Albert King

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Jimmy D Lane
Jimmy D. Lane was raised among blues greats, but found his own way, performing with B.B. King, Double Trouble and more

By Andrew Daly Published

The Strat-wielder’s religious moment with Hendrix’s Hey Joe compelled him to spend all his money on a pawn shop guitar… which led to him performing for Bill Clinton, guesting with B.B. King, working with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble and much more

Guitarists
Jared James Nichols
Jared James Nichols reveals how he developed his unique fingerstyle technique – and the perks of going pick-less

By Janelle Borg Published

Nichols also demonstrates how to achieve optimum attack and dynamics with his fingerstyle technique, which was inspired by Albert King, Derek Trucks and Mark Knopfler

Guitarists
Albert King
“No-one played like him before, and everyone played like him after”: Joe Bonamassa demonstrates the genius of Albert King

By Joe Bonamassa Published

Joe Bonamassa pays homage to one of his favourite blues influences – and why he can’t play a slow blues without asking, “What would Albert do?”

Guitarists
Left-Joe Bonamassa performs at Lumen Field on May 15, 2024 in Seattle, Washington;Right-American singer, songwriter and guitarist B.B. King (1925-2015) plays a Gibson ES-355 guitar live on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island on 6 July 1969
Joe Bonamassa recalls the times B.B. King borrowed his amp – and made it sound better than him

By Janelle Borg Published

In sharing his amp anecdote, Joe Bonamassa has revealed what blues legends B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King have in common

Artists
Albert King
A Flying V pioneer who inspired Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Albert King was king of the blues – find out why with this lesson in his vocal playing style

By Phil Short Published

King was a player who could say more with less, with a vibrato that give his licks a vocal quality, and this lesson with tab and audio unpacks his style

Lessons
Albert King performs onstage at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Custom Flying Vs, strange open tunings and massive bends: how Albert King created his own strain of the blues – and inspired Hendrix, Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan

By Alan di Perna Published

A left-hander, King flipped a right-handed guitar upside down, put it in an unorthodox tuning, and forged a style steeped in steely drama and epic bends

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Stevie Ray Vaughan (left) and Albert King perform on television in 1983
Watch Albert King reunite, jam with Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1983: “There's a lot of guitar players that just play fast, they don't concentrate on soul – but you got ’em both”

By Damian Fanelli Published

See King wrap his head around the (then up-and-coming) talent of SRV – a player he first knew as ‘Little Stevie’ – in a blues jam for the ages

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Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton drops previously unreleased cover of Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign

By Sam Roche Published

Originally recorded during his 1994 From the Cradle sessions , the release comes ahead of Slowhand's forthcoming box set, The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Vol. 1

Guitarists
Left-handed guitarists
30 left-handed guitarists who flipped the instrument on its head

By Jenna Scaramanga Published

We chart some of the most inspiring southpaws to ever pick up a six-string

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Eric Gales and Devon Allman
Eric Gales and Devon Allman to host two-night Albert King tribute concert with Gibson Gives

By Matt Owen Published

The event will also benefit the National Blues Museum, which has appointed Gales as the newest member of its board of directors

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