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Live at the Regal

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Released
  
1965 (LP) 1997 (CD)

Length
  
34:46

Live at the Regal (1965)
  
Lucille (1968)

Release date
  
1965

Genre
  
Blues

Recorded
  
November 21, 1964

Label
  
ABC, later MCA

Artist
  
B.B. King

Producer
  
Johnny Pate

Awards
  
Grammy Hall of Fame

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Venue
  
Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois

Similar
  
BB King albums, Blues albums

Live at the Regal is a 1965 live album by American blues guitarist and singer B.B. King. It was recorded on November 21, 1964 at the Regal Theater in Chicago. The album is widely heralded as one of the greatest blues albums ever recorded and is #141 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2005, Live at the Regal was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in the United States.

Contents

Some musicians, including Eric Clapton, John Mayer and Mark Knopfler, have acknowledged using this album as a primer before performances.

The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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Personnel

  • B.B. King – guitar, vocals
  • Leo Lauchie – bass
  • Duke Jethro – piano
  • Sonny Freeman – drums
  • Bobby Forte, Johnny Board – tenor saxophone
  • E. Rodney Jones, Pervis Spann - presenters
  • Technical
  • Ron Steele, Sr. - recording engineer
  • Don Bronstein - cover
  • Songs

    1Every Day I Have the Blues3:09
    2Sweet Little Angel4:10
    3It's My Own Fault3:09

    References

    Live at the Regal Wikipedia