Live At The Regal

2021.11.11

This album is made so much better by the live audience. Feels good to hear a bunch of people just absolutely losing their shit to blues music

"I gave you 7 children, and now you want to give them back" BB is complaining about this lady but he never thought to wrap that shit up? Classic voice and classic riffs. BB knows how to do the blues nice and smooth.

I grew up listening to this. It’s part of the soundtrack of mg childhood and brought back great memories.

Bb king is bb King. But it’s life…

It's nice to listen to the Blues Boy for the first time. Can't say that I'll relisten anytime soon, but it was good enough.

Bit Jazzy for me

Not my favourite genre, but can appreciate that this guy is one of the legends and it being a live album makes it that little bit more special.

Good for blues good for a live album but still not really doing it for me.

I dock this one star because it was a bad version of a live album. Edited wrong

Good blues music

Protiv ovog žanra nikad ne bih ništa loše rekao. Jednostavno ako si u tom điru, to je nešta predobro. Općenito BB King je tata mata, a ovaj live album to govori. Nije mi wow album, ali jednostavno je dobar i vrijedi ga se poslušati.

Good for the genre. 3/5

Not my favorite live BB King album, but you really can't go wrong with this kind of thing.

I thought it was a solid live album - BB sounded great. 7/10.

классный блюз (наверное?), но не совсем моё

I know the blues is cool and the album was nice, but it kinda blurred into background music for me after a while.

Poggin. Awesome voice on the lad. Let's all give a hand for the band! Seems like a cool dude. I liked most of it.

Nice listening and enjoyed hearing the crowd.

Cool live album, great backing band, very repetitive but that’s blues for ya

Dont really like blues. He was very passionate in his lyrics. Fav songs: How blue could you get & Help the poor

ca. zur Hälfte gehört. B.B. King halt

Live albums should not be on this list, but this is a nice one.

Veoma opusteno. Svidelo mi se. Lep zvuk na giatari idk

i’m sorry but i just had a breakdown over a jazz recording and this is triggering my fight or flight senses also i am noticing a 60’s trend 🧐 ok nvm my this is doing things to my live music withdrawal no cause i miss concerts SO MUCH shout to the woman who just howled (marry me, you won’t) no cause i want to get drunk and dance to ‘sweet little angel’ in my kitchen while having a life crisis (cigarette optional) i am having fun ok this woman is my everything THE FLOW BETWEEN TRACKS I AM AT A CONCERT bb, who hurt you? ok but ‘how blue can you get’ is a baddie anthem v much in love with the energy we have created in the studio the flow’s been interrupted 😞🤚 worry, worry is 6 minutes...i’m bucklin up simp energy ngl not the misogyny DAMN yeah that was super yuck cant believe i sat through 5 minutes of wailing for the moral of the song to be mega small dick vibes again, howling woman in the crowd be my wife challenge ok, the first half of this album is CARRYING this second half with everything it has first half supremacy idgaf ‘help the poor’ makes me feel mischievous 😏 no this is just a simp album shakin my ass 🤫 cause this whole album would be better if the simp favor wasn’t dialed to 10

Live at the Regal is an absolutely necessary acquisition for fans of B.B. King or blues music in general. A high point, perhaps even the high point, for uptown blues.

BB King, what can you say. He's got such a distinctive blues voice and his guitar stylings are second to none. But Live At The Regal doesn't really stand out to me. I enjoyed the stories, but it felt a little out of place on a best 1001 albums list. Fav Tracks: "Help the Poor" and "Sweet Little Angel"

Solid live outing from BB King. The blues are well delivered but a little rote if it wasn’t for his immense voice. Again, I have a hard time considering most live albums in the same context as these others. Interesting document, but not entirely essential. Favourite track: “Help the Poor”

It's good music, but I would have way way way preferred studio recordings over live recordings. Bleh. Not sure why the Albums Generator is doing this to us :-( Probably a 4 or maybe even a 5 for the studio recordings of the same tracks.

high quality blues, good compositions, great playing and a bit of musical variety

Some good tunes. The live album element gets a bit grating though, all the talking and screaming crowds dont add anything

The first thing I noticed about Live At The Regal is that the drummer and bass player are horrible and the horn arrangements add absolutely nothing to the presentation. On Every Day I Have The Blues, the drummer takes the tune at at the most literal thudding blues shuffle I have ever heard. He singlehandedly ruins the cut and the bass player is almost as bad, with his thoroughly unimaginative note choices. The horn charts are seemingly ported over from a Vegas review with no blues feel whatsoever. That's a terrible shame because there's a lot that's good about this recording. King's voice is in great shape and his guitar playing is just fine. The audience is clearly there to have a good time; they're incredibly responsive, to the point that they're integral to the power of the recording. King has them eating out of the the palm of his hand. Thankfully, the drummer and bass player aren't as wretched on the downtempo tunes and the horns aren't as up front either. Okay, maybe the drummer and bass player were only warming up on Every Day I Have The Blues. They're not quite as awful on the other uptempo tunes. Okay, in the end, the reason to listen to this album is B.B. King and the audience, who are both on fire. The band and arrangements are mediocre at best. This scrapes by with a 3/5

Very good classic Blues.

That was a fine live album. His vocal range is quite impressive.

