ALBERT KING (1923-1992)

Blues Power

Born Under a Bad Sign

Stormy Monday (with Stevie Ray Vaughan)

Today, Albert King would have been 84. He was an amazing blues guitarist. You can see in the picture below that he plays a right-handed Gibson Flying V left-handed. But what you can't see is that he (unlike Jimi Hendrix, a fan of Albert King's) also played with the strings upside down. So his Low E was on the bottom. He was also a big influence of Stevie Ray Vaughan, another blues guitarist I absolutely love. Do yourself a favor and go find something by him--a CD, an mp3, an LP, whatever--and soak up that sweet sound.



Happy Birthday Albert King. Play the blues for me.