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Together For The First Time - Live (CD)

By: B.B. King (Artist) and Bobby "Blue" Bland (Artist)

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Bobby "Blue" Bland Artist Snapshot:

Bobby "Blue" Bland is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the blues world. Growing up in Memphis, he was influenced by gospel and country as well as blues, and his style has always shown a broader scope than that of most bluesmen. Early on he worked as a valet/driver for B.B. King, but eventually the two men would work together as peers. Bland began recording in the early '50s, but it was his '60s recordings, including the classics "I Pity the Fool" and "Turn on Your Lovelight" that would make him immortal. Among blues musicians his influence is seminal, and in the rock world, everyone from Eric Clapton to the Grateful Dead has reverently covered Bland's material.

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DISC 1 for Together For The First Time - Live (CD) Album By B.B. King (Artist) and Bobby "...
1   3 O'Clock Blues
2   It's My Own Fault
3   Driftin' Blues
4   That's The Way Love Is
5   I'm Sorry
6   I'll Take Care Of You
7   Don't Cry No More
8   Don't Want A Soul Hangin' Around
9   Good To Be Back Home / Driving Wheel / Rock Me Baby / Black Night / Cherry Red / It's My Own Fault / 3 O'Clock Blues / Oh, Come Back Baby / Chains Of Love / Gonna Get Me An Old Woman
10   Everybody Wants To Know Why I Sing The Blues
11   Goin' Down Slow
12   I Like To Live The Love
 

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Review

Q (2/93, p.87) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the onstage pleasure they get from each other's music adds excitement and that extra spark..."
Mojo (Publisher) (12/00, p.64) - "...A fine representation of [his] stage persona in the company of long-time friend and performing peer, B.B. King."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Melvin Jackson, Sonny Freeman, Mel Brown, Ben Benay, Milton Hopkins, Joseph Burton, Ron Levy, Cato Walker, Louis Hubert, Bobby Forte, Edward Rowe, Wilbert Freeman, Charles Polk, Tommy Punkson, Harold Potier, Jr., Theodore Arthur, Theodore Reynolds, Leo Penn, Joseph Hardin, Jr., Alfred Thomas, Michael Omartian.

That's "together for the first time" on disc, of course. Bland and King have shared stages since the '50s, when they were both members of the Beale Streeters, the legendary Memphis blues commune. In any case, this 1974 concert catches both artists at the peak of their game, recorded (with a nice sense of inside-the-band intimacy) in front of an extremely appreciative audience. Highpoints include a terrific call-and-response duet between the two stars on Bland's signature "That's the Way Love Is," and a riveting, can-you-top-this version of "3 O'Clock Blues," which features stinging guitar work by King and some of Bland's most impassioned singing ever.

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