No soy muy fan de BB King. De todos los blueseros, se me hacía que era el que tenía el sonido más “genérico”, el que uno identifica con el blues cuando no sabes mucho de blues. Entonces medio lo descartaba, no era Howlin Wolf pues. Pero este disco creo que me pone en mi lugar. Dan ganas de haber estado ahí. De hecho te sientes ahí, sentado en la mesa del rincón, fumando sin parar, tomando whiskey. El disco lo tiene todo: baladas tristes, solos intensos, sensualidad, baile, sudor, lágrimas. Aquí realmente está el template para el sonido de media Inglaterra: Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, no sé, yo creo que casi todo el rock inglés. Y bueno, de la lista interminable de gente a la que le debe dinero Jimmy Page por robarles, BB King está en la cabeza. Sigo sin ser fan de BB King pero lo respeto más. Y este disco está muy bien para acompañar con tragos. Supongo, no lo he hecho. Se me ocurre. Reconocimiento a la banda de BB King. Tight. Help the Poor.

Wat een soepele jazz. Heerlijk

Ok

good album, something i wouldnt mind listening to but not my go to album either

This album feels more like a tribute to the man and the concert than to the songs which comprise an album. Very good, nevertheless.

Very jazzy, but good background music

This isn't Miles but it's still good. Track 1: Jazz song. BB is charismatic and has a great voice. Track 2: Jazz song, but good stuff, more my thing. Very 'Barfly' with Mickey Rourke. Tells the story of how he wanted something but got something different. Lots of audience screaming. Track 3: These are simple and relatable songs but very formulaic. Of course, the formula was more or less perfected here. Some WICKED guitar at about 3:00. Track 4: Big hand for the other musicians, very considerate. A song about how women are bad. Track 5: Nice Dick Dale-esque start. Can't understand what he's saying, probably about how women are bad. Track 6: Greatest Hits of Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra. Women = bad. Track 7: This is like being trapped in a Scorsese movie. We follow the guy from 'Home Alone' as he walks through a casino and then shanks a guy. Track 8: This dude doesn't have a lot of luck with the ladies. Track 9: This sounds a lot like something I heard a few tracks back. Track 10: Actually good, my favourite track of the record. Reminds me of 'Down In The Hole'.

Influential no doubt

Fine - didn't dislike it, but probably wouldn't seek it out

Apparently 1965 was a little bit of a sexist time. Outside of that, How Blue Can You Get is awesome and the rest of the album definitely solid. I could go back and listen again.

Not too bad. Would listen if it was on.

As much as I tried to listen to this...I really couldn't push through. Not my jam but can appreciate the music stylings of this legendary blues artist.

classic blues, Holds all the vibes. Really takes you back to what the 60's concerts were like with the screaming girls and chit chatting to the crowd about relationships. Super chill. 3.5/5

Such a great album, except where he jokes about hitting women.

3-4

BB King is a great blues singer and guitarist. This is just a showcase of his work. His best album? No idea.

Was fine

Can’t really criticise can you?

50/50

Just fun rock/blues album!

Enjoyable.

Liked one or two songs but overall not my vibe

nice live album

Not a fan of live albums

Otro disco de un directo???? Esta guay, pero es que no creo que sea lo mismo un directo que un disco propiamente dicho pero que sabre yo

Bruh…not after what I got yesterday (Im not having a great run for this) Everything sounded the exact same to me it’s really one that I’ll probably forget about

No offense to B.B.King and his music. His overall talent and the other musical instruments featured in his performances are top tier. But other than that for me this album has nothing else going on. I dont think I will be listening to this artist anytime soon.

Felt like half of the songs were the same and that combined with it being live meaning it gets interupted by the audience made it a not so good listen

got vibes, but this just ain’t for me

enjoyed

blarg

I expected going in I was going to like this more than I did. Not sure if it was te live recording or what

not my type

Was okay to listen too just wasn’t really my thing.

Question: What's B.B. stand for? Answer: Blues Boy. That tells me all I need to know about one B.B. King! And a live album, too. Actually, this being a live album probably made me like it more, because at least there's a tiny bit of spoken stuff to entertain me (that is, a tiny bit of non-blues content). But the crowd cheering can go right in the trash. Also in the trash: if I asked somebody for a nickel and they gave me a 20 dollar bill, I'd be so mad. Not in the trash: 'Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand' samples a line from BB's 'How Blue Can You Get' ("I've been downhearted baby / Ever since the day we met"). That's fun.

Clearly this is better than a 2/5 but I have just never had a love for recorded blues. Live is fun, and the bits of guitar playing here are interesting to me, but I sorta glaze over after 1.5 songs. It’s a “me” problem!

ei näitä livelevyjä

Tarttis ehkä olla livenä paikan päällä että tätä vois arvostaa.

Kovaa ajoa, mutta ei nyt varsinaisesti mitään kauheasti mieleenjäävää meininkiä.

This was ok. Got a bit boring a few songs in though. Obviously, a fantastic guitar player and a legend. Just not really my thing.

This is one of the blues greats but this is not the great blues...

