Hello all, that's me, Lady "J" Huston, playing on Trumpet with the legendary Albert King in 1981.
@stevetessier6568
5 жыл бұрын
We were friends for a lot of years.Albert was like a beloved Uncle to me. One cold wintery night outside of Nightstage in Cambridge Mass.I crawled under the bus.To help Albert who was working on it. Slim, he said hey man you got a power lantern...And laughed.As I held the huge light.Yea boss I heard you called for illumination....!!!! That's nice Albert growled as the wind whipped at us.We buttoned up the problem.And Cleaned up our hands with mechanics waterless soap.And went into the club....All night we talked and laughed.And had a taste of 2 together. Albert was always the same.Very very kind to me. And a wonderful friend. His advice was always good. He was just like family to me. I miss him, deeply.I was blessed to call him friend. He was one of a kind.....!!!
@nuzzy_futsacks6726
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing story Steve, Albert is such an incredible guy im to young to have ever of met him but your story made me feel like I knew him aswell thank you for sharing
@merkjanoosterhoff1590
3 жыл бұрын
Nice story! Thanks for sharing it..
@theemeraldfox7779
3 жыл бұрын
Truly a legend and my all time favorite!
@LinnVaveon
13 күн бұрын
♥ EPIC.
@pretorious700
13 жыл бұрын
Albert was a very underrated singer. He gives me chills.
@AU-pu9vl
2 жыл бұрын
Better than BB
@timothylewis2450
2 жыл бұрын
The velvet bulldozer 😊
@blackxicano6123
11 ай бұрын
@@AU-pu9vlI used to think that way, too, until I learned to appreciate all the Blues greats for their own unique styles and sounds.
@waterwells7576
2 жыл бұрын
There is nothing wrong with telling someone that your tired and need a rest . Thank you Albert for helping me realize that .
@theodosios2615
6 күн бұрын
Touring constantly is not the easiest thing to do.
@linos1987
2 жыл бұрын
“I like playing for the kids and for the people that like to hear me playing. If they enjoy me playing, I enjoy playing” simplicity. Honesty.
@rvic11
5 жыл бұрын
No exaggeration, he must have the most recognisable sound of any guitarist EVER. I'm a player myself, who love classical, blues, jazz and rock guitar...I never fail to hear that it's Albert playing.
@kc7154
3 жыл бұрын
rvic11 His sound comes from his fingers....doesn’t use a pick so he has a fat sound.
@woodey028
2 жыл бұрын
It's the space between the notes. Every not screams out. SRV lead me to Albert...
@aaronbrown0417
2 жыл бұрын
Bb Albert jimi and Santana i know IMMEDIATELY when I hear Em
@tsuki586
2 жыл бұрын
Hear layla from eric clapton.
@steezymongo1270
Жыл бұрын
@@tsuki586 no
@treygotbandzstreyway5736
8 жыл бұрын
i grew up on this blues then i raised my children off this
@britishfreeliberationparty5634
8 жыл бұрын
so have I,my don loves albert
@bennyfromthe72
8 жыл бұрын
Those bends are tearing my soul with joy.
@rvz77
5 жыл бұрын
They are tearing my soul. PERIOD
@coriannm318
2 жыл бұрын
Yup he was a power bender, amazing, deep raw emotion in each bend 😶😎🎶🎸🙏🏼
@timothylewis2450
2 жыл бұрын
Because of the way he taught himself, and the way the strings were upside down, he pulled his bends down instead of up.
@clap67
12 жыл бұрын
He really mean it..when he says,"..those of you who wish to have someone to love..(pauses..)like me..I'm alone.."good God..the expression on his face..this man really knows what the blues is all about..
@karlmoody4891
Жыл бұрын
He says..I'm a loner..:)
@dawgpost90
2 жыл бұрын
The interactions with his drummer are priceless 😭
@bloodyleech
10 жыл бұрын
god................. the guitar cry's so beautifully....... fuck that tone......... I've watched about 20 times... and it never gets old
@PrincessSilverDawn
8 жыл бұрын
This man has serious BLUES
@cacadodo666
7 жыл бұрын
Fucking hell. That outro. So hard to hold tears back. Shit.😞
@yeevvooihan
14 жыл бұрын
Albert's vocal line at 1:48 ("there is nothing I can do") is where the famous lead guitar riff in "Layla" came from. Eric Clapton said in an interview that Duane Allman based the Layla riff on this vocal line, but twice as fast.
