I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King

I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King | The Midnight Special

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August 17, 1973
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@MrJdubbya36 2 ай бұрын

You might be cool but you will NEVER be as cool as Albert playing "I'll Play The Blues For You" in a pink polyester leisure suit with a polka dot shirt collar folded on the outside. What a talent!!!

@mathtrixmusiclix4248 2 ай бұрын

And an upside down Flying V!!!!

@russelmurray9268 2 ай бұрын

Awesome outfit. Killer licks.

@MARKIEBANUNCE 2 ай бұрын

And your guitar playing is cooler than your suit....

@russelmurray9268 2 ай бұрын

@@MARKIEBANUNCE they're both super

@rv6205 2 ай бұрын

that suit is so cool , all you need to do is walk out on stage with it, hit 5 notes ...and wham..instant star !!!!!!

@HellOnWheel 3 ай бұрын

Loved the "excuse me" before shredding an epic blues solo. 😂

@michaelyolch79 2 ай бұрын

Albert Collins does the same on "If Trouble Was Money." I've always loved that. HA!

@mrstanbmw 2 ай бұрын

He said excuse me and then tore the house down with some of the nastiest guitar riffs you ever want to hear

@michaelyolch79 2 ай бұрын

Albert Collins does the same on "If Trouble Was Money." I've always loved that. HA!

@mrstanbmw 2 ай бұрын

yes sir I know about that too

@DjangoThunders 2 ай бұрын

Well said!

@kohlertfiftyseven2956 Ай бұрын

Not to take anything away from Albert Collins but Albert King did it upside down....blows my mind...

@williamflinchum-qo6ch Ай бұрын

I met Albert and his girlfriend at a local Laundromat after his show. We were headed home, and I saw his tour bus in the parking lot, me and my friend Mathew went in and talked to him for a few minutes.Some how we got on the subject of drugs, and he said he would fire anybody in his band that used drugs. And he said to me you know why, then he told me Jimi Hendrix gave him a joint one time laced with something, and he said .and man I got so high and I was sweating, and I put ice between my legs and under my arms. And he said he would never do any drugs again. I met him in Winston-Salem NC 1980! Cool story?

@Aminharp1 Ай бұрын

Very cool and very wise from the bulldozer Drugs would gave ruined his career Thx for narrating

@lonesometomshi763 2 ай бұрын

he is not playing blues, he is the BLUES.

@depretorevincenzo6617 2 ай бұрын

The Godfather of the blues, the Velvet Bulldozer the one and only Albert King. ❤️

@TheNextGoogification 2 ай бұрын

Amazing how many people have NEVER heard of Albert King

@DjangoThunders 2 ай бұрын

But they have heard his licks from Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, SRV, Jeff Beck and just about everyone else!

@bsmarwa1712 2 ай бұрын

i'm from algerian i heard Albert King, stevie ray vaughan. B.B king. and other when i was sixteen years old

@briangriffin5524 Ай бұрын

On another website a guy was defending Kiss. I called them trash and he was upset.😄

@elainemeyer5062 Ай бұрын

Al’s considered as being one of the ‘Three King’s of the Blues’, along with B. B., and Freddie King. I guess some people just don’t like this type/genre of music in general. Too bad - they’re missing out on something 👍 imo!

@jeffreycollier1059 Ай бұрын

Who you been hanging with? (Just kidding, at least 'you' know!). 😊

@makinbiscuits 3 ай бұрын

Albert King was a giant among men. His hands alone make that guitar look like a kids toy.

@johnnyfleming522 2 ай бұрын

And he is playing it upside down and the big strings are on the bottom!!!!!😂🎉🎉🎉

@christophermitchum6829 9 күн бұрын

Don't forget Freddie 🎵🎶💯😎✔️

@heyjarrod 3 күн бұрын

Never seen Freddie in a pink polyester suit, polkadot shirt, and collar folded out! But I bet he has something very similar.

@troyjones2358 2 ай бұрын

Baddest solo ever played while wearing a pink polyester suit.

@danielsweet858 2 ай бұрын

Think he was the only man who could pull that off!

@user-pm3bo5no2b 2 ай бұрын

Facts

@gfgranja 2 ай бұрын

@@danielsweet858Stevie too, he dressed like a gay pirate

@howardgott4946 2 ай бұрын

And what’s wrong with polyester!

@friendofbeaver6636 2 ай бұрын

He's known as the "Velvet Bulldozer!" A man who can sing and play an up-side-down guitar like that, can wear whatever he wants on TV.

@SuperTonybo 2 ай бұрын

IF IT WASN'T FOR ALBERT AND BB

@fineartist7710 23 күн бұрын

I am white, and you are dam right!!!!!

