You might be cool but you will NEVER be as cool as Albert playing "I'll Play The Blues For You" in a pink polyester leisure suit with a polka dot shirt collar folded on the outside. What a talent!!!

@mathtrixmusiclix4248

Ай бұрын

And an upside down Flying V!!!!

@russelmurray9268

Ай бұрын

Awesome outfit. Killer licks.

@MARKIEBANUNCE

Ай бұрын

And your guitar playing is cooler than your suit....

@russelmurray9268

Ай бұрын

@@MARKIEBANUNCE they're both super

@rv6205

Ай бұрын

that suit is so cool , all you need to do is walk out on stage with it, hit 5 notes ...and wham..instant star !!!!!!

Loved the "excuse me" before shredding an epic blues solo. 😂

@michaelyolch79

Ай бұрын

Albert Collins does the same on "If Trouble Was Money." I've always loved that. HA!

He said excuse me and then tore the house down with some of the nastiest guitar riffs you ever want to hear

@michaelyolch79

Ай бұрын

Albert Collins does the same on "If Trouble Was Money." I've always loved that. HA!

@mrstanbmw

Ай бұрын

yes sir I know about that too

@DjangoThunders

Ай бұрын

Well said!

@kohlertfiftyseven2956

25 күн бұрын

Not to take anything away from Albert Collins but Albert King did it upside down....blows my mind...

I met Albert and his girlfriend at a local Laundromat after his show. We were headed home, and I saw his tour bus in the parking lot, me and my friend Mathew went in and talked to him for a few minutes.Some how we got on the subject of drugs, and he said he would fire anybody in his band that used drugs. And he said to me you know why, then he told me Jimi Hendrix gave him a joint one time laced with something, and he said .and man I got so high and I was sweating, and I put ice between my legs and under my arms. And he said he would never do any drugs again. I met him in Winston-Salem NC 1980! Cool story?

@Aminharp1

16 күн бұрын

Very cool and very wise from the bulldozer Drugs would gave ruined his career Thx for narrating

Amazing how many people have NEVER heard of Albert King

@DjangoThunders

Ай бұрын

But they have heard his licks from Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, SRV, Jeff Beck and just about everyone else!

@bsmarwa1712

Ай бұрын

i'm from algerian i heard Albert King, stevie ray vaughan. B.B king. and other when i was sixteen years old

@briangriffin5524

27 күн бұрын

On another website a guy was defending Kiss. I called them trash and he was upset.😄

@elainemeyer5062

25 күн бұрын

Al’s considered as being one of the ‘Three King’s of the Blues’, along with B. B., and Freddie King. I guess some people just don’t like this type/genre of music in general. Too bad - they’re missing out on something 👍 imo!

@jeffreycollier1059

20 күн бұрын

Who you been hanging with? (Just kidding, at least 'you' know!). 😊

Happy 101st birthday to the Velvet Bulldozer, the King of the Blues. Albert King. Mike Bloomfield said Albert King could "take four notes and write a volume." His voice was suave as hell and cut his stinging guitar tone. He was truly the whole package. An inspiration to Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore and so many others.

One of my favorite guitar players

Albert King was a giant among men. His hands alone make that guitar look like a kids toy.

@johnnyfleming522

Ай бұрын

And he is playing it upside down and the big strings are on the bottom!!!!!😂🎉🎉🎉

The Godfather of the blues, the Velvet Bulldozer the one and only Albert King. ❤️

The master of the Flying V. What a giant!! The guitar looks so tiny in his big hands but he plays it with so much sensitivity. No wonder that he influenced so many guitar heroes like Hendrix, SRV, Clapton or Gary Moore.

@elainemeyer5062

8 күн бұрын

ALL of whom are 👏 Blues 🎸 🎤 ist’s imo. I’m 70ish now and have always 💟’d ALL genres of music, esp Blues!

he is not playing blues, he is the BLUES.

Albert King was a genuine artist for certain ❤, thank you dear inspiration,

Baddest solo ever played while wearing a pink polyester suit.

@danielsweet858

Ай бұрын

Think he was the only man who could pull that off!

@user-pm3bo5no2b

Ай бұрын

Facts

@gfgranja

Ай бұрын

@@danielsweet858Stevie too, he dressed like a gay pirate

@howardgott4946

Ай бұрын

And what’s wrong with polyester!