Мне это трудро

A bit too slow

This album has earned high praise for 60 years from a variety of critics. It is a pleasing album with even the downtrodden songs featuring a humorous take on the character's plight. When a song deals with immoral behavior, King offers jovial advice to the audience. Adding some grit, King tosses off some stinging, precise single-note runs that helped to put his name at the top of many bluesman lists. Having heard this album, a later live one at "Cook County Jail" and seeing King in person, the above features are all too familiar. King played show after show, and the routine barely seems to have altered, at least in this period, if ever. Like a blues Louis Armstrong, King played a role, perhaps his true persona, over and over for literally 1,000s of shows. It has some fine qualities, but is middle of the road. Sam Cooke took similar criticism for this bland pop when he issued a "Live at the Copa." After his death, "Live at the Harlem Square" came out featuring Cooke cutting loose to show true soul and gospel powers. Maybe a recording exists of King in similar fashion, and I have missed it. It could be that King's slightly less urban take on the jump blues of Louis Jordan and T-Bone Walker is not my cup of tea. The "Cook County" album has more moving moments in it compared to the nightclub stylings and banter here. My apologies to a legend, but thumbs down.

I dont like the blues maybe?

Pretty boring but not the worst thing I’ve ever heard

It's a very energetic live set from BB King, that brings a different narrative to some like me, who remembers him as his old and slow version. I'm laughing, of course. I liked it. Not much more than other blues records. It's really ok. Not something I'll be coming back to often. Is it a high 2 or flat 3? I'll decide tomorrow morning and let you know. I think it's a two unfortunately... Although there are qualities to it, it just didn't do it for me yesterday...

4/10

It’s good, but it’s not great, it looses some stars for being a live album.

I mean, just blues, nth special, I fell asleep in a bus to it.

Not bad but not my type

It’s blues. I’m sure it’s very good blues. But it sounds like all other blues

It was okay. Most of the songs sounded the same. The sound of the audience was annoying to listen to.

225/1089 a cool, relaxing blues album. i liked it but i’m not super in tune with the genre and it kinda didn’t stand out to me 47/100

pas ouf

- i am listening to this album while waiting for mum's birthday cake to bake at 9:57pm on a school night. im probably gonna scroll on pinterest while listening! - fave song - woke up this morning overall rating 5.9/10

I do like listening to blues music, but this album reminds me of a particularly dull Jools Holland show. With Jools guesting on piano, obvs. Hilariously, Spotify carried on after the album finished, playing songs from other old blues artists, and it took me 10 minutes to notice that they weren't BB King...

I can imagine sitting in a blues club, knocking back a few and watching this performance perfectly happily but this style of old blues is just not something I ever put on to listen to. I can appreciate his voice, his soulful guitar work the quality of the band but it’s just not something to actively listen to for me. 2.3

Not for me!

0/10 bekannt 4/10 Beste Songs: Sweet Little Angel, every day I have the blues, it’s my own fault

positives: He has an amazing voice with lovely lyrics negatives: the sounds sounded not that different from each other id much rather listen to the studio album favourites -its my own fault -how blue can you get -you upset me baby

For a live album, it was fine. A short listen.

Ikke objektivt dårligt men heller ikke rigtigt noget for mig. Jeg er ikke så meget til blues.

Jazz, inte så bra men inte heller så dåligt, tänkte knappt på att de var igång.

I am not a fan of live albums. All the hooting, hollering, clapping, and whistles just take me right out of the music, and I never really get into the groove. The most overused word in this album was baby. At least the songs were short.

Pull my music-appreciation card, but I don't like this much. Too much band intrusion. Mr. King gets accolades for his voicings, but seems kind of one-note to me. I could really enjoy some of of these if he wasn't singing along (blasphemy?). B.B. can play the blues with few peers. Too bad I hear the guitar too infrequently.

While the first song hit a note with my Weltschmerz, I felt bored with the album.

background music

3/10 - Favorite song: You done lost your good thing now

It’s hard to rate classics. I see why this is important. I see how it influenced everything after. I understand the devastating cultural context from which the blues emerged, and ultimately, I feel the triumph that seventy to a hundred years later, it was played by a master before a crowd as excited as this shouty, crazy bunch. I’m a big fan of classic cinema, but it’s difficult for me to find friends to go with me to the Film Forum to watch an old movie. My wife won’t go unless the movie is brand new, and my brother outright says he doesn’t like films made before the seventies. I love living in the old vibes, taking in the interesting shots, and immersing myself in an antiquated tale peopled by long-dead actors. But even I have to admit that due to the cultural dissonance created by time, many older films are a slog. It takes a certain amount of exposure to old films to learn the language of their time before the pacing and stylistic choices can feel less of a detriment and more of an asset in expressing its core personality. This B.B King album makes me feel that I simply haven’t spent enough time in the milieu to appreciate it. I came to this album with open ears, ready to travel back in history and live in a room with a crowd stocked with a completely different set of knowledge and assumptions on the world. I was ready to learn about how they perceived life, and to try to understand joy and pain as they knew it. In the end, I was only able to enjoy this as a historical artifact, despite all my best efforts. I mostly thought about what this influenced later, and I had trouble living in its moment. That being said, I’ve never been a huge fan of the blues. The blues has always felt too rigid and repetitive to me, even when played by modern virtuosos. The sound conjures hard fretboards for some reason, and then my fingers start to hurt out of empathy. As an aside, I noticed there was a short psa about spousal abuse in the middle of here. I recall a similar psa during the live Sam Cooke album. I’m glad both were trying to preach to bad husbands, but damn, if beating women was such a problem that two big acts felt the need to speak against it in a concert setting, maybe we have made some headway in our messed up modern world. I suppose that’s a good takeaway. Maybe???

Guess you had to be there?

Listen to this album at 230am. nothing fantastic about it to me but maybe it was ground breaking for its time. 3/10

Just the blues? Nothing really stood out to me.

