B.B. KING - BLUES MAN

BLUES MAN

B.B. KING

SONGWRITERS: B.B. King

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: Blues on the Bayou

LABEL: MCA RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1998

Riley Ben King, mais conhecido como B. B. King, (Itta Bena, 16 de setembro de 1925 –Las Vegas, 14 de maio de 2015) foi um guitarrista de blues, compositor e cantor estadunidense. O "B. B." em seu nome significa Blues Boy, seu pseudônimo como moderador na rádio W. Foi considerado, ao lado de Eric Clapton e Jimi Hendrix, um dos melhores guitarristas do mundo pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone. Ao longo da sua carreira, B.B. King foi distinguido com 15 prémios Grammy, tendo sido o criador de um estilo musical único e que faria dele um dos músicos mais respeitados e influentes de blues, tendo ganho o epíteto de Rei dos Blues.

Era apreciado por seus solos, nos quais, ao contrário de muitos guitarristas, preferia usar poucas notas. Certa vez, B.B. King teria dito: "posso fazer uma nota valer por mil".

Blues on the Bayou is the thirty sixth studio album by B. B. King, released in 1998.

In the CD liner notes, B.B. King writes: "Of the many records Lucille and I have had the pleasure of recording over the years, this one is especially close to my heart. It's also one of the most relaxed and, for me, satisfying [...] No one was telling us what to do. No one needed to tell us what to do." He adds that he considers the band playing on this album as his best ever and that he got to the studio with the idea of keeping the music simple ("I've felt the urge to go back to basics."). With this state of mind, the record was cut in four days: "Found some old B. B. King songs. Wrote some new ones. [...] All live, all real. No overdubs, no high-tech tricks. Just basic blues."

The album won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

I've traveled for miles around

Seems like everybody wanna put me down

Because I'm a bluesman

But I'm a good man, understand

I went down to the bus station

Look upon the wall

My money is to light people

Couldn't go no where at all

I'm a bluesman

But I'm a good man, understand

The burden that I carry, oh is so heavy

It seems like ain't nobody in this great big world

That would wanna, wanna help old B.

Hey, but I'll, I would be all right people

Just give me a break, good things come

The those wait, and I've waited a long time

I'm a bluesman

But I'm a good man, understand.