@friendofbeaver6636

Ай бұрын

He's known as the "Velvet Bulldozer!" A man who can sing and play an up-side-down guitar like that, can wear whatever he wants on TV.

As he said in 1968 at the Filmore West: 'This is BLUES POWER!' Happy posthumous birthday Mr. King!

So good. SRV wouldn't have licks without this man.

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

2 ай бұрын

u pls view srv and albert together in hamilton up close and personal early 80s.

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

2 ай бұрын

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live for television on December 6, 1983, at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton The Canada when Vaughan was 29 and King was 60.

@BIZARBIES

2 ай бұрын

@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 seen it 100 times my guy.

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

2 ай бұрын

@@BIZARBIES are you the canada?

@BIZARBIES

2 ай бұрын

@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 nope

so good- so smooth... glorious

1:22 There it is lurking in the background, that Acoustic amp with the big high frequency horn in the speaker cabinet. He played through this rig every time I saw him. It’s almost impossible to describe to anyone who goes to shows nowadays how loud Albert played on stage. It was glorious. B.B. was great, Freddie was great, but Albert was the King of the Kings in my book. Thank you, The Midnight Special, for posting this.

@megatedassaultituary6783

Ай бұрын

Yeah man some of the timing of his playing really hits the spot

@thomasscott1570

Ай бұрын

special underrated talent srv loved him

@mossstephen1066

Ай бұрын

​@@thomasscott1570 don't worry the srv fanboys can tell you that stevie invented all those riffs, everyone aspired to be stevie.

@DidYouReadEULA

Ай бұрын

Truth.

I say legend. My kid says you can't be a legend if everyone don't know who you are. Sorry a legend is some one every one might not know but the people who know you, know you well. Not a better musician to follow. Memphis TN Legend, we love you RIL. That guitar is like watching the steam come off Chelsea Ave on a hot rainy day

@katamedo5703

28 күн бұрын

He’s one of the Three Kings. Albert, Freddie and BB. Blues guitar OG. Most certainly a legend

@ErickHoward-qu7pe

7 күн бұрын

Great entertainer

Another pleasant Midnight Special surprise, first Muddy, and now Albert! Never knew they were on there until now!

Mr. Albert King’s rizz is incomparable 🙌🏻#bluespower

Albert could bend a note from one zip code to another!

Saw him in 72 in a small club in San Diego less than 20 feet away from him. Such an impressive man . One of my best memories from my Navy days.

@MrJdubbya36

Ай бұрын

Very jealous!!

IF IT WASN'T FOR ALBERT AND BB

BB King and this man were awesome blues men miss them 😢

@MoonPieCurtis662

Ай бұрын

I saw them onstage together in Greenville, MS.

In 1987 or so my buddy and me went to see King Albert @ the Lonestar Cafe NYC...less than 50 people in the afternoon.Glor y be...an intmate trip to heaven. On break Albert smoked a pipe..sat in a comfy chair and showed love for us showing love to him. He signed my Album cover... Live Wire Blues Power.. "Albert King Loves you" ..I cherish him on this earth...all blues players . It is sitting next to me ...most valuable possession🎸👍😁

My absolute favorite blues man, the guitar tone and that velvet and deep voice, a master ! Luckily I had the chance to see him live, Unforgettable !

That leisure suit tho....... Thats Big Pimpin Baby!!!

Beautiful…..simplicity at its finest. But that Gibson Flying Vee 👀.

Music has no colour - it's from the spirit, which is beyond creed or colour.

Holy smokes!!! Pure 🔥 man o man it doesn’t get any better! 😎

This man is an American Treasure. Play it Albert. :)

I spent an entire day once with Albert when I was a kid.

The best Albert King era. "I Wanna Get Funky" from 72 is my favorite album of his.

I saw him in 1982 at Fitzgerald's on White Oak Street in Houston TX. When I noticed he was playing a right hand guitar left handed with a right handed string setup, I was floored. I couldn't stop watching his hands play, backwards!! I had been a guitar player at that time too.

@BIZARBIES

2 ай бұрын

It is a trip! Eric Gales plays like that as well, and he's a monster player.

