Albert King, Live Wire/Blues Power (1968)
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I still remember, vividly, when I first heard Albert King. This giant bear of a man that was dragging the guitar around stage, wrestling with it, wrangling it in an ugly way to make blunt but beautiful noises. I was 10 years old. I was hooked on all sorts of blues guitar sounds but this towering figure with his g…
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