild. Clapton looked up to King and had always wanted to make an album with him. King said they had discussed the project often, and added: "I admire the man. I think he's No. 1 in rock 'n' roll as a guitarist and No. 1 as a great person." At the time of recording Riding with the King, Clapton was 55 and King 74.

Clapton initiated the recording sessions for Riding with the King and included some of his regular session musicians on the album. He also chose the songs and co-produced the album with Simon Climie, who had previously worked on several of Clapton's albums. While this would appear to be a Clapton album recorded with King, Clapton gave center-stage to King, who took the lead on many of the songs with his singing and his solos.

Riding With King

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Glenn Hughes & Pat Thrall

After the break-up of Deep Purple, Glenn Hughes had not been prolific in his output. By 1981 he had only produced one solo album; 1977's Play Me Out, an album focused on Hughes’ love for soul and funk. By comparison, guitarist Pat Thrall had worked on several albums with Automatic Man and Pat Travers. Thrall had come to the attention of Hughes while he was trying to write new material in Los Angeles. The two got together and quickly struck up a working partnership. The result was the Hughes/Thrall album. Hughes/Thrall marked a return to hard rock for Hughes. The album itself has a definite AOR sound, but with influences of new wave and post-punk. Thrall made good use of guitar synthesizers and many have cited the album as being quite influential to the direction of rock music in the 80s. It was critically well received upon its release. However, despite the positive reception from critics, the album failed to sell well at the time. It has since, however, become somewhat of a cult album.

1982 Hughes Thrall 

After Tea - Blues Rock

After Tea was a Dutch flower power band formed in the Hague in 1967 by Hans van Eijck (keyboards, guitar, vocals), U.K. native Ray Fenwick (guitar, vocals), Rob "Polle" Edward (bass, organ, vocals), and Martin Hage (drums). Their first hit was "Not Just a Flower in Your Hair," and they carried on, despite personnel changes, until the early '70s.

After Tea - 1970 - Jointhouse Blues

Volker Kriegel - Jazz Fusion,

Volker Kriegel (Darmstadt, 24 de dezembro de 19431 — Donostia-San Sebastián, 14 de junho de 2003) foi um compositor e guitarrista alemão. Em 1975, ele era um membro fundador do United Jazz + Rock Ensemble.2 Atuou também como sideman de vários músicos, incluindo Klaus Doldinger. Além da música, Kriegel foi também um cartunista que apareceu em vários jornais alemães, na emissora de rádio, e um diretor de filmes e autor de livros relacionados à música.

Volker Kriegel - Topical Harvest [1976]

Volker Kriegel - (1982) Combination Leaf

Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy

Grandes duetos de Mr. Clapton, com o Blues Man Buddy Guy.

6 OCTOBER 1987 - ERIC CLAPTON WITH BUDDY GUY

LOCATION: Ronnie Scott's London United Kingdom

BAND LINEUP: 

Eric Clapton – guitar / vocals

Buddy Guy – guitar / vocals

Chris Stainton – keyboards

Greg Rzab – bass 

Gerry Porter - drums

SET LIST: 

01. Sweet Home Chicago

02. Play The Blues

03. Key To The Highway

04. Stormy Monday 1

05. Real Mother For Ya

06. Stormy Monday 2

07. Jam

08. Worried Life Blues 1

09. Worried Life Blues 2 

10. Hurt So Bad

11. I Just Wanna Make Love To You

SHOW NOTES: 

Filmed for inclusion in the South Bank Show documentary about Eric Clapton that was then in production.

