Tracks
- Every Day I Have the Blues
- Sweet Little Angel
- It's My Own Fault
- How Blue Can You Get?
- Please Love Me
- You Upset Me Baby
- Worry, Worry
- Woke Up This Morning (My Baby's Gone)
- You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
- Help the Poor
Live at the Regal is a masterful album. B.B. King is in complete control. He has the audience eating out of his hand by the second song. His guitar-playing, his singing and his confidence demonstrate an intimate understanding of each and every song.
It is his guitar-playing that stands out, at least with respect to the 1001 Albums list. No one has yet to make the guitar as important as a piano or a singer's voice. The Rolling Stones have come close.
There also seems to be quite a bit of overt misogyny going on in the lyrics and in some of the comments B.B. makes to the audience. What's surprising is that the women in the audience are applauding it. Which is worse: overt or covert misogyny?
This music is certainly worth listening to. The stand out songs are everything but the opening and closing songs.
It's impressive how significant this album is to the blues-based rock and roll musicians that will soon be arriving on the scene. Listen to this album to find out which of your favorite bands borrowed directly from the blues in general and B.B. King specifically.
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
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