One Kind Favor
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| Studio album by B.B. King | ||||
| Released | August 26, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 57:04 | |||
| Label | Geffen Records | |||
| Producer | T-Bone Burnett | |||
| B.B. King chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| World of Music | [2] |
One Kind Favor is B.B. King's 24th studio album. It was released on August 26, 2008 by Geffen Records.
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 51st Grammy Awards.[3]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
- "I Get So Weary" (T-Bone Walker)
- "Get These Blues Off Me" (Lee Vida Walker)
- "How Many More Years" (Chester Burnett)
- "Waiting for Your Call" (Oscar Lollie)
- "My Love Is Down" (Lonnie Johnson)
- "The World Is Gone Wrong" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon)
- "Blues Before Sunrise" (John Lee Hooker)
- "Midnight Blues" (John Willie "Shifty" Henry)
- "Backwater Blues" (Big Bill Broonzy)
- "Sitting on Top of the World" (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon)
- "Tomorrow Night" (Sam Coslow and Will Grosz)[4]
[edit] Personnel
- B.B. King - vocals, guitar
- Dr. John - piano
- Nathan East - double bass
- Mike Elizondo - electric bass, double bass
- Jim Keltner- drums, percussion
- Jay Bellerose - drums, percussion
- Eugene "Snooky" Young- trumpet
- Ricky Woodard - tenor sax
- Ernie Fields, Jr. - baritone saxophone
- Jeffrey Clayton - alto saxophone
- Neil Larsen - hammond organ
- Darrell Leonard - trumpet, arranger, horn Arrangements
- Ira Nepus - trombone
- Charles Owens II - tenor saxophone
- Johnny Lee Schell - guitar
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ WOM magazin (November 08): p. 23.
- ^ http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx
- ^ BB King Releases 'One Kind Favor'. Soulshine. July 22, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
[edit] External links
- One Kind Favor at Metacritic
- Randy "B.B. King's One Kind Favor and another: a blues museum" Los Angeles Times September 08, 2008