I think I like my blues much more scludgey and less like a big show. Also the screaming is annoying. For my friends, I am quite dreadful at listening at words and mostly listen to the tunes. The piano lines are great and super tight brass section. Give the date/time in history and its an extraordinary fck you to the establishment

good blues if you're into that sort of thing (i'm not)

Objectively probably good but really not my vibe

I don’t get why this cat became the standard bearer for electric blues guitarists. He doesn’t strike me as particularly unique or interesting. I mean, he’s fine. He sounds like generic default blues for background music or production value. Or maybe he sounds generic bc he IS the standard bearer & his sound set the bar. Either way I think there’s plenty that do it better & this album is… fine. We’ll call it exactly average. 2 & 1/2 stars. Because the tyrannical powers that be don’t allow half stars we shall round down bc nothing stands out to me as noteworthy or memorable. It’s fine tho.

BB King is for sure a blues master. I found the live version of this album distracting with lots of screaming in the background. Very upbeat jazz style which in all honesty is not my favorite.

I'm not sure. I think this album shows a whole other side of blues, which is great. But I couldn't get past just thinking it sounded nice, instead of really connecting to it. Crowd also didn't add much for me.

I can appreciate the vocals and the sounds. Vibey, I guess, not really my thing though.

I am still a blues dabbler. I’m not entirely sure what I want from the genre yet, but it’s not this. This sounds like blues doing a residency at Caesars Palace or something. Too glitzy. I haven’t read up on this album enough, but it has always seemed to have an excellent reputation, however aside from the personal preference I’ve mentioned it also seems like a weird recording. It sounds like it was recorded in reverse. It starts out like a total rager of a show with an audience barely able to contain themselves, and ends up petering out like a band apologetic for being there and the audience trying to ignore them. I feel like there must be tons of better B.B. King than this.

Another one of those albums that are hard to rate. I'm not the biggest blues fan. At all. I know that big artists have cited this band as very influential to them (i.e., Santana, Clapton, Mayer--I'm not really a fan of any of them either, ha). That said, I recognize and appreciate the influences of B B King... but I don't really enjoy listening to this album.

26/1089 не люблю слушать блюз, альбом однотипный, хотя и вроде хороший, но я бы вряд ли слушал это по собственному желанию

прикольно вайбово но не на каждый день

It's not my genre, 1,5/2

Nice and quick, just not my sort of music.

Very old headed but it was nice but too much scream and claps of the lives..

I can tell this is a fantastic live album. The energy is crazy and you can almost touch the atmosphere. ...but it's still blues. And blues, for me, is boring, no way around it. A brilliant live album that does nothing to me musically? yeah, it's certainly possible.

Nicht mein Ding.

Objektiv vermutlich echt großartig, hat mich aber leider eher weniger gecatched.

Finde ich schwierig zu bewerten. Einerseits das Alter richtig einzuschätzen und andererseits als Livealbum. Ich finde die Lieder angenehm, aber es haut mich als Gesamtwerk nicht aus den Schuhen.

ну вообще не моё этот блюз, ни музыкально, ни текстово. они хорошо поют и играют, в ноты, уважаю, но радости мне это не приносит

Some good tunes but it's all blues baby

Not for me I guess

This style of blues doesn’t really do much for me. It takes a genre that started as raw and honest and turns into a Vegas spectacle. The musicianship is good but isn’t enough to carry it.

I have no issue with blues as a genre but for it to really stand out you need to have superior musicianship, particular flair or charisma, or do something out of the ordinary. I didn’t find this album had any of that and it became a bit blues by numbers very quickly.

More live music hurray... The blues is alright I guess. Just not something I'd listen to while I'm not in a dimly lit smoke filled bar with a glass of whiskey or whatever.

Hmm

Not interested in the blues, but BB King’s tone always amazes.

Every song sounds the same

A live blues album is very much NOT up my alley. Barely made it through this one

It's a BB King album. It's ok.

Not bad

I'm not a big blues fan, or indeed live album fan but I thought this was actually quite good.

Not a jazz fan, not a live recordings fan

not my favorite, but still nice!

A solid collection of blues delivered with genuine heart. Nothing to keep me coming back but a good listen.

I’m sure BB is great, but live records do nothing for me :(

it was okay

⭐︎2.5 特筆すべきことがないブルース楽曲ばかり。 ギタリストで有名な人だと思ってたけど、全然印象に残る曲なかった。

The heightened screeching crowd noise distracted from an all time great bringing blues to the masses

2.5

The guy can play guitar, and it sounded like a helluva concert. Overall though, the album was just fine.

errr blues puro, sem surpresas

I did not use a private session on Spotify for this one.

I’m not a blues person but I smiled for him kindly and liked the guitar playing but I kind of struggled to listen the whole way through. 2.5 stars!!!

Really underwhelmed to be honest.

I kinda zoned out while listening to this album. I don’t remember anything from it, and I don’t remember there being anything too special about it.

Artiste connu de nom. C'est la première fois que j'écoute un album complet. Les morceaux dynamiques sont assez entrainants, mais l’intérêt diminue avec le rythme. Et le blues me lasse assez vite. Aucune envie de l'écouter de nouveau. =>2/5

"How Blue Can You Get?" was good! Enjoyed this album a bit more than I thought I would.

I don't really fuck with live albums. But, yeah, guy can play guitar. 2 stars for the casual domestic violence jokes #differenttime

The same blues song 10 times

It’s great as a performance but live albums rarely sit well with me. Albums have a lot of potential to be a real artistic statement, but live albums cannot really have that impact. He’s a great singer though and the band were on point.

