Audio CD review:
B.B. King - Live at the Regal

B.B. King - Live at the Regal

Band: B.B. King Title: Live at the Regal Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Every Day I Have The Blues 2: Sweet Little Angel 3: It's My Own Fault 4: How Blue Can You Get? 5: Please Love Me 6: You Upset Me Baby 7: Worry, Worry 8: Woke Up This Mornin' 9: You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 10: Help The Poor

Editoral Review King's performance is visceral. Heralded as one of the greatest live blues albums ever recorded, this set catches the singer-guitarist as his star was in ascent: in 1964 playing Chicago's answer to Harlem's Apollo Theater--the Regal. He sings so hard that gravel flies even in his clearest high notes. And his trademark single-note guitar lines are sharp and steely, matching his voice with trembling vigor. He offers early hits like "How Blue Can You Get," "Worry, Worry," and "You Upset Me Baby" to what's essentially his adopted hometown crowd (by his own account, King had already played the theater hundreds of times). They give him a hero's welcome. In fact, the audience's screaming enthusiasm is distracting. But rarely has a love-fest of this magnitude between a performer and fans been documented. --Ted Drozdowski .. You can see a complete list of all B.B. King discography, or go back to the B.B. King tabs