Showing posts with label Jimmy King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimmy King. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Jimmy King & The King James Version Band - Soldier For The Blues

Year: 1997
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:37
Size: 121,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Front, back

1. Living In The Danger Zone (3:27)
2. Drawers (5:03)
3. I'm Doing Fine (4:35)
4. Life Is Hard (4:27)
5. I Don't Need Nobody That Don't Need Me (4:56)
6. We'll Be Together Again (3:44)
7. Soldier For The Blues (4:28)
8. You Ain't Bullet Proof (4:21)
9. It Takes A Whole Lot Of Money (3:51)
10. Don't Wanna Go Home (4:34)
11. It Ain't The Same No Mo (3:55)
12. I Got Sick One Day (5:09)

Little Jimmy King's third album finds him in the well-placed hands of Memphis producing and arranging legend Willie Mitchell. With Mitchell's publishing branch supplying six of the 12 selections here, there's a much more pronounced soul/blues feeling to this album than his two previous efforts, spelled out in a most contemporary manner on the confessional opening track, "Living In the Danger Zone" and "We'll Be Together Again."

As always, Little Jimmy tips his hat to his mentor, the late Albert King with every note he hits on his Flying V, squeezing strings over several frets to get those classic Albert microtonal bends on tracks like "I Don't Need Nobody That Don't Need Me," "Drawers" and the title track. This is a thoroughly contemporary blues album that could - and should - expand King's audience beyond the usual blues circles. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Jimmy King - 2 albums: Live At B.B. King's L.A. / Live At Monterey

Memphis-based left-handed guitar player Little Jimmy King was one of the most exciting blues players to emerge on the scene in the '90s. King was born December 4, 1968, as Manuel Gales but renamed himself for his two favorite guitar heroes, Jimi Hendrix and Albert King. He got started as a rock & roller, but by the mid-'80s had switched to blues. By 1988, he had left the Memphis blues scene to go on the road with his hero as part of Albert King's band. The late Albert King called Little Jimmy his grandson, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan also had high praise for the young guitarist. In a moment King will never forget, Vaughan told him: "Play on, brother, you've got it. Don't stop playing for nobody."

King's self-titled debut was released in 1991 on the Rounder Bullseye Blues label, and he followed it up in 1994 with Something Inside of Me, on which he's accompanied by former Double Trouble bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton. King can also be heard playing guitar on Ann Peebles' Full Time Love and Otis Clay's I'll Treat You Right and On My Way Home. King's 1995 record with his two guitar playing brothers, Eric Gales and Eugene Gales, Left Hand Brand was released by the House of Blues label in 1995. While the brothers often played gigs together, Left Hand Brand is the only album they made. In 1997 King released his third record for Bullseye Blues, the Willie Mitchell produced Soldier for the Blues.

Little Jimmy King died suddenly on July 19, 2002 after suffering a heart attack at the young age of 34. King's live shows, as documented on 2002's Live at Monterey, like his three highly praised studio recordings for Bullseye Blues, were full of fire and fury, passionate guitar playing within the context of his band, the Memphis Soul Survivors, great vocals, and clever songs. His presence and playing are sure to be missed. ~bio by Richard Skelly

Album: Little Jimmy King - Live At B.B. King's L.A.
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 72:26
Size: 165.8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[ 4:34] 1. Intro-Here We Go Again
[ 5:07] 2. Can't You See What You Doing To Me
[ 4:56] 3. Cross Cut Saw
[ 8:42] 4. Standing In The Rain
[ 6:20] 5. Somebody
[12:44] 6. Red House
[ 5:50] 7. Don't Burn Down The Bridge
[ 7:25] 8. Hand Me Downs
[ 9:48] 9. Hey Joe
[ 6:55] 10. Angel Of Mercy

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Album: Jimmy King - Live At Monterey
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:46
Size: 127.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[ 3:06] 1. Introduction The Ghetto
[ 4:43] 2. Somebody
[ 2:56] 3. Don't Burn Down The Bridge
[ 4:40] 4. Living In The Danger Zone
[11:28] 5. Drowning On Dry Land
[ 6:04] 6. Standing In The Rain
[ 4:51] 7. It Ain't The Same No Mo
[ 3:24] 8. I Wonder Why
[ 6:37] 9. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
[ 4:17] 10. Wrapped Up In Love Again
[ 3:35] 11. Floodin' In California

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