@BIZARBIES 3 ай бұрын

So good. SRV wouldn't have licks without this man.

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 3 ай бұрын

u pls view srv and albert together in hamilton up close and personal early 80s.

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 3 ай бұрын

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live for television on December 6, 1983, at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton The Canada when Vaughan was 29 and King was 60.

@BIZARBIES 3 ай бұрын

@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 seen it 100 times my guy.

@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 3 ай бұрын

@@BIZARBIES are you the canada?

@BIZARBIES 3 ай бұрын

@@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568 nope

@user-lk2og7rb2o 2 ай бұрын

This man is an American Treasure. Play it Albert. :)

@henryclay8462 12 күн бұрын

BB King is the Sweet, and Albert King is the Sour. Together they have the entire range of the Blues covered. Eric, Stevie, and everyone else learned from these giants. May both Kings rest in peace!

@jamesnabower6751 16 сағат бұрын

Don't forget Freddy

@nickk5948 3 ай бұрын

The best Albert King era. "I Wanna Get Funky" from 72 is my favorite album of his.

@greatesttoysevermade3693 8 күн бұрын

Great album!

@CalderonPaul 26 күн бұрын

We did a documentary on the history of the blues in Los Angeles. We sat down with Robbie Kreiger and John Densmore of The Doors. They were huge fans of Albert King. The interviews were great. It's currently being edited. "When LA Had The Blues"

@andrewthomason3857 2 ай бұрын

1:22 There it is lurking in the background, that Acoustic amp with the big high frequency horn in the speaker cabinet. He played through this rig every time I saw him. It’s almost impossible to describe to anyone who goes to shows nowadays how loud Albert played on stage. It was glorious. B.B. was great, Freddie was great, but Albert was the King of the Kings in my book. Thank you, The Midnight Special, for posting this.

@megatedassaultituary6783 2 ай бұрын

Yeah man some of the timing of his playing really hits the spot

@thomasscott1570 2 ай бұрын

special underrated talent srv loved him

@mossstephen1066 2 ай бұрын

@@thomasscott1570 don't worry the srv fanboys can tell you that stevie invented all those riffs, everyone aspired to be stevie.

@DidYouReadEULA 2 ай бұрын

Truth.

@kattyeedwards8212 Ай бұрын

Met Albert years ago. While I was travelling with Bobby Bland . Albert had a great sense of humor

@bluesrocker6l6gc8 3 ай бұрын

Another pleasant Midnight Special surprise, first Muddy, and now Albert! Never knew they were on there until now!

@Yeahthatsright717 18 күн бұрын

This man influenced Stevie Ray Vaughan immensely. ❤🎶

@stevetrivago 14 күн бұрын

Told Stevie he’s good but he’s gonna get gooder … < something like that 😊

@mesaeddie 2 ай бұрын

Saw him in 72 in a small club in San Diego less than 20 feet away from him. Such an impressive man . One of my best memories from my Navy days.

@MrJdubbya36 2 ай бұрын

Very jealous!!

@jacknavajo4905 12 күн бұрын

Takes me to another world

@Dan0948 3 ай бұрын

I got to see Albert King a couple times and he performed this song

@eileencastillo6323 3 ай бұрын

So lucky.

@zydeco2378 3 ай бұрын

My absolute favorite blues man, the guitar tone and that velvet and deep voice, a master ! Luckily I had the chance to see him live, Unforgettable !

@bluesboy25000 2 ай бұрын

Happy 101st birthday to the Velvet Bulldozer, the King of the Blues. Albert King. Mike Bloomfield said Albert King could "take four notes and write a volume." His voice was suave as hell and cut his stinging guitar tone. He was truly the whole package. An inspiration to Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore and so many others.

@petedazer3381 3 ай бұрын

Albert could bend a note from one zip code to another!

@curtisphilumalee1447 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful…..simplicity at its finest. But that Gibson Flying Vee 👀.

@mick1967 Ай бұрын

The master of the Flying V. What a giant!! The guitar looks so tiny in his big hands but he plays it with so much sensitivity. No wonder that he influenced so many guitar heroes like Hendrix, SRV, Clapton or Gary Moore.

@elainemeyer5062 Ай бұрын

ALL of whom are 👏 Blues 🎸 🎤 ist’s imo. I’m 70ish now and have always 💟’d ALL genres of music, esp Blues!