I’m sure BB King is great but I found this a little boring, plus it’s a live album

Easy listen, might need more to see if it is 3 stars.

I don't like lisyening to recorded live music

B.B. King has a really good voice, he can make the guitar sing and the backing band was great. But it's very typical blues. Some tracks are more upbeat, some a little slower, a lot of guitar noodling, but it's all pretty similar sounding. I could jump into any of these songs and wouldn't be able to tell them apart. I enjoyed the faster paced tracks more than the slower ones. I recognise the immense talent, but it's not to my tastes. The type of album I'd put one song on at a time if I was really in the mood for it but never listen to it in full.

I wasn't particularly impressed by this.

Wanted to like this more, but it's just so dated.

too much jazz

I'm not really a Blues guy. I don't know, I just find the songs very similar to each other. Like most Rock 'n' Roll, they do follow the standard 12-bar blues form, after all that's why it's called that. The fact that this is live helps sell these performances, as they sound more energetic than they would be otherwise. And while I do appreciate what this record brings to the table here, I don't think I would pick this up and give it a listen in any other context.

This is better feel like the last few have been genres that just don't click with me. But then again if I just listened to it more my ear would get used to it and I could appreciate it then, I just really like modern trap music, i like all the elements and the drums and melodies, it's a lot more ecclectic which I like and I'm not gonna let anyone change my mind on that! Trap music is my favourite type of music and ambient. I love these live albums, and the crowds energy and reaction, very engaging

Decent, not really my thing and I'm not a big fan of live albums. Great stage presence though.

Im not a blues fan but the problem with blues albums is that you cannot tell any of the songs apart

I loev his voice and his guitar playing, but I didn't really enjoy this band set up. I'm not sure jolly trumpets and jazzy piano really put me in the right mood to enjoy the blues. He has other recordings I generally put on instead.

This was just Ok. Thought and hoped there’d be more guitar from B.B., but no.

Oh lovely! Another live album! And this one is blues too!

I’m not a fan of live albums at the best of times, so it doesn’t help that the audience is way too loud in the mix here.

Meh. It's like one long song.

I had a professor once who talked about the nature of the blues. There is blues made for two audiences. Traditional blues, played culturally for black audiences is all about the lyrics. When artists crossed over to play for predominantly white crowds, they found the audience didn’t care much about the lyrics and instead it became all solos. BB King, through no fault of his own, is the latter. The Chess brothers found him, polished him up for the white world, and that was it. There’s just a lot of better blues out there.

I like the acoustic blues plenty- recorded in the 30s and 60s- all favorites. the Mississippi juke joint stuff recorded in the 90s is fire too. but this boogie-woogie Chicago style blues rock like here--- can't stand the stuff. just like sandpaper in my ears. there's no blues emotion here- just whisps of the form- it's overworked and underformed. hate it. though I don't disdain BB King himself- so it can have one extra star out of respect.

not my kind of blues i guess

not that good :/

Meh. Not for me

Respect B.B as an artist, but not my favourite album.

I like B.B. King, but not most live albums. This one isn't excluded...

Ist nicht ganz meine Musikrichtung 2/5

It all sounds the same but the blues vibes are fun

Putting aside the historical significance here, this is so thoroughly not my thing

An interesting document of its time.

I think Blues Boy is really a jazz guy at heart. Great chill vibes. I’ll take a cold beer and this record all day.

Love the raucous party vibe. Would probably enjoy it even more if it was on in the background at Catfish Jones or some other dungeonesque bar. Any time B.B. is yell-singing or banging away on Lucille it is electric! I can only take so much blues though. It gets my hackles up anytime I hear the band start playing the standard I-IV-V 12 bar blues structure. P.S. - This album reminds me of when B.B. and his wife were going through hard times in their marriage. She wasn’t a fan of all his drinking and he thought she was cheating on him. After a couple of hard years, she saw him perform this concert at the Regal and fell back in love with him. As a show of her devotion, she went to get B.B.’s name tattooed on her body: a B on each ass cheek. Later that night she called B.B. up to the bedroom. When he entered, she pulled down her pants for the unveiling. He gave the tattoo a look over and said, “who’s Bob?”

BB is in fine voice, as good as any period in his career. The band is absolutely on point- props to the drummer and bass man. The crowd is eating out of his hand, which isn’t surprising seeing the level of playing on display. It’s difficult to put in perspective now how revolutionary his one-string blues playing would have been in 1965, now that every John Mayer goofball plays that way too. It’s sometimes hard to not want to just switch to another recording though. “How Blue Can You Get” at Cook County Jail is one of the most powerful blues recordings ever, this version pales in comparison. Big-band blues has never been my favorite. The best tracks are without the full band and focus more on the legendary guitar and singing.

Live albums are cheating

Some fun parts , no track stands out nothing that makes me wana replay but it was diff and viby enough to merit a low 2

It's good, but I liked Cook County more. C

solid

It's good, but I liked Cook County more. C

A great talent to be sure. Just not something I'm really going to listen to again, especially because Live Albums very seldom do anything for me

Fine but I don't think I care for blues that much.

Blues, jazz, positive, emotional, live, male, mid/slow. Not sure if I ever get into blues. No bad record, but can't think about a mood that this touches me.

