Audio CD review:
B.B. King - Deuces Wild

B.B. King - Deuces Wild

Band: B.B. King Title: Deuces Wild Rating: Release Date: 04 November, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: If You Love Me 2: The Thrill Is Gone 3: Rock Me Baby 4: Please Send Me Someone To Love 5: Baby I Love You 6: Ain't Nobody Home 7: There Must Be A Better World Somewhere 8: Confessin' The Blues 9: Paying The Cost To The Boss 10: Dangerous Mood 11: Keep It Coming 12: Cryin' Won't Help You Babe 13: Night Life

Editoral Review B. B. King, probably the most celebrated living blues player, has come a long way from Itta Bena, Mississippi, and this CD illustrates just how far. A series of guest shots by such artists as Van Morrison, Tracy Chapman, Eric Clapton, Mick Hucknall, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Joe Cocker, Marty Stuart, the Rolling Stones, and Willie Nelson, Deuces Wild is far removed from the blues King played in the '40s and '50s. It's more like psychodrama, especially in the case of the Cocker track, "Dangerous Mood. " Nobody here, celebrity notwithstanding, is just going through the motions. The album's crass concept is redeemed by, among others, drummers Steve Jordan, Jim Keltner, and Charlie Watts. Although it's an overblown international project with no affinity for the meaning of the blues, the players and their love for the music triumph. --Stanley Booth .. You can see a complete list of all B.B. King discography, or go back to the B.B. King tabs