Albert KING

⬇️ALBERT KING⬇️
(Albert Nelson)
DISCOGRAPHY 1961-2025 (116CD/DVD)

 BIOGRAPHY 
       

Albert King (April 2, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer, and a major influence in the world of blues guitar playing.

One of the "Four Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with B.B. King, Freddie King and Earl King), Albert King stood 6ft4 in (1.93 m) (some reports say 6ft7 in (2.01 m)) and weighed 250 pounds (110 kg) and was known as "The Velvet Bulldozer".

He was born Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, Mississippi, also the birthplace of B.B. King.

King's identity was a longtime source of confusion. He stated in interviews that he was born in Indianola on April 25, 1923 (or 1924), and was a half-brother of B.B. King (an Indianola native) but, documentation suggests otherwise. King stated that whenever he performed at Club Ebony in Indianola, the event was celebrated as a homecoming, and he cited the fact that B.B.'s father was named Albert King. However, when he applied for a Social Security card in 1942, he gave his birthplace as "Aboden" (most likely Aberdeen, Mississippi) and signed his name as Albert Nelson, listing his father as Will Nelson. Musicians also knew him as Albert Nelson in the 1940s and early 1950s.

He started using the name Albert King in 1953 as an attempt to be associated with B.B King; he was billed as "B.B. King's brother". He also used the same nickname as B.B King, "Blues Boy", and he named his guitar Lucy (B.B. King's guitar was named Lucille). B.B. King later said: "He called his guitar 'Lucy,' and for a while he went around saying he was my brother. That bothered me until I got to know him and realized he was right; he wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in the blues .... (Wikipedia)

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