Not my cup of tea / da da da dam, da da da dam / nothing but the blues

This album is very fluid and one of the better live performance recordings we've had to go through thus far. I don't know what I was expecting but not this, meaning it was better than my assumptions (but still not great). I don't really like the talking in between the songs or blues in general but you could do a lot worse on this list. I think the order hurt it slightly because I was very over horns and old people music. It gets a 2.0.

This live performance album proves why BB is the King of blues. Solid guitar work. Heart and soul in the vocals. The back up band is a little too jazzy here and there though. Always will see BB as the old fat guy with a guitar in his lap so it is hard to picture him in the 60s with so many screaming ladies in the crowd. I'm not a huge blues fan but it seems to be a genre people go to as they age. I'm getting up there so I may have some of his albums in my collection one day. For now this album gets a 2.15 but check back in 20 years.

This actually wasn't a bad live album. I went in with low expectations and was greeted with a couple short blues songs. Nothing special, but not something I was tired of by the end of it. Slightly better than some the other 1960s fare on the list. 1.75 stars

Not a huge fan of Jazz or live albums so this is a bit of a miss for me.

1964. This isn't for me. At least, right here, right now. It was good to read about the come-up of B.B. King, who got his name from Beale Boy, then Blues Boy, then just B.B., but I'd be lying if I said this is an album I'd casually listen to. His presence is palpable. His voice is hearty. His playing is crisp and expressive. At the end of the day, I just think - this is jazz. This is 60s jazz. What makes it so special? I think I'd only understand why if I was there, then. Favorite track: It's My Own Fault

Not usually keen on live albums, but the piano and guitars really stand out during live performances and this is no exception. Vocals are great. However, it felt longer than it was and got tiring. Highlights: Please Love Me

Bluey

Gute Hintergrundmusik, mehr aber nicht für mich

# 301 : I don't love it, I don't hate it, I can listen to it, a couple of things stood out, but mostly I love the guitaring,

Decent recording for a live gig in 60s but not really my thing

It's a live album and I'm not a huge fan of those. I can tell that it's competent blues, but blues just isn't in this style isn't something I listen to much aside from going "Yup that's oldschool blues alright, neat". I don't think I'll ever listen to one of these songs again purposefully, I simply won't remember that they exist past tomorrow Standouts It's My Own Fault 2/5

Blues is just such a simple form of music. It’s the basis for much of what I’ve listened to my whole life and it bores me to death. I will say the qualify of this live album was shockingly good 4.8/10

Nice, Boyant, fulsome and energetic. Enjoyable. I'd rank it ... Um ... Three? Maybe 2? Not really my thing but could listen to it if I was doing something at the time ...

Honestly fine, but not my thing at all. I dont like this kind of music, and i dont like live albums but its short, and everyone is playing their instruments well. high 2 or so?

Not hearing anything I'd return to. Foundation of the genre, groundbreaking for the time surely

Ok listen. Not my favorite though.

Don’t know why there is so many live albums on this list, it was pretty average

I feel like this record got thrown on here just because it is BB King. I truly don't think this record captures the essence and talent of BB King. It shows off his stage presence and banter. The songs are fine... But I was left unimpressed. There are many of these live recordings out there that are similar in quality. Almost as if every live show was recorded and released despite the quality of the product. There's nothing wrong with the playing... It's just kind of subpar. It also doesn't feel like the full show. Live albums don't need to be on here... Unless something. Astounding happens during.

Eh

This is a nice live album. King has some good banter with the crowd. While I respect what blues means for the world of music, and I no doubt listen to countless bands who would not be around if not for blues music, I just don't really get into it. I does nothing for me. It's the same way I feel about jam bands, like Phish or Widespread Panic. Whenever their music comes on I'm like, "I have other things I need to do..." I have a hard time feeling anything with the music. BB King is an all time legend for this genre, so I respect it. The crowd loves him, and that's fun to hear. I guess You Upset Me Baby was my favorite.

Fun vibe with the live band and crowd interaction, but not an album I'd return to.

It was okay

Blues is not my favourite, but this was... listenable. The talent is undeniable.

Druk

I can appreciate the music but it’s not for me and I doubt I’ll revisit it. I also am not really a fan of live music but I like the drums a lot.

Blues…

Meh. Rating: 2.4

I don't know... I usually think this type of music can be a bit cozy and give you a nice feeling, but I don't think I was in the mood for this yesterday at all. Found the crowd noise distracting and it just became messy overall. Granted, B.B. King is extremely talented and a great performer, but it just flew over my head a bit. Maybe an unfair score but it is what it is.

I have a love - hate relationship with the blues, and this album feeds that polarized relationship. The Thrill is Gone is a classic but How Blue Can You Get just drones on and on. Figured out that I don't like electric guitar jamming!!! Gotta go with 2/5 despite recognizing the fabulous talent of B.B. King.

Not for me

good

take Live albums off this list

not really my style

Music is ok. Not a fan of recorded live performances

Hyvältähän tämä kuulostaa, mielellään kuuntelee. Erikoinen yhdistelmä eri livejä kyllä, tunnelma ei päässyt siksi syvenemään. Albumina ei siis sinänsä hieno.

Für sowas finde ich diese Liste wieder ganz cool. Würde ich mir eigentlich nicht anhören, werde ich vermutlich auch nicht mehr machen. finde es aber an sich ganz cool, in eine andere Richtung einzutauchen.

entiendo la vibra, pero no es mi rollo

This is not my type of music at all. To these untrained ears, everything sounds the same, and I find it hard to focus on the music, even if the album is short. Boring.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. It's good music but the live album just doesn't do anything for me here. There's a good amount of crowd work that I just don't want to hear during the music. 4/10

I just don't like the blues. It's not unlistenable so it gets a 2.

