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Two guitar legends - Eric Clapton and B.B. King - first performed together in NYC in 1967. Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two longtime friends joined forces to create a collection of all new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album Riding with the King would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies and win the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the album will be expanded and remastered and released in June 2020. Two additional previously unreleased tracks have been added to the album: The blues standard “Rollin’ & Tumblin’” and a cover of Willie Dixon’s “Let Me Love You Baby”. Both tracks were recorded during the original sessions and were mixed specially for this release. The album features five Dixon originals, plus a selection of covers from writers as diverse as Isaac Hayes (“Hold On I’m Coming”), Johnny Mercer (“Come Rain Or Come Shine”) and “Big” Bill Broonzy (“Key To The Highway”). John Hiatt wrote the album’s title track. The album features an all-star line-up of musicians: Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Joe Sample, Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah and Wendy Melvoin, and Jim Keltner. Arif Martin contributed string arrangements and orchestration to two tracks. Eric Clapton & B.B. King: Riding with the King (20th Anniversary Expanded & Remastered) Product Identifiers
Record LabelSurfdog Records, Sfd
UPC0093624895213
eBay Product ID (ePID)28046065005
Product Key Features
GenreBlues
ArtistClapton, Eric / King, B.B.
Release TitleRiding with the King
Dimensions
Item Height0.16 in
Item Weight0.09 lb
Item Length5.92 in
Item Width4.87 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks14
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Riding with the King 1.2 Ten Long Years 1.3 Key To The Highway 1.4 Marry You 1.5 Three O’Clock Blues 1.6 Help The Poor 1.7 I Wanna Be 1.8 Worried Life Blues 1.9 Days of Old 1.10 When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer 1.11 Hold On I’m Coming 1.12 Come Rain Or Come Shine 1.13 Rollin’ and Tumblin’ * 1.14 Let Me Love You Baby*
NotesDigitally remastered and expanded 20th Anniversary edition including two bonus tracks. Two guitar legends - Eric Clapton and B.B. King - first performed together in NYC in 1967. Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two longtime friends joined forces to create a collection of all new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album Riding with the King would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies and win the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album features an all-star line-up of musicians: Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Joe Sample, Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah and Wendy Melvoin, and Jim Keltner. Arif Martin contributed string arrangements and orchestration to two tracks.