@mossstephen1066
4 жыл бұрын
Remarkable of that is true!
@kc7154
3 жыл бұрын
msteve - only one person alive today to say if it is true...if he said it I’d think it’d true....
@chrismorgan7494
3 жыл бұрын
I can definitely hear it. I totally believe it.
@richardthompson3104
2 жыл бұрын
@@kc7154 Bobby Whitlock is still with us isn't he?
@jasonsmith902
2 жыл бұрын
Which bit
@jamiemcmillan6742
8 жыл бұрын
Pure, raw emotion. Absolutely spellbinding.
@Truthisspokenful
12 жыл бұрын
His guitar licks are one of a kind..I love plenty of other blues guitar artists but Albert King's upside down strings, left handed lucy, is like a burning hot knife(the licks) through soft butter(my musical/emotional receptors of my brain)....just rips me a new one..like it was said, if you can't feel this you gotta hole in your soul...It usually takes quite a bit to make me "feel" let alone cry but this song, especially this version him being getting old,makes me wail like a baby. RIP true King
@matthedlund502
Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I got to see him perform live in the early '80s. When giants walked the earth!
@darkmanillinois6975
7 жыл бұрын
One of the best blues songs ever written. It speaks to your soul. God rest him. Just one of the all time best blues song.
@timothylewis2450
2 жыл бұрын
Agree. Gary Moore used to do a killer version, but Jeff Healey’s is my favorite. Fire! kzitem.info/news/bejne/yH-htZWKj6dpqII
@tippimail1
Жыл бұрын
Peppermint Harris wrote it-{"It is also credited to have been written by 'Deadric Malone' (a pseudonym of Don Robey), owner of Duke, which was a customary practice for some producers and label owners at that time".}Fenton Robinson recorded it in 1959-Fenton wrote Somebody Loan Me a Dime.
@ribluesy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I always thought this was an Albert King song. I just listened to the Fenton Robinson version, both are excellent.
@BluesHeavy
14 жыл бұрын
No matter what style of music you want to play every guitar player should start by studing this Man. This song alone will teach you everything you need to know about playing guitar. 1. Tone 2. Patience (Less can be more) 3. Bending& Vibrato (Make it talk) 4. Playing with feel and feeling 5. Building emotion into your song bring the volume down and hammer it at just the right time and then back down again bring your audience into the song. 6lead the Band. streets smarts compared to book smarts.
@nextelito
9 жыл бұрын
...you can actually hear every emotion in every single notes, its amazing how this man can express so many things with six strings...
@mariannerasmussen3003
8 жыл бұрын
+eduardo arturo astudillo rodriguez its only 5, Albert never used the 6th, and rarely used the 5th
@moonpie22399
8 жыл бұрын
+Marianne Rasmussen That not true. He just didn't play it as often as most people. Take overall junction for example. Also when he outlines the key of the song, he plays the lower octaves of the key, so he uses the 6th.
@mikehays3481
5 ай бұрын
The man played from the 50’s to the early 90’s, I was working in Memphis when he passed from a massive heart attack. What a unique guitar virtuoso
@BackToTheBlues
8 жыл бұрын
That's some wonderfully fiery playing at the end there!
@squierred
13 жыл бұрын
Albert King is a Blues Legend! I love this clip with interview. It shows Albert's love of his trusty guitar. His vocals are smooth and his guitar justs cuts deep into ya! Blues music at it's finest!!!
@barbarajames7747
2 жыл бұрын
Albert, my love 💕 will follow you as the years go passing by. RIP.
@depretorevincenzo6617
8 жыл бұрын
the godfather of the blues I was lucky to have met him his music touched my soul
@mantrarock99
Жыл бұрын
The blues in the pure state ... bless from Argentina
@larqprod
8 жыл бұрын
I don't want too much out of life except I hope to one day love something in the same way as Albert loved his guitar Lucy.
@rvz77
5 жыл бұрын
That's asking for trouble. To love like that especially a woman is very dangerous. Itll destroy your life. Itll break your heart with no hope. It's better to have a woman love you like that and give your love to a guitar like Albert's Lucy.
@loredanamassini9484
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly dont waste your love on girls... Dream on my dear
@bluesatsunset
16 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Velvet Bulldozer. Albert King inspired so many artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan. For that alone, he deserves to go down in Blues history as a true legend.
