B.B. King in London


B.B. King in London is the nineteenth studio album by B.B. King, recorded in London in 1971. He is accompanied by US session musicians and various British rock- and R&B musicians, including Ringo Starr, Alexis Korner and Rick Wright, as well as members of Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie, Greg Ridley, Steve Marriott, and Jerry Shirley.
The album was released in the United Kingdom on November 19, 1971 in order to coincide with the first date of King's tour of the country.
Wright and his female companion Fritz started a short-lived blues-based band Sunrise which came to an end after Wright's untimely death in a car accident in 1974. Sunrise also included session blues guitarist Paul Asbell. John Lennon had announced that he would perform on some of the tracks, but ended up having no involvement with the album.

Track listing

  1. "Caldonia" -- 4:01
  2. "Blue Shadows" -- 5:11
  3. "Alexis' Boogie" -- 3:30
  4. "We Can't Agree" -- 4:48
  5. "Ghetto Woman" -- 5:15
  6. "Wet Hayshark" -- 2:29
  7. "Part-Time Love" -- 3:17
  8. "Power of the Blues" -- 2:23
  9. "Ain't Nobody Home" -- 3:09

    Personnel

Recorded at Olympic Studios and Command Studios, London, England.