ALBERT KING - I'LL PLAY THE BLUES FOR YOU

I’ll play the blues for you

ALBERT KING

SONGWRITER: JERRY MARION BEACH

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: I’LL PLAY THE BLUES FOR YOU

LABEL: STAX RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL BLUES

YEAR: 1972

 

       Albert Nelson(April 25, 1923– December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American blues guitarist and singer whose playing influenced many other blues guitarists. He is perhaps best known for the popular and influential álbum Born Under a Bad Sign(1967) and its title track. He, B.B. King, and Freddie King, all unrelated, were known as the "Kings of the Blues." The left-handed King was known for his "deep, dramatic sound that was widely imitated by both blues and rock guitarists."

       He was once nicknamed "The Velvet Bulldozer" because of his smooth singing and large size–he stood taller than average, with sources reporting 6 ft 4 in (1.93m) or 6 ft 7 in (2.01m), and weighed 250lb (110kg)–and also because he drove a bulldozer in one of his day jobs early in his career.

          King was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1983. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2011, he was ranked number 13 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

          I'll Play the Blues for You is the seventh studio album by Albert King released in 1972.

          In 2017, the single version of the title track was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame.

If you're down and out and you feel real hurt

Come on over to the place where I live

And all your loneliness I'll try to soothe

I'll play the blues for you

 

Don't be afraid come on in

You might run across some of your old friends

All your loneliness I gotta soothe

I'll play the blues for you

 

I got no big name and I ain't no big star

I play the blues for you on my guitar

All your loneliness I'll try to soothe

I 'll play the blues for you.