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Released
  
1971 (LP)1987 (CD)

Length
  
38:47

Release date
  
1971

Label
  
ABC Records

Recorded
  
September 10, 1970

Artist
  
B.B. King

Producer
  
Bill Szymczyk

Genres
  
Blues, Soul music

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Venue
  
Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois

Live in Cook County Jail(1971)
  
B.B. King in London(1971)

Similar
  
BB King albums, Blues albums

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Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by B.B. King recorded in Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois. It was ranked as number 499 in the book version of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It spent three weeks at #1 on the Soul Albums chart. The album cover of the original release was textured like prison denim.

Contents

B b king live in cook county jail


Track listing

  1. "Introductions" – 1:50
  2. "Every Day I Have the Blues" (Memphis Slim) – 1:43
  3. "How Blue Can You Get?" (Jane Feather, Leonard Feather) – 5:09
  4. "Worry, Worry" (Pluma Davis, Jules Taub) – 9:57
  5. Medley: "3 O'Clock Blues", "Darlin' You Know I Love You" (Lowell Fulson - B. B. King) – 6:15
  6. "Sweet Sixteen" (Joe Josea, King) – 4:20
  7. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins) – 5:31
  8. "Please Accept My Love" (King, Sam Ling) – 4:02

Personnel

  • B.B. King - Guitar, vocals
  • Wilbert Freeman - Bass
  • Sonny Freeman - Drums
  • John Browning - Trumpet
  • Louis Hubert - Tenor Saxophone
  • Booker Walker - Alto Saxophone
  • Ron Levy - Piano

    • Songs

    1Introduction1:51
    2Everyday I Have the Blues1:43
    3How Blue Can You Get?5:13

    References

    Live in Cook County Jail Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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