B B King-One Kind Favor-CD-FLAC-2008-THEVOiD

                              DRIFT INTO THE VOID
 Info   
     Artist  | B.B. King
     Title   | One Kind Favor
     Genre   | Blues                                Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 57:04
     Label   | Geffen Records                       Store   | 2008
     Catalog | 00602517812413                       Rip     | 2020
     Bitrate | 802 kbps                             Size    | 343.16 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean                             4:49
     02. I Get So Weary                                              4:17
     03. Get These Blues Off Me                                      4:30
     04. How Many More Years                                         3:10
     05. Waiting For Your Call                                       6:02
     06. My Love Is Down                                             5:25
     07. The World Gone Wrong                                        4:24
     08. Blues Before Sunrise                                        4:21
     09. Midnight Blues                                              3:49
     10. Backwater Blues                                             7:36
     11. Sitting On Top Of The World                                 3:41
     12. Tomorrow Night                                              5:00
 Notes  
     Universally hailed as the king of the blues, the legendary B.B. King was
     without a doubt the single most important electric guitarist of the last
     half of the 20th century. His bent notes and staccato picking style
     influenced legions of contemporary bluesmen, while his gritty and confident
     voice - capable of wringing every nuance from any lyric - provided a worthy
     match for his passionate playing.
     Between 1951 and 1985, King notched an impressive 74 entries on Billboard's
     R&B charts, and he was one of the few full-fledged blues artists to score a
     major pop hit when his 1970 smash "The Thrill Is Gone" crossed over to
     mainstream success (engendering memorable appearances on The Ed Sullivan
     Show and American Bandstand). After his hit-making days, he partnered with
     such musicians as Eric Clapton and U2 and managed his own acclaimed solo
     career, all the while maintaining his immediately recognizable style on the
     electric guitar.
     It's been so long since King stepped outside of his comfort zone that "One
     Kind Favor" comes as a bit of a shock. Unlike so many albums he's cut in
     the wake of the crossover success of "The Thrill Is Gone" way back in 1970,
     the sound is stripped-back, not splashy, there is not a reliance on guest
     stars, and the repertoire is pure blues - and these are all songs that he's
     never recorded before, including three tunes by his longtime idol Lonnie
     Johnson. Credit for the concept must be given to producer T Bone Burnett,
     who applies a similar neo-rootsy aesthetic to "One Kind Favor" that he did
     to his production of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand - an
     approach that's grounded in tradition but has a smoky, smeary veneer that's
     thoroughly modern.
     "One Kind Favor" has a noir-ish flair but it doesn't dwell on darkness,
     even if it takes its title from a line in Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That
     My Grave Is Kept Clean," a song that would seem to carry some import for
     the 82-year-old King. He may be approaching his twilight years but brooding
     has never been B.B.'s style - he's too generous, too open-hearted in both
     love and loss, so he's naturally disinclined to turn this album into a
     meditation on morality. Instead, "One Kind Favor" is a celebration of life
     with all of its ups and downs, filled with heartbreak but also great joy,
     which is precisely what B.B. King's best music always has been.
     And this is indeed one of King's best latter-day albums, thanks to its
     sterling selection of 12 songs and the supple support of drummer Jim
     Keltner, pianist Dr. John, and bassist Nathan East, who give B.B. plenty of
     room for both his guitar and voice. Even if King winds up returning to his
     familiar slick, star-studded sound somewhere down the line, having an album
     as earthily elegant as "One Kind Favor" in his canon provides a fitting
     coda for one of the great musical careers of the 20th century.

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