BOOTLEG RECORDING(S): 

Ronnie Scotts 6 Oct 1987 (The Gold Standard BG 321 RS368 – 2 CD)

Black Magic Woman (EC Is Here DJ Copy 73/74 – 2 CD plus VHS of Southbank Show)

" A stunning performance, highly recommended. Several sources refer to  this disc as a soundboard but it's actually an excellent quality  audience recording. Recorded in a small club, it does not have the  "boominess" associated with many audience recordings. Buddy Guy's guitar  is clearly audible, and at the same volume level in the mix as EC's -  this is not the case with the soundboard material recorded and broadcast  from the show, in which Guy's guitar is very low in the mix and almost  inaudible. A careful listen during quiet passages reveals that all  instruments have some room reverb, as opposed to the "close" sound  associated with being close-miked. In particular, listen carefully on  headphones during the (stunning) performance of "Wanna Make Love to You"  and the room echo on all instruments is easy to identify during quiet  passages. "Wanna Make Love" is one of the down-and-dirtiest, funky,  greasy blues numbers you will ever hear - this is one that will grow  hair on your chest." ( http://electric--blues.blogspot.com.br/2011/12/eric-clapton-buddy-guy-live-at-ronnie.html )...

Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - Live At Ronnie Scott's (1987)

Mais um registro não oficial do encontro destes Mestres da Guitarra...

Eric Clapton & Buddy Guy - 1990 - Royal Albert Hall.

Blues: Guitar Women

Uma pequena homenagem às mulheres guitarristas que marcaram presença no Blues. Nada mais sexy que uma mulher, tirando um solo de blues na guitarra!!!

Blues - Guitar Women (2005) Vol 01

1. Can't Quit the Blues - Lara Price Band/Laura Chavez
2. Takin' It All to Vegas - Debbie Davies
3. The - Alice Stuart Man Is So Good
4. Mediterranean Breakfast - Sue Foley
5. The - Deborah Coleman River Wild
6. Living on the Road - Joanna Connor
7. Navajo Moon - Ana Popovic
8. Judgement Day Blues - Carolyn Wonderland
9. Lonely Lonely Nights - Eve Monsees
10. It's a Blessing - Maria Muldaur/Bonnie Raitt
11. Dreamland Blues - Erja Lyytinen
12. Lynn's Blues - Barbara Lynn
13. Goin' Down - Tracy Conover
14. Baghdad Blues - Beverly "Guitar" Watkins
15. Woke up This Mornin' - Ruthie Foster


Blues - Guitar Women (2005) Vol 02

1. Fool Me Good - Precious Bryant
2. Going Down This Road - Algia Mae Hinton
3. Doggie Treats - Sue Foley
4. Fixin' To Die - Rory Block
5. Dead End Street - Ellen McIlwaine
6. Rather Be The Devil - Alice Stuart
7. Streamline Train - Jessie Mae Hemphill
8. Nothing's Changed - Gaye Adegbalola
9. One Dime Blues - Etta Baker
10. Ain't Nothing In Ramblin' - JoAnn Kelly
11. Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
12. Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
13. Skinny Legs Blues - Geeshie Wiley
14. In My Girlish Days - Memphis Minnie

"When a woman gets the blues, she hangs her head and cries.

When a man gets the blues, he catches a train and rides."

(Traditional blues verse, author unknown)

Central Nervous System

Band was originally known as "Five Sounds" and included keyboardist Joe Sealy. They released two singles in 1965 and 1966 on Epic which charted on Halifax radio station CHNS. In 1968 the "Five Sounds" were the house band on CBC television's "Where It's At" (the local segment of the national series) which was hosted by Frank Cameron and produced in Halifax. In 1968 the band went to New York to record "I Could Have Danced All Night" album and changed name to "Central Nervous System" at the suggestion of Mark Joseph who worked at the Record Plant where the album was recorded. Album consisted of Billard and Jollimore penned originals and cover of Lonnie Mack's "Why" which was not listed on the album cover. Album was produced by Tom Wilson (Zappa, Dylan) and Eddie Kramer (Hendrix, Stones) was one of the engineers. Band split up in 1969 just before the album had a chance to try itself in the marketplace and dates were lined up to tour in the United States. Billard and White both went on to play in "Pepper Tree" at different times. Oakley switched to lead guitar and was a founding member of "Soma". Jollimore and Cassidy both went to Lighthouse. 

Written from info from: Ritchie Oakley, Jim Rice and Richard Bonner.

( http://nsclassicrock.8m.com/centralnervoussystem.html )

Central Nervous System - I Could Have Danced All Night 1968