What was the name of the electric Blues guitarist who was born on this day, April 25, in the year of 1923, in Indianola, Mississippi?
Hint #1: He played a standard-issue, Gibson Flying V electric guitar – which he named “Lucy” – left-handed and thus, upside-down.
Hint #2: In the All Music Guide to Popular Music (4th Edition), Daniel Erlewine & Stephen Thomas Erlewine write about this musician that: “His style is immediately distinguishable from all other Blues guitarists, and he’s one of the most important Blues players to ever pick up the electric guitar.”
Hint #3: I wrote about him in my archived blog post of April 25, 2010.
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Well, Albert King of course! One of the “three kings” of the Blues.
Yep, Albert King, the “inventor of Blues Power”…. 🙂
Not long ago I caught a show on PBS with Albert and Stevie Ray playing in a studio with a couple of studio musicians as backup. If you’ve not seen it and get a chance to, don’t miss it….