Blues Summit

• Artist: B.B. King
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• Release Date: 1993
• Total Time: 62:45
• Genre: Blues

Review

On this release, King comes close to equaling his past triumphs on small independent labels in the '50s and '60s. He's ditched the psuedo-hip production fodder and cut a 12-song set matching him with blues peers. His duets with Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, and Albert Collins are especially worthy, while the songs with Koko Taylor, Ruth Brown, and Irma Thomas have some good-natured banter and exchanges, as well as tasty vocals. The master gives willing pupils Joe Louis Walker and Robert Cray valuable lessons on their collaborations. There's also a medley in which King invokes the spirit of his chitlin circuit days, taking the vocal spotlight while his Orchestra roars along underneath. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Playin' With My Friends	Robert Cray, Dennis Walker	Robert Cray, B.B. King	(5:18)
Since I Met You Baby	Ivory Joe Hunter	Katie Webster, B.B. King	(4:45)
I Pity the Fool	Deadric Malone	Buddy Guy, B.B. King	(4:36)
You Shook Me	Willie Dixon, J.B. Lenoir	B.B. King	(4:59)
Something You Got	Chris Kenner	Koko Taylor, B.B. King	(4:02)
There's Something on Your Mind	Big Jay McNeely	Etta James, B.B. King	(6:02)
Little by Little	Amos Blakemore	Lowell Fulson, B.B. King	(4:07)
Stormy Monday	T-Bone Walker	Albert Collins, B.B. King	(7:17)
You're the Boss	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Ruth Brown, B.B. King	(4:07)
We're Gonna Make It	Gene Barge, Raynard Miner	Irma Thomas, B.B. King	(3:51)
I Gotta Move Out of This Neighborhood/Nobody Loves Me But My Mother	Riley King	B.B. King & His Orchestra	(8:57)
Everybody's Had the Blues	Joe Louis Walker	Joe Louis Walker, B.B. King	(4:36)

Credits

Robert Cray (Guitar), Robert Cray (Vocals), Robert Cray (Performer), Lowell Fulson (Performer), Buddy Guy (Performer), John Lee Hooker (Guitar), John Lee Hooker (Vocals), Etta James (Performer), Koko Taylor (Performer), Joe Louis Walker (Guitar), Joe Louis Walker (Vocals), Joe Louis Walker (Vocals (Background)), Katie Webster (Performer), Lee Allen (Sax (Tenor)), Irma Thomas (Performer), Ruth Brown (Performer), Eric Thompson (Engineer), Kim Wilson (Harmonica), James Bolden (Trumpet), Ben Cauley (Trumpet), Vincent Cirilli (Engineer), Tony Coleman (Percussion), Richard Cousins (Bass), Tim Devine (Horn), Denny Diante (Producer), Bernie Grundman (Mastering), John Hampton (Mixing), B.B. King (Guitar), B.B. King (Vocals), B.B. King (Main Performer), Walter King (Director), Walter King (Saxophone), Walter King (Sax (Baritone)), Walter King (Horn Arrangements), Jeff Lewis (Horn), Andy McKaie (Liner Notes), Gil Morales (Engineer), Henry Oden (Bass), Jeff Powell (Engineer), Jeff Powell (Assistant Engineer), Jim Pugh (Keyboards), Antoine Salley (Percussion), Sidney Seidenberg (Executive Producer), James Toney (Keyboards), Randy Waldman (Synthesizer), Dennis Walker (Producer), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals (Background)), Nancy Wright (Saxophone), Liz Magro (Assistant Engineer), Richard Duarte (Assistant Engineer), Paul Lundin (Assistant Engineer), Mike Eppley (Keyboards), Jeffrey Reed (Assistant Engineer), Cesar Vera (Photography), Skidd Mills (Assistant Engineer), Skidd Mills (Mixing)