My Husband and I met his Twin nephews At BB Kings Club on Beale Street ,while on vacation.... They were very ( Real) and we talked awhile to them. Very Nice and Sincere young men.... We didn't get to see BB that night, but the Band that played were Spot On It!!! We had such a a Great Time..... God Bless All Of These Real Bluesmen,and Please Do Not leave Miss Etta James out..... Yes Indeed!!! Or Miss Bonnie Right,from a Different Generation...... Remember this,You Have To Have Had The Blues,To Understand , And Love The Blues 💯

Another great blues master! He inspired so many guitarists! Long live the blues 👍🎶🇫🇷

The most mellow, smooth, and satisfying version of Albert King performing this rightfully famous song of his.

@bernardmeyre

Ай бұрын

This version is great but i think i like the version in Wattstax even more...

He played very clean.

@AnthonyStJames

2 ай бұрын

But with nice sustain.

@RawKnee1111

2 ай бұрын

as well as playing a guitar strung for right hand players.

@michaelr.4878

Ай бұрын

​@RawKnee1111 - Yeah..I don't understand how he pulled off a lot of those licks strug like that. He was always bending downward. I'm a leftlhanded player too..but I have lefthanded guitars...strung like lefthanded guitars. hehe. When I was a little kid, I had a righthanded guitar, but I strung it and set it up like a lefthanded gutiar. Some of these guys like King and Eric Gales just play righthanded guitar..strung like righthanded guitars. It is so odd to me. As weird as it is, it would be nice to be able to try other ppl's guitars. hehe. Being a lefty absoultely sucks. I can't try other dude's guitars..I can't try thigns at guitar stores...etc. When buying a guitar, it always has to be ordered and it is a huge gamble on if you like it or not. In fact, I paid about 4K to have a guitar made for me..and after waiting 2 years, I got it..and I hate it. But who am I going to sell it to? haha. The lefty market is small.

@mrJimCharles

17 күн бұрын

Wait for it, he's gonna crank it up!!

@michaelwalston2438

3 күн бұрын

He played a solid state amp, the Acoustic Control 360.

That’s some smooth blues playing, what a voice and 🎸, thank you Albert King…that’s right hang in there and be tough, whatever brings us down, we’ll still “be around”.

Met Albert years ago. While I was travelling with Bobby Bland . Albert had a great sense of humor

Best use of a late 50's Flying V ever. Ferocious tone and the voice of an angel.

Yesssir!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏾

I got to see Albert King a couple times and he performed this song

@eileencastillo6323

2 ай бұрын

So lucky.

I love Albert! Have seen him perform many times and got to meet him and shake his hand. He was very gracious to this young kid at the time who was just starting to play guitar. Upside-down lefties rule!

@brotherbob3569

2 ай бұрын

I allso shook his hand in Memphis right before he went on stage at a free concert around 81. Huge dude with huge hands. The essence of cool.

@Genious.

2 ай бұрын

Half a century later and I still don't understand how someone can have such powerful hands that they can bend the E and B downward like that.

Reminds me of my dad would pull out his big ass Lincoln playing Albert king on way to the pool hall.

Gary Moore was also a big fan of Albert along with SRV. Their playing really shows Albert's influence.

@dariodiiasio6786

Ай бұрын

The list Is longer i bet, and you forgot Hendrix!

The Midnight was Special back in the 70s!

@kentbergstrom3020

Ай бұрын

Everything was special in the 70's 👍

The Pink Velvet Bulldozer!

That band is tight as could be . I hope there is more to come . The solo oml . Brilliant 😁

Blues in Pink! 🎸

Great live performance ! And what a beautiful pink suit !

Albert King SRV hero

NIGHTSTOMP on the jukebox at the Armadillo tavern in Jax Beach, 1974. Never forget.

Jesus.. I just can’t get enough of that last solo. His guitar tone is immense!!

This is one of the best videos of him playing that was ever made, thanks for this upload!!!

Grandioso Albert King❤. Thanks for sharing.

The Blues is Pink!

Love his style and listen to him lots. Being a guitar player myself, I've always been amazed at how he could play upside down, backwards, not re-strung! His bends were just insane being that he could pull down with gravity instead of pushing up. It's another whole world of study to get into the mindset of all those microtonal bending nuances and subtlety! It mimics the human voice so well. SRV had him down to a science! Awesome smooth singing voice too. Gotta just love the B3 accompaniment filling stuff out, that would inspire anybody to play a smoke and solo over! But Albert was a King of dat business!

The late so so GREAT Albert King my all time favorite Bluesman !!!