Solid. But another album I can’t see myself ever going back to. I also am starting to see that a live album has to do a lot for me to like it more than a studio album. Most of the time I prefer to listen to something where the crowd isn’t interrupting the performance. Anyway, King is very good. This just didn’t blow me away. 3/5

2/5/24. B.B. King is a legend, however I'm not sure why I find blues to be boring at times! Maybe I need to see it live to appreciate it.

Not my style of music. B.B. King's voice is amazing though

1965 soul "rap"-nicht mein Ding

It's blues.

I mean it was just this dood saying how sad he was about some girl over and over again

Ik vind blues normaal vaak wel lekker om op de achtergrond aan te hebben staan, maar de stem van ome Bibi en het feit dat het een vrij luide live-opname is zorgt ervoor dat dat in dit geval niet heel goed werkt. Het zoekt m'n irritatiegrens geregeld op en schuwt het niet om er overheen te stappen. Je zult me niet zien schrijven dat het slecht is, maar ik hou er niet van. Veel te carnavalesk en wat zelfgenoegzaam.

Well, important to lay the foundations. Wouldn't be where we are without it. However, not my kind of music.

Esperava mais de um disco ao vivo, não teve solos que chamassem a atenção.

Hat zwar nicht weh getan, aber ich glaube, ich kann mit Blues einfach wenig anfangen. Sehr langsam. Hängengeblieben ist nur das letzte Lied und auch das muss ich jetzt nicht unbedingt wieder hören.

EHHH

Wasn’t in the mood for this today.

Didn't like

Niet mijn genre

Cool?

Nothing memorable unfortunately

Was ok. Not my kinda jam though.

Objectively good, just not for me.

A connu meilleur BBK

I like some bluesy stuff but straight blues gets kinda old after awhile. Like, better yourself and then maybe you’ll get laid. Or talk to a doctor about prescribing some anti-depression medicine or something,

Not my thing... but he was a King for sure.

To be honest I kind of dozed off during this. I appreciate its short length but I feel like nothing was memorable to me. I do understand how it is influential however, and I will credit that.

Was really looking forward to this. However, I am not a fan of this 'big band' style of blues, so was a bit disappointed. This chugged along pleasantly in the background but nothing jumped out at me. Sadly. One extra star for the sleeve design, though.

I like the sound however I found the songs quite repetitive after a while and there wasn’t enough to keep me interested. I am not a regular blues listener and this album seemed a bit mediocre in comparison to the complexity of the last two albums.

He’s not my favorite as far as blues goes.

2.5 it's fine.

Loved the crowd energy and some songs carried that through. In terms of a live album I have a hard time believing it’s his best. It’s 35 mins long and he’s re-introduced late in the album and it messes with the flow.

Hmmm, I don't really feel it right now🤔

- Love a good live album - Some good jams but nothing I'd come back to

Good but didn't really stand out

I'd forgotten that his take on Everyday I have the Blues owed more to Count Basie than Slim Harpo, interesting opener as it sounds like by 1964 he was already bored with it but had to play it. You Upsets Me Baby is straight out swing and Help the Poor is a Latin beat, very interesting. You can tell he's toured the bejesus out of these songs, chitlin circuit, Chicago, west coast done it all to death. His stage patter is a bit meta, he's already across what they want and what he's got to play, fascinating. Did BB ever play a chord, could he have played Smoke on the Water if asked? How many copies of Lucille did he have, as he must have worn out the tenth fret top three strings playing that same riff over and over and over again. This smacks of a record label filler, a cash in on a guy still touring hard, and his audience is still African American, I dont think the white college students have clocked him yet. Great voice, It's My Own Fault is superb and sums up everything good about BB, best track on the album. You Done Lost Your Good Thing points to the settled sound he was moving towards, especially for the white audience that was coming. This is album is a curio, representing an artist who was good at what he did, working within his limitations.

B.B. King is a classy performer, with a crack band, and he knows how to put on a show with his polished uptown blues. This is really the ur-text for a whole class of of by-the-book players (Joe Bonnamassa, I'm looking at you), who play play increasingly bloodless imitations of what B.B.King laid down here. And I really shouldn't blame him for the horrible blues lawyers who came after this, but I can't help but hear it through that lens. I can admire this, but not love it. I like my blues with a _lot_ more grit.

Fine to listen to in background. Nothing to shout about though

Mår fysiskt dåligt av sånt här. Bandet är i alla fall duktigt.

It's the blues. Which song is it? Oh it's the last one again. It's a thing I guess.

Was OK - couple of fun tunes, but mostly meh. The blues on the spotify shuffle afterwards were much more fun

Si hablamos de Blues, BB King debería ser uno de los mayores referentes de la historia, sinó el mayor. Y sí, cómo para no serlo, con su sublime manejo de la guitarra, que no deja de fluir y ahondar de una forma magnífica sobre los suaves ritmos tan característicos del género. Lo más maravilloso a mi parecer, creo que es el revuelo social que causaba su voz, los gritos eufóricos a los comienzos de las canciones, como la profundidad y rango vocal, son una cosa de no creer. El poder con el que afronta cada nota y cada melodía, te impacta desde la primer canción. Más allá de todo esto, el blues es un género al cual muchas veces le cuesta plantearse nuevas ideas, esto no saca mérito al talento musical planteado por King y su banda, pero que por ahí se hace un poco repetitivo, no lo niego tampoco.

