Every Day I Have The Blues/Sweet Little Angel/Its My Own Fault/How Blue Can You Get/Please Love Me/You Upset Me Baby/Worry Worry/Woke Up This Mornin’/You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now/Help The Poor
An early live performance from blues legend B. B. King recorded at the Regal Theatre, Chicago in November 1964, in front of a lively and enthusiastic audience.
“B.B. King, one of the all-time great guitarists, is at his absolute best here, and you can really sense the amount of effort and emotion he puts into both his playing and singing on this album. It's that combination of equal passion in both fields which yields often powerful results, with cuts like Please Love Me and Worry Worry being prime examples of the man at his peak.”
“This is just a great, great live record. The band is firing on all cylinders, BB is on top form, both in terms of his guitar playing and his showmanship, and the audience is loving every single second of it.”
“The passion, the intensity, the consistency - all combine to make an incredible LP. The first four, and the last songs, stand out to me every time as the best, but none the less, all ten are essential listens and the finest blues ever recorded. And I disagree with those who contend that the audience detracts from the enjoyment, they add to the atmosphere, and King gives the people a wonderful time.”
“An absolute essential blues recording and one of the few live performances you will find that captures the manic energy of the performers as well as the crowd. The execution of the solos is fantastic, with a young BB fluidly moving along the neck with his trademark expressive vibrato.”
“Anyone who dismisses blues music as being sad and depressing and whiny should listen to this album. Although, B.B. King sings about heartbreak and lost love in many of the songs, he does so in such a way that it is uplifting. That is why this record is timeless. Nearly all of the songs are knockouts. This being a live album of course, the audience is absolutely in love with BB.”
“It is an absolutely incredible album in which you get drawn into further and further after each track. BB's playing is top shelf and his audience surely lets him know. This is a fantastic album that truly exemplifies how good a live blues album can be.”
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