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B.B. King New Album To Celebrate The Blues Great's 80th Birthday
In honor of B.B. King's 80th birthday on September 16, "The
King of the Blues" will celebrate the occasion with a few
of his musical compatriots on a new studio album of duets, "B.B.
King & Friends -- 80" (Geffen/UMe), released September
13, 2005. Featuring some of today's biggest stars -- from Eric
Clapton, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer and Gloria Estefan
to Roger Daltrey, Glenn Frey, Mark Knopfler, Billy Gibbons, Bobby
Bland and Daryl Hall -- "B.B. King & Friends -- 80"
is yet another landmark in the career of one of the most influential
guitarists of the 20th Century and the blues' greatest ambassador.
Along with a new book ("Treasures," published by Bulfinch
Press on September 16) and a major nationwide tour this summer
and fall (both solo and headlining the B.B. King Blues Festival),
"B.B. King & Friends -- 80" finds B.B. both looking
back and looking forward. For the man who has achieved icon status,
along with his guitar Lucille, B.B.'s first new studio album
since 2003's "Reflections" finds him reconnecting with
a dozen of the most significant standards of the blues with a
little help from his friends.
With long-time admirer and recent collaborator Clapton, B.B.
reinvigorates his 1970 Grammy-winning classic, "The Thrill
Is Gone." He also gives new spins to other B.B. flashbacks
from the '70s, "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" with
The Who's Roger Daltrey and the Leon Russell-penned "Hummingbird"
with John Mayer. In what may be the album's most unusual and
intriguing pairing, Gloria Estefan duets on the Grammy-winning
Doc Pomus-Dr. John song from the '80s, "There Must Be A
Better World Somewhere." In another teaming with a female
singer, Sheryl Crow is heard on Little Willie John's "Need
Your Love So Bad."
Daryl Hall adds his Philly Soul to "Ain't Nobody Home"
while British blues giant Van Morrison partners on "Early
In The Morning" and American blues staple Bobby Bland contributes
to "Funny How Time Slips Away" and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons
to B.B.'s '60s gem "Tired Of Your Jive." Mark Knopfler,
best-known for his work in Dire Straits, lends his trademark
guitar sound to "All Over Again," the Eagles' Glenn
Frey tackles Junior Parker's "Drivin' Wheel" and, in
a raucous finale, pop superstar Elton John and B.B. bring down
the house with their take on Jimmy Rogers' "Rock This House."
A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Kennedy Center honoree,
and member of the Blues Foundation and Rock and Roll halls of
fame, B.B. kicked off his birthday festivities in June with the
groundbreaking for the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Miss.,
near his birthplace.
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