@caniican Ай бұрын

In 1987 or so my buddy and me went to see King Albert @ the Lonestar Cafe NYC...less than 50 people in the afternoon.Glor y be...an intmate trip to heaven. On break Albert smoked a pipe..sat in a comfy chair and showed love for us showing love to him. He signed my Album cover... Live Wire Blues Power.. "Albert King Loves you" ..I cherish him on this earth...all blues players . It is sitting next to me ...most valuable possession🎸👍😁

@greatesttoysevermade3693 8 күн бұрын

I own that album as well, one of my favorite albums and album covers.

@gregoryduncan3067 3 ай бұрын

He played very clean.

@AnthonyStJames 3 ай бұрын

But with nice sustain.

@RawKnee1111 3 ай бұрын

as well as playing a guitar strung for right hand players.

@michaelr.4878 2 ай бұрын

@RawKnee1111 - Yeah..I don't understand how he pulled off a lot of those licks strug like that. He was always bending downward. I'm a leftlhanded player too..but I have lefthanded guitars...strung like lefthanded guitars. hehe. When I was a little kid, I had a righthanded guitar, but I strung it and set it up like a lefthanded gutiar. Some of these guys like King and Eric Gales just play righthanded guitar..strung like righthanded guitars. It is so odd to me. As weird as it is, it would be nice to be able to try other ppl's guitars. hehe. Being a lefty absoultely sucks. I can't try other dude's guitars..I can't try thigns at guitar stores...etc. When buying a guitar, it always has to be ordered and it is a huge gamble on if you like it or not. In fact, I paid about 4K to have a guitar made for me..and after waiting 2 years, I got it..and I hate it. But who am I going to sell it to? haha. The lefty market is small.

@mrJimCharles Ай бұрын

Wait for it, he's gonna crank it up!!

@michaelwalston2438 Ай бұрын

He played a solid state amp, the Acoustic Control 360.

@lazlomattachine8334 24 күн бұрын

That suit with the Flying V- pure class and razor sharp! And the tone of his playing is just face-melting- a thing of beauty.

@danerickson1632 2 ай бұрын

BB King and this man were awesome blues men miss them 😢

@MoonPieCurtis662 2 ай бұрын

I saw them onstage together in Greenville, MS.

@RichardBinder-dx7fk 2 ай бұрын

Gary Moore was also a big fan of Albert along with SRV. Their playing really shows Albert's influence.

@dariodiiasio6786 2 ай бұрын

The list Is longer i bet, and you forgot Hendrix!

@b.rodclark334 2 ай бұрын

As he said in 1968 at the Filmore West: 'This is BLUES POWER!' Happy posthumous birthday Mr. King!

@KittyGrizGriz 3 ай бұрын

That’s some smooth blues playing, what a voice and 🎸, thank you Albert King…that’s right hang in there and be tough, whatever brings us down, we’ll still “be around”.

@Shayler78 2 ай бұрын

Music has no colour - it's from the spirit, which is beyond creed or colour.

@NitroModelsAndComics 2 ай бұрын

Best use of a late 50's Flying V ever. Ferocious tone and the voice of an angel.

@philipsutton2316 2 ай бұрын

This about the most incongruous thing I've ever seen - a gigantic black dude in a pink polyester suit, playing an upside down guitar and sounding like a rock legend!

@mrJimCharles Ай бұрын

The reason why he's "sounding like a rock legend" is because those rock guys were/are all trying to play like him! Close your eyes and listen again

@Buffrt66 3 ай бұрын

I saw him in 1982 at Fitzgerald's on White Oak Street in Houston TX. When I noticed he was playing a right hand guitar left handed with a right handed string setup, I was floored. I couldn't stop watching his hands play, backwards!! I had been a guitar player at that time too.

@BIZARBIES 3 ай бұрын

It is a trip! Eric Gales plays like that as well, and he's a monster player.

@christophermitchum6829 9 күн бұрын

There were three kings... and Albert had to be one 😎✔️👍🎵🔥✌️💥

@samueljohnson6468 2 ай бұрын

I say legend. My kid says you can't be a legend if everyone don't know who you are. Sorry a legend is some one every one might not know but the people who know you, know you well. Not a better musician to follow. Memphis TN Legend, we love you RIL. That guitar is like watching the steam come off Chelsea Ave on a hot rainy day

@katamedo5703 Ай бұрын

He’s one of the Three Kings. Albert, Freddie and BB. Blues guitar OG. Most certainly a legend

@ErickHoward-qu7pe Ай бұрын

Great entertainer

@hooligan_56labelle22 3 ай бұрын

Blues is the best and it's real

@RobHollanderMusic 3 ай бұрын

I love Albert! Have seen him perform many times and got to meet him and shake his hand. He was very gracious to this young kid at the time who was just starting to play guitar. Upside-down lefties rule!

