Albert King - The Definitive Albert King (2011)
Label: Stax | MP3 320 Kbps | 02:01:40 | 259.85 MB
Genre: Blues
Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer.One of the “Three Kings of the Blues Guitar” (along with B.B. King and Freddie King), Albert King stood 6’ 4”, weighed 250 lbs and was known as “The Velvet Bulldozer”. He was born Albert Nelson on a cotton plantation in Indianola, mississippi. During his childhood he would sing at a family gospel group at a church. One of 13 children, King grew up picking cotton on plantations near Forrest City, Arkansas where the family moved when he was eight years old. He began his professional work as a musician with a group called In The Groove Boys in Osceola, Arkansas.