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Title: BB King - My Kind of Blues
Review: This is, to my mind, the greatest BB King album. A pretty bold claim (I know), but I recently read BB King's autobiography, in which he states that this is his favorite album. After checking it out, I can see why he says this: the album is very sparse, relative to his other albums. Mostly, it's recorded with a backing combo of just bass, drums and piano (and very occasional backing horns) and the result is that it's the true "essence" of BB King, just him and Lucille with the backing band. On most of his other albums, the production is much more "layered," with a heavy dose of a "big band" sound, and you just don't get to hear the man himself and see what he can do when he really stretches out on his guitar. This album is a real rarity and expresses the true essence of his art--if you like BB King, then this is an absolute must-have album.
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