@MrCircus177
Жыл бұрын
The way the crowd started clapping on the off beat and he corrected them is so sick lol
@jameslujack1717
4 ай бұрын
He is teaching the blues.
@zoetaviaoliver6512
8 жыл бұрын
he's my favorite blues singer.
@Baby-zy8hb
7 жыл бұрын
I Met Albert King when I was 15..I Love and Miss Him..He was a Gentleman and THat Guitar..
@joebarriga-9945
4 жыл бұрын
without the blues there would be no good music. no stones,no clapton, and not many others who have based their music as their own, their muse. this this blues is sweet love,and has saved many a poor soul.
@merkjanoosterhoff1590
3 жыл бұрын
So true!
@morgan2205
11 ай бұрын
Albert....royalty
@barbarajames7747
2 жыл бұрын
Albert King is one of the best blues singer I have ever heard. . Thank God for giving the world this great artist. May he RIP
@madmax8949
2 жыл бұрын
If you don't dig the blues you got a hole in your soul. I'll be forever grateful that I got to see Albert twice, once in Little Rock at a small club and once at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas. He played on the back of a flatbed trailer and I've never seen anyone before or since who could seduce a crowd like The Velvet Bulldozer. R.I.P.
@jayt.1163
4 жыл бұрын
What an absolute legend. Those bends near the end are a powerful
@coriannm318
2 жыл бұрын
Amen
@morrieswigs
7 жыл бұрын
Fools put the interview right over his solo🙄
@Defundemorats
6 жыл бұрын
morrieswigs Albert's solo and I do believe accompany guitar Pena are absolutely ripping it during the interview I have been watching this concert for years and every time it gets to part I get a sick feeling in my stomach why oh why in the world would they have chosen that song and that time, I applaud the swedes for making this video happen and they did a great job except for that spot, they screwed that one up big time!
@dylannicolodi4673
4 жыл бұрын
Just a guess, but possibly it wasn’t done intentionally to keep the performance special for those who were actually thereto see it live. On a positive note the interview is very revealing of Alberts Characters and genuine personality. My two favorite parts, “ if I changed the strings it might mess up my style, and I don’t wanna mess up my style, I don’t think Lucy would like that” and “I would just have to play the other guitar until I got this one fixed, and then I would give the other guitar back” The velvet bulldozer was such a fitting description to Albert! Oh and of course can’t forget that outro/solo, one of my favorite performances of his, along with “Cadillac assembly line” 🤘Blues Power🤘
@dylannicolodi4673
4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where I can listen to the full version, without the cut solo?
@jenspett
14 жыл бұрын
Everytime i watch this im amazed .... the end is so dang perfekt
@lightninboy1979
10 жыл бұрын
Love how he yells at his band during the first few bars! Dude be like come on! Wake the fuck up!
@mrstanbmw
9 жыл бұрын
lightninboy1979 Albert was notorius for calling out the band and especially the sound man and I knew people who knew him and the word was that Albert was an ass kicker on and off the stage but at the same time a very sweet man, he just didn't play
@cuauhtemocmorisco3493
6 жыл бұрын
Mr. King could give you something special in his tone but then again youd have to come back to feel it again. The man had the Blue's past the soul and more! Thanks Mr. King!
@1moomed23
15 жыл бұрын
OMG everytime i watch this i get chills down my spines
@dustintroisi7401
10 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love how they cut the first solo out... that's very good video editing
@stephenharper2501
Жыл бұрын
The boss,! and gold standard of all blue's guitar players 💯🎶🎵
@darkmanillinois6975
8 жыл бұрын
What a soul, thank you god for this soul. Thank him for everything he went through he will never know how much he meant to so many. God bless him and keep him close, see you on the other side.
@sijuirl
7 жыл бұрын
What a down to earth man...and how simple hes explaining his passion for lucy like a child....legend...
@swvastories3498
Жыл бұрын
Man! That guitar tone and that voice. I hated I never got to see him live.
@tuslachiefsfan8012
Жыл бұрын
One of the few with as distinctive voice with the guitar and his singing. Just amazing
@marlon1171
6 жыл бұрын
He truly gave himself completely, heart mind and soul for his audience and his music! Albert king was truly unique and the tone of that v guitar was incredible and he played it clean, no effects, nothing but his amazing voice and thoses huge paws on thoses strings. Ripeace Albert king.
