I realize it’s not about bowhunting; but what the heck, a little music that you might not be familiar with, and an introduction to legendary guitar players that got it done. So it might be music education and that never hurt anyone. And you’re gonna hear the guitar being done real good. (Robert Hoague)
Born Under A Bad Sign by Albert King
reDiscover Albert King Dubbed the “Velvet Bulldozer” – a reference to the combination of his smooth, sensuous voice and imposing, six feet four inches, 250-pound figure – the Mississippi-born Albert King was almost 40 when he scored his first R&B hit, ‘Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong’, in 1961 – But it was another five years before King hit the charts again. By then, his commercial fortunes had been improved by his alliance with brother and sister Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton’s Memphis-based Stax label, then making a name for itself in the world of soul music and R&B. Though Stewart wasn’t convinced that a blues artist would be suitable for Stax, Axton persuaded him to take a chance with King and then found a song for the Mississippi singer/guitarist, ‘Laundromat Blues’, which became a Top 30 US R&B smash. King’s tenure with Stax lasted from 1966 until 1974, during which time he scored 11 charting singles for the company. Though the biggest was 1974’s ‘That's What The Blues Is All About’ (No.15 US R&B), undoubtedly his most famous song is ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’, written by William Bell, and recorded in 1967, which just scraped into the US R&B Top 50 but came to be regarded as his signature track. Though ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’ spawned an album of the same name in 1967, the song was also the cornerstone of a 1969 compilation. #Stax60 Credit: uDiscover
Posted by Stax Records on Thursday, November 2, 2017