@brotherbob3569 3 ай бұрын

I allso shook his hand in Memphis right before he went on stage at a free concert around 81. Huge dude with huge hands. The essence of cool.

@Genious. 3 ай бұрын

Half a century later and I still don't understand how someone can have such powerful hands that they can bend the E and B downward like that.

@Martiniization 2 ай бұрын

The most mellow, smooth, and satisfying version of Albert King performing this rightfully famous song of his.

@bernardmeyre 2 ай бұрын

This version is great but i think i like the version in Wattstax even more...

@mrJimCharles 3 ай бұрын

This is one of the best videos of him playing that was ever made, thanks for this upload!!!

@jonncockrell3606 3 ай бұрын

The Midnight was Special back in the 70s!

@kentbergstrom3020 2 ай бұрын

Everything was special in the 70's 👍

@dennisfleming5095 5 күн бұрын

I saw him on Midnight Special back in my high school days. Went out and bought "Live Wire Blues Power". That album taught me a lot about playing blues guitar.

@umami0247 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t realize he was a plucker and didn’t use a pick. One of the greatest players period.

@kevin6667 3 ай бұрын

Blues in Pink! 🎸

@lisaweaver986 Ай бұрын

Albert King was a genuine artist for certain ❤, thank you dear inspiration,

@archstanton3763 23 күн бұрын

Alberts suit deserved an award, throw in his Flying Ver and we an absolute master class in style and delivery. Fantastic !

@anunnaki7075 2 ай бұрын

Mr. Albert King’s rizz is incomparable 🙌🏻#bluespower

@kevincwilson4310 2 ай бұрын

NIGHTSTOMP on the jukebox at the Armadillo tavern in Jax Beach, 1974. Never forget.

@Bodiddley788 Ай бұрын

I spent an entire day once with Albert when I was a kid.

@leebowens2631 2 ай бұрын

The late so so GREAT Albert King my all time favorite Bluesman !!!

@user-ue8zj6mq8i 3 ай бұрын

Another great blues master! He inspired so many guitarists! Long live the blues 👍🎶🇫🇷

@NYCHFAN 3 ай бұрын

Oh, hell yeah! ❤🎶🎶

@DjangoThunders 2 ай бұрын

Best comment, sums it up!

@fbales 2 ай бұрын

Albert King is my favorite blues artist. It’s cool that Joe Bonamassa owns, and plays, his guitar now.

@PJ-wm9nq 2 ай бұрын

Just waiting for Joe to wear a pink suit!

@VLVanDerMerwe 2 ай бұрын

Joe doesn’t “own” Albert’s guitar..

@fbales 2 ай бұрын

@@VLVanDerMerwe I thought he did because I saw him playing it when he did I’ll Play the Blues For You. Must have borrowed it, or sold it.

@mikehays3481 Ай бұрын

The guitar he is playing was a right hand turned upside down, he had one special made left handed with the knobs on bottom like a left handed guitar should be, JB owns it but rarely ever plays it, or even at all. This is Albert’s first Lucy, his second was the special made with his name on it

@VLVanDerMerwe Ай бұрын

@@mikehays3481Joe does NOT own Albert’s Korina V nor the Erlewine AK V. JB has his own custom Erlewine V with HIS name in laid in the neck. Again, JB does NOT own any of Albert’s V’s.

@mwooly1 Ай бұрын

Albert King SRV hero

@lucalone 3 ай бұрын

Great live performance ! And what a beautiful pink suit !

@MsChristyCox 3 ай бұрын

That band is tight as could be . I hope there is more to come . The solo oml . Brilliant 😁

@daveartwood 3 ай бұрын

The Pink Velvet Bulldozer!

@robertoluiz8094 3 ай бұрын

The Blues is Pink!

@jjamesmcguire6343 2 ай бұрын

Love his style and listen to him lots. Being a guitar player myself, I've always been amazed at how he could play upside down, backwards, not re-strung! His bends were just insane being that he could pull down with gravity instead of pushing up. It's another whole world of study to get into the mindset of all those microtonal bending nuances and subtlety! It mimics the human voice so well. SRV had him down to a science! Awesome smooth singing voice too. Gotta just love the B3 accompaniment filling stuff out, that would inspire anybody to play a smoke and solo over! But Albert was a King of dat business!

@jpblauvelt 2 ай бұрын

Two words. Bad ass

@rodneyrichardson8286 Ай бұрын

Reminds me of my dad would pull out his big ass Lincoln playing Albert king on way to the pool hall.

@unique74muzik 3 ай бұрын

Love him still..one of the forefathers..still trip on his issue with Hendrix..

