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Released
  
1969

Live & Well (1969)
  
Completely Well (1969)

Release date
  
1969

Label
  
BluesWay Records

Length
  
48:05

Artist
  
B.B. King

Producer
  
Bill Szymczyk

Genre
  
Blues

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Live & Well is the sixteenth studio album by B. B. King released in 1969. It consists of five tracks recorded "Live" at the Village Gate in New York City, and five additional studio tracks.

Contents

Explaining the album's title, producer Bill Szymczyk wrote in the liner notes, "We got together, what I consider to be, some of the best young blues musicians in the country and locked ourselves in 'The Hit Factory' for two nights. The results of those two nights are the "well" side of this album."

Track listing

All tracks by B. B. King, except where noted.

  1. "Don't Answer the Door" (Jimmy Johnson) - 6:14
  2. "Just a Little Love" - 5:18
  3. "My Mood" - 2:39
  4. "Sweet Little Angel" (King, Jules Taub) - 5:03
  5. "Please Accept My Love" (King, Sam Ling) - 3:14
  6. "I Want You So Bad" - 4:15
  7. "Friends" (King, Bill Szymczyk) - 5:37
  8. "Get Off My Back, Woman" (King, Ferdinand Washington) - 3:16
  9. "Let's Get Down to Business" - 3:36
  10. "Why I Sing the Blues" (Dave Clark, King) - 8:36

"Live" Session: Tracks 1 to 5. "Well" Session: Tracks 6 to 10.

Personnel

  • B.B. King – guitar, vocals
  • Charlie Boles – organ
  • Sonny Freeman – drums
  • Lee Gatling – saxophone
  • Paul "Harry" Harris – piano
  • Gerald Jemmott – bass
  • Al Kooper – piano
  • Herb Lovelle – drums
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Val Patillo – bass
  • Patrick Williams – trumpet

    • In other media

  • In 2016, the song "Don't Answer The Door" appeared in the 20th episode of season 11 of the United States television series, Supernatural entitled, "Don't Call Me Shurley".

    • Songs

    1Don't Answer the Door
    2Just a Little Love
    3My Mood

    References

    Live & Well (B.B. King album) Wikipedia
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