When bluesman Albert King signed with Stax Records in 1966, he was a big deal — both literally and figuratively.
Standing at an estimated 6 feet, 4 inches and weighing over 250 pounds, he struck a hard-to-forget figure. He also struck a chord – or series of many chords, as it were – at the label that had primarily recorded only soul and R&B music. With King’s signing at Stax, all of that would change for the label, and the label would forever change the career of the man who had been forced to supplement his musician’s income for years by driving a bulldozer and working as a mechanic by day while laying down some of the most memorable blues guitar licks in the music world by night.
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suuuuuper great page, great pics, this is a good tribute to the one and only KING OF THE BLUES
I played six shows with Albert in NYC in 1979 @ the Lone Star Café. A thrill I’ll always cherish.