Choosing among B.B. King's extensive discography is not an easy task and we opted for this, since it was an essential time for the blues in terms of changes and because a hit that almost everyone knows is included here: "The Thrill is Gone ", considered by analysts as the greatest success of his musical career, composed by pianist and singer Roy Hawkins in 1951.
The album contains nine songs and is produced by Bill Szymczyk, a young sound engineer who would later promote groups such as The Eagles or the J. Geils Band.
With the help of Szymczyk, BB King took a turn in his career, notably improving his sound, giving it more color and bringing it closer to other genres, such as soul or funky, but without giving up pure blues, as in "No Good "," What Happened "or the cut that opens the album" So Excited ".
In "Crying Won't Help You Now / You're Mean" two songs together, King accompanied by another guitar are used in depth in an extensive jam and the rest of the band is totally involved sounding spectacular.
In other fundamental themes such as "Confessin´The Blues" or "Key To My kingdom" the peculiar style of B.B.King, with good sections of winds, pianos and wrapped by his powerful voice, of a man born in the Mississippi, is notably appreciated.
The song "The Thrill is Gone", mentioned above, is curiously located in the last position of the B-side and was one of the classics that ranked one of the greatest in the history of blues and was constantly covered by other artists .
B.B King is an extraordinary artist, who all by the remote forties already knew how to capture the essence of blues masters like Elmore James, T-Bone Walker or Lowell Fulson.
Over the years, he became a unique bluesman on his own merits, possessing an unmistakable voice, special guitarist and excellent composer, who made his mythical Gibson ES-335 guitar world famous since the sixties worldwide. the one called "Lucille".
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