Just don’t like blues all that much. Or live albums.

Meh. Didn’t need to listen to the live album. he’s got good recorded songs tho

I like Jazz and Blues influence, but I don't really listen to the core genre. Additionally, I'm not a fan of jam bands, so this album just isn't for me.

Not for me

Yea it's fine

Live AND blues? Oh boi

I didn't hate it and it would probably be okay as background music, but blues is just not my jam.

Meh, osaahan ukko soittaa vaan eipä silti koveta.

La prise de son est pas full hot... J'aime pas trop le blues... en 30 minutes de disque ça trouve le moyen d'être trop long, trop répétitif, bourré de clichés et pas différent de tous les disque de blues que j'ai subi dans ma vie .... Après 100 ans des mêmes 3 accords avec la même gamme et des mêmes licks il serait temps d'essayer autre chose... J'exagère mais pas tant que ça😅

I have deep respect for B.B.King as a musician. Having written that, this album, for me, is just blues overkill. The genre just fails to move me in any way, no matter how masterful (like here) it is presented. 2/5.

The live audience whistling got annoying and the album made me feel sleepy

The crowd is annoying. I'm just not interested in listening to a live album if I don't like the music anyway. Just got on my tits

Decent album for what it is....I am just not a massive blues fan. Most of the songs sound too similar for my taste. BB is a GREAT singer though...really enjoy his voice. 2/5

ההתחלה טובה, השאר לא שמעתי

Ben nooit echt een blues man geweest, maar dit klinkt wel aardig op een zondagochtend.

B.B. being B.B. Fav new track: You Upset Me Baby

No es mi estilo

Its k

It was okay.

The performance started out good but seemed over-dramatized. Judging from the audience screams it was probably amazing to hear live, but not something i would put on myself.

As a live album it is not bad but nothing stands out for me. The guitar work is pretty standard for a blues album and vocal delivery is good. 2 1/2 stars.

1965 war das bestimmt revolutionärer Blues. Heute bleibt nicht viel davon hängen. Erinnert mich an die Jazzahead in Bremen.

Production: 8/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 7/20 Bangers: 0/20 Emotional response: 6/20 =29 Fairly underwhelming fair - sorry BB

Legendarny czarny grajek, krol bluesa, jedna z najwazniejszych gitar w historii muzyki popularnej, czyli B.B. King, albumu nie znalem, ale to nic dziwnego po tak bogatej dyskografii jaka stworzyl krol, gatunek granej muzyki jest tu raczej oczywisty, jako ze jest to material z 65, to wiekszosc kawalkow jest od kogos pozyczona, jak to sie gralo za dawnych czasow, autorskimi trakami sa woke up this mornin, please love me i you done lost your good thing now, kingu jest backowany przez dosc standardowa 6 osobowa bande, wiec basior, saksa, drumsy, saksy, no i wyjatkowo pianinko, zazwyczaj w tych czasach to powinny byc organy, nie mozna takze zapominiec o wodzirejach, bo prezenterow mial dwoch, ktory jakies wstawki przed trakowe prowadza, sam material jest dosc pociety, bo niby jest to zapis jednego koncertu z tytulowego regalowego theatru, ale traki sa pociete, bo takie wystepy to nie byla tylko muzyka, ale pomiedyz trakami wodzireje wodzili widownia zeby ja w dobra strone prowadzic, a to wlasnie ta widownia najbardziej mnie boli na tym materiale, doslownie jakby stado baboonow wposcic na widownie i niech wyja, tak wiem ze o to chodzi w wystepie bluesowym, zeby ruszyc widownie i miec z nia polaczenie, ale jesli na plycie ktorej sluchasz wieksza czesc lewego kanalu zabiera widownia i ich wyjcowate UGA BUGAAA UUUUU AAAA, to nie pomaga to w odbiorze materialu, o ile takiej muzyki uwielbiam sluchac z zamknietymi oczami maja za powiekami rozlozona bande, tak tym razem lewa strona calkowicie okupowana byla baboonami ktore chowaly sie za drumsami, podobne odczucia co do wystepu wodzirejow, wracajac do trakow, to chyba nic nowego nie wymysle piszac o tym, ze tematyka jest milosc polaczona z proza zycia, no i niebieskimi uczuciami, no i preachowaniu, czy to samym spiewem, czy wstawkach miedzy wersowych krol zawsze jakas zartobliwa madrosc stara sie rzucac, albo po ultra solowkach ktore potrafia nawet otwierac traki, najgorsze ze nawet w ich trakcie baboony nie moga wytrzymac i musza dac upust swej pasji, tak w ogole to az czuc kolor skory widowni po takim zangazowaniu, jestem ciekawy czy podobnie biale koncerty bylo slychac, ale pewnie lepszy enginering rekordu nie pozowlilby na nagranie az takich poglosow widowni, ale endziner jednak tutaj mial inna wizje, na plejke wrzucam how blue can you get i help the poor

No soy yo de mucho Blues ni de tanta guitarra. Suena bien para ser un directo y más aún pensando que es del año 1965. Lo mismo es un gran disco, pero yo no lo se apreciar en su justa medida.

Meh

Too loud for regular listening