Browsing: Albert King

Today is the birthday of the late Albert King, a man who made a flying-v shaped stamp on music that has influenced countless bluesmen and rockers after him.

“I love the tip, I love the top, I love you better than a hog loves slop
‘Cause you’re a big legged woman, with a short short miniskirt…”

In the 1950s a young singer named Mathis James Reed failed his audition for Chess Records. He was a popular musician around Chicago, but his simple playing and straightforward songs didn’t wow the execs. Chess Records would go on to regret that they didn’t sign Jimmy Reed…