@JPTyler
11 жыл бұрын
The voice he has....Fantastic!
@mikehays3481
7 ай бұрын
Most incredible Blues man I’ve ever seen period.
@francfroma688
2 жыл бұрын
Praise god for such a tone that touches chords deep in the soul....he is a master at touching those inner tones.
@KingPeanutAndTaz
12 жыл бұрын
can bring a man to tears.
@ernestmartinez9071
8 ай бұрын
Any body that ever has sang in front of loud guitar amp and drumset and hears albert sing knows hes a top singer.
@dylanbishop4627
10 жыл бұрын
The king!
@themusicdr
14 жыл бұрын
cry guitar cry. damn albert 'king' really was just that!
@intheblues
15 жыл бұрын
bout to break open a can of kick arse on the drummer lol
@madmax8949
2 жыл бұрын
It's "whoop" arse.
@jamesnevins5448
11 жыл бұрын
Wow. the very end when he really starts hitting the notes is pure emotion and something only few could summon on the fretboard. I've been playing for 20+ years and listening to AK just reminds me what true talent sounds like.
@marymccaffrey9999
2 жыл бұрын
I saw Him in Carnegie Hall in 968 , fell in love, and still get goosebumps when I hear him, my true love.
@woozawozzle
15 жыл бұрын
He sounds like such a genuine and humble guy
@timkjazz
7 жыл бұрын
So great he brings shivers to my flesh.
@gordonlewis4280
2 жыл бұрын
Because you understand true art and culture baby many people dont understand this at your level to understand life the blues is 400 years of pain that are hidden in those notes many can copy the blues but albert is the blues to listen to this says alot about you stay involved
@woodey028
7 жыл бұрын
its now part of who i am. One Love.
@robertcapewell2788
Жыл бұрын
Albert King,one of the greatest Guitar players that ever lived, R.I.P.
@hadbl12
6 жыл бұрын
Love this.... one of the truly great blues guitar players of all time
@BadNewzBlues
16 жыл бұрын
It's one of my favorites. I find out about that a couple of months ago through you tube.
@FULLmeltHASH
12 жыл бұрын
I have this dvd, live in Sweden, I love it
@myfeetapontheground
14 жыл бұрын
he knows the blues like no one else.
@MrDallman
4 жыл бұрын
When this gentleman plays the blues the world stands still for me...IMHO the finest of the finest. So much soul and rich emotion tinged with a unique rawness to his playing. You can just see where Jimi, Stevie and Rory and so many others got their leads from. Not sure we will ever see the likes of AK again. Rest easy big man.
@tarikb.2201
2 ай бұрын
Wish I had the chance to meet him when he was living. He is the greatest in blues. Hear his music all the time. Mr King, I love you, thanks for what you did for music.
@srvfan454
15 жыл бұрын
I love his tone, man I love this music
@daveshondel5108
2 жыл бұрын
he came back home here in Memphis and took a long break...... He was packed and ready to go back to work. He was tending his nice vegetable garden at his place......and his heart ❤️ gave out. Rest In Sublime Peace King Albert!
@cooperwhaley3340
7 жыл бұрын
he fixed their clapping
@UsamaSaleem5050
9 жыл бұрын
GREAT ALBERT KING ....
@icemcmike
14 жыл бұрын
Albert King... The King!
@BRaNSHAVIA
10 жыл бұрын
NEVER SEEN ANYBODY PLAY A GUITAR LIKE THAT,MYYYY GOD
@LostSoulAscension
11 жыл бұрын
graciously humbling
@MrCfralick
11 жыл бұрын
Well stated! All modern music genres owe a thanks to the early blues and jazz men. Without them, who knows where the hell we'd be now.
@LONELION17
13 жыл бұрын
He is the real KING !!!
@jlopez47
15 жыл бұрын
Damnit, that TONE!!!