R.I.P. to a legend

That is one Big Bad Boy.

An absolute master of the blues. This is the blues. 🎸☮️

What an amazing solo Mr. King!

Such a wonderful voice.

Doesn't get the recognition he should.

@robertwilken8745

Ай бұрын

He gets the recognition in the right circles.

@user-fb6lf3vl7p

Ай бұрын

@@robertwilken8745 Never! Not mention more like he should Born Under A Bad Sign the man recorded more songs than one a come along guitarist hear later.

@robertwilken8745

Ай бұрын

@@user-fb6lf3vl7p whatever.

There he is with his million dollar guitar.

I am so glad I found this song. I haven't heard blues like this in many many years

Two words. Bad ass

I didn’t realize he was a plucker and didn’t use a pick. One of the greatest players period.

Oh, hell yeah! ❤🎶🎶

@DjangoThunders

Ай бұрын

Best comment, sums it up!

Both Kings couldn't sing and play at the same time. But once left to play that guitar skills came out.

Straordinaria....eccellenza 2024

Saw him opening for SRV a while back. Didn’t know who he was back then but I can still see him in my mind.

Oh sweet lord, this is beautiful music. 😢❤

albert king,,,,nuff said

Any more songs exactly like this?

and that is why Albert King is my favorite blues guitarist

Daaaaaamn man.

This about the most incongruous thing I've ever seen - a gigantic black dude in a pink polyester suit, playing an upside down guitar and sounding like a rock legend!

@mrJimCharles

17 күн бұрын

The reason why he's "sounding like a rock legend" is because those rock guys were/are all trying to play like him! Close your eyes and listen again

Albert King is my favorite blues artist. It’s cool that Joe Bonamassa owns, and plays, his guitar now.

@PJ-wm9nq

Ай бұрын

Just waiting for Joe to wear a pink suit!

@VLVanDerMerwe

Ай бұрын

Joe doesn’t “own” Albert’s guitar..

@fbales

Ай бұрын

@@VLVanDerMerwe I thought he did because I saw him playing it when he did I’ll Play the Blues For You. Must have borrowed it, or sold it.

@mikehays3481

Ай бұрын

The guitar he is playing was a right hand turned upside down, he had one special made left handed with the knobs on bottom like a left handed guitar should be, JB owns it but rarely ever plays it, or even at all. This is Albert’s first Lucy, his second was the special made with his name on it

@VLVanDerMerwe

Ай бұрын

@@mikehays3481Joe does NOT own Albert’s Korina V nor the Erlewine AK V. JB has his own custom Erlewine V with HIS name in laid in the neck. Again, JB does NOT own any of Albert’s V’s.

KING of KING

I had the album featuring this song when this came out. This song absolutely mesmerized me and I still listen to it regularly (and it still deeply moves me). I have never seen this performance and it seems he stretches out with some phrasing on his guitar leads in a way I have never heard (and I listen to AK quite a lot). Thanks for posting!

That bass player is awesome.

@michelfar2044

13 күн бұрын

That's not a bass guitar.

@Bodiddley788

13 күн бұрын

@@michelfar2044 ?

Awesome.

Fit For A King!

Love him still..one of the forefathers..still trip on his issue with Hendrix..

That guitar has good tone!!!!

truly extraordinary skill...plays with an upside down Flying V guitar strings

@troypaul2379

9 күн бұрын

He's a lefty, Hendrix did the same thing.He didn't own a guitar for a left handed player.

What an absolutely fabulous voice. His guitar playing is fine too. But his singing is the main thang.

Man o' man!! Smoking hot vocals and guitar!! Stevie Ray Vaughan certainly learned from this cat. Really nice.

Outfits!

So smooth… ❤️

Note to players: it ain't about how many notes you play or how fast....

Blues is the best and it's real

What a sound I saw Albert at the troubadours screaming at the band. I had such admiration for him and his Style of blues along with the sound of that flying V always been my favorite along with Howling Wolf

My man Albert King. Looking like a big bottle of Pepto Bismol in that pink suit. He made the flying V sound like a machine gun. RIH Albert King 👑.

GOAT

Exelente Albert..maestro!

Thanks..😁

Back in the day my buddies and I Headbanger's, but when I would go to bed with my headphones I would be listening to Albert, which I'm a Blues player to day 😎💯