@oscarpolo6310 2 ай бұрын

Grandioso Albert King❤. Thanks for sharing.

@therealbarnekkid 2 ай бұрын

There he is with his million dollar guitar.

@rogermilla2358 2 ай бұрын

Any more songs exactly like this?

@user-fb6lf3vl7p 2 ай бұрын

Both Kings couldn't sing and play at the same time. But once left to play that guitar skills came out.

@Bodiddley788 Ай бұрын

That bass player is awesome.

@michelfar2044 Ай бұрын

That's not a bass guitar.

@Bodiddley788 Ай бұрын

@@michelfar2044 ?

@user-rf2rs8rh4q 2 ай бұрын

KING of KING

@DjangoThunders 2 ай бұрын

and that is why Albert King is my favorite blues guitarist

@briangriffin5524 3 ай бұрын

An absolute master of the blues. This is the blues. 🎸☮️

@stanleeikki 3 ай бұрын

Man o' man!! Smoking hot vocals and guitar!! Stevie Ray Vaughan certainly learned from this cat. Really nice.

@prdwilson 3 ай бұрын

albert king,,,,nuff said

@mattaparicio571 2 ай бұрын

That guitar has good tone!!!!

@nicolasboeris5742 2 ай бұрын

Exelente Albert..maestro!

@johnnybgoode1950 Ай бұрын

That is one Big Bad Boy.

@ecwwwrasslin7663 2 ай бұрын

Oh sweet lord, this is beautiful music. 😢❤

@user-mf2gk5ju9f Ай бұрын

My Husband and I met his Twin nephews At BB Kings Club on Beale Street ,while on vacation.... They were very ( Real) and we talked awhile to them. Very Nice and Sincere young men.... We didn't get to see BB that night, but the Band that played were Spot On It!!! We had such a a Great Time..... God Bless All Of These Real Bluesmen,and Please Do Not leave Miss Etta James out..... Yes Indeed!!! Or Miss Bonnie Right,from a Different Generation...... Remember this,You Have To Have Had The Blues,To Understand , And Love The Blues 💯

@RamonaHuguley2 2 ай бұрын

I am so glad I found this song. I haven't heard blues like this in many many years

@user-fb6lf3vl7p 2 ай бұрын

Doesn't get the recognition he should.

@robertwilken8745 2 ай бұрын

He gets the recognition in the right circles.

@user-fb6lf3vl7p 2 ай бұрын

@@robertwilken8745 Never! Not mention more like he should Born Under A Bad Sign the man recorded more songs than one a come along guitarist hear later.

@robertwilken8745 2 ай бұрын

@@user-fb6lf3vl7p whatever.

@robertwilken8745 7 күн бұрын

@@user-fb6lf3vl7p could you repeat that in English.

@user-fb6lf3vl7p 7 күн бұрын

@@robertwilken8745 Clown, understand the saying. Oh, it went about your limited intelligence. BB and Albert aka both Kings couldn't sing and play at the same time.

@chocodiledundee1 18 күн бұрын

There’s is ONLY 1 King…. ALBERT KING !

@VLVanDerMerwe 2 ай бұрын

Jesus.. I just can’t get enough of that last solo. His guitar tone is immense!!

@kenslorussell8606 24 күн бұрын

Maaaaaaaaaannn, Albert King is to me the best King to touch a guitar plus he is Left handed just like my other famous Left handed Guitar player you know the one I am talking about! Anyway, Albert was second to none on his blues playing!! 👍🏾👍🏾

@stevebigelow2351 22 күн бұрын

He played a right handed guitar on the left and did not invert the strings. He played upside down. Amazing.

@mwatts1705 6 күн бұрын

I need this outfit, stat!! What a talent.

@williamdejeffrio9701 Ай бұрын

I had the album featuring this song when this came out. This song absolutely mesmerized me and I still listen to it regularly (and it still deeply moves me). I have never seen this performance and it seems he stretches out with some phrasing on his guitar leads in a way I have never heard (and I listen to AK quite a lot). Thanks for posting!

@brucemacmillan9581 2 ай бұрын

What an absolutely fabulous voice. His guitar playing is fine too. But his singing is the main thang.

@johnzuggster375 8 күн бұрын

This man was a true gift, a part of God's creation!

@ianhope3203 2 ай бұрын

Such a wonderful voice.

@Goatchild90 2 ай бұрын

R.I.P. to a legend

@alexjohnson4778 3 ай бұрын

King of the Kings, maaaaaaaaaan.

@DH-tj6tf 2 ай бұрын

Back in the day my buddies and I Headbanger's, but when I would go to bed with my headphones I would be listening to Albert, which I'm a Blues player to day 😎💯