@jeffreycregg6078
Жыл бұрын
When Albert said he was tired pretty sure it was the understatement of the century. Once an act like his becomes popular ( hot) like his did, and others like it, all over the world, and US concert & venue promoters will practically fist fight to book it for their show which can run a guy ragged in only a couple of years! Touring is every Artists decision but the $ is so alluring to them it's difficult to turn it down.He probably had to beg borrow and steal ( demand ) his any chosen time off. If they could they have booked him 365 days a year until he died because the health of the human beings that are required to make a show are not their top priority. And from what I was told he huge in stature, could have a mean disposition when he wanted to but %99 of the time he WAS the nicest guy any one could ever meet. RIP Albert The Whole World Misses you especially the millions of budding blues guitarists and singers that followed you to learn from you, after you, and that still are today! CAN YOU HEAR UP THERE ALBERT? " I hope so"
@klasek
17 жыл бұрын
The massive guitar sound of Albert King comes shining through! Albert was the king!
@BluesHeavy
14 жыл бұрын
The thing that kills me is there isn't enough Albert King Video's and there is so many tune you never get to see live. I love Born under a Bad sign but it isn't his best. I would love to see an entire King concert in all its glory and from the 60's at his prime.
@BarbButler
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Albert King!!!!!!!! 💖 RIP Legend...
@crankyfrankification
11 жыл бұрын
my favorite King... no disrespect to BB...but Albert is the king
@LONELION17
13 жыл бұрын
The Blues,the real Blues,the most soulfull music ever....if you never played the blues from the heart,you can't play nothing...
@SarasotaSlim
16 жыл бұрын
Saw him open for BB at Tampa Theater not long before he left us. Had seen BB many times by then and never had a chance to hear Albert in person. By far one of the best blues shows I've ever seen.
@brunomarques4759
2 жыл бұрын
De arrepiar ki coisa maravilhosa
@RandyReiss
17 жыл бұрын
This is the First Time I cried in a Long Time, His Sound Will Ring on Forever in my Ears!!!!!Albert is my Mentor and I will Represent that Style till The Day I die,Cheers to the Lefty Upside Down GOD of the Blues,The One The Only Legend Albert King! I miss You and I Know You are ridin with me!!!!!!!#1 in my Heart,Thank You for inspiring me King
@justinfendelet8675
2 жыл бұрын
Stellar....
@lowrencemayfield4271
10 жыл бұрын
The one and only king among the three
@SoftwareCollection
10 жыл бұрын
please name the three!
@lowrencemayfield4271
10 жыл бұрын
Shubham Gaikwad That's easy, Freddie, B.B, and Albert, of course i love the other two but Albert for me is the King
@SoftwareCollection
10 жыл бұрын
lowrence mayfield Yeah, I guessed it right then! And yeah, Albert is my favorite too. Almost all of his songs are the same, but I still never get tired of hearing them over and over. The same licks but I love them every time. Damn, if that ain't magic, I don't know what is!
@angelmedium4104
4 жыл бұрын
@@lowrencemayfield4271 bb dude live in Montreal 93
@staxmantim
15 жыл бұрын
YEAH! Everybody say yeah! Greatest Blues guitarist of all time!!!!
@KarenDBrame
6 жыл бұрын
Now the show producers KNOW they could have put those credits at the VERY end, AFTER MR. ALBERT KING 👑🎸 played his LAST note!! 🎤⬇ #ImJustSaying
@seanmannoutdoors6902
4 жыл бұрын
There are many musicians who touch many souls. This man's music is as deep as all of the oceans. His actual vocals and his guitar voice compliment each other so well, and his overall musical feel make him a truly unique entity. I regret that, though I knew his music from a very young age, I did not see him live even once. Truly, truly regrettable.
@marvinwhittaker3782
7 жыл бұрын
Albert King,B B King, and Howlin Wolf were three great bluesmen
@UniversalMind-10
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely a Legend in the Blues with such a distinctive sound that anyone that listens to the blues would know! R.I.P. Albert King
@mantrarock99
Жыл бұрын
THE BEST BLESS FOR ALL
@EPurpl3
11 жыл бұрын
i just saw bb king at montreal in 93 and i can say that albert is the king.
@danmartinazzi
4 жыл бұрын
Those final bends are mind-blowing ... impossible not cry... pure art
@nubiananthology
11 жыл бұрын
Pure Fire .!
@Roge_TV
3 жыл бұрын
The Notorious BIG of the Blues
@Mortslake
15 жыл бұрын
another note: listen to the voice..i just love it. that sullen vibrato gets right into my spine..but hey! thats me ;)
@angelo2629
5 ай бұрын
I walked into work one morning and found a very large gentleman occupying my chair and refusing to move. It was of course-Albert. He and my boss grew up together in Mississippi. God bless both.
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