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One Kind Favor 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 Live
(2008)One Kind Favor
(2008)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating 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
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]
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
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.
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
B.B. King Studio albums 1957: Singin' the Blues • 1958: The Blues • 1960: My Kind of Blues • 1968: Lucille • 1969: Completely Well • 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds • 1971: B.B. King in London • 1972: Guess Who • L.A. Midnight • 1977: King Size • 1978: Midnight Believer • 1979: Take It Home • 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere • 1985: Six Silver Strings • 1995: Lucille & Friends • 1997: Deuces Wild • 1998: Blues on the Bayou • 1999: Let the Good Times Roll • 2000: Riding with the King • Makin' Love Is Good for You • 2003: Reflections • 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80 • 2008: One Kind FavorLive albums 1965: Live at the Regal • 1969: Live & Well • 1971: Live in Cook County Jail • 1974: Together for the First Time... Live • 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live • 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss • 1991: Live at the Apollo • Live at San Quentin • 1999: Live in JapanCompilations 1975: Lucille Talks Back • 1983: Why I Sing the Blues • 1992: King of the Blues • 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits • 2005: The Ultimate Collection • 2007: The Best of the Early YearsSingles 1951: "3 O'Clock Blues" • 1952: "Shake It Up and Go" • 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues" • 1956: "Sweet Little Angel" • 1959: "Sugar Mama" • 1961: "Someday Baby" • 1962: "Going Down Slow" • 1963: "Trouble in Mind" • 1964: "How Blue Can You Get" • "Rock Me Baby" • "Please Send Me Someone to Love" • 1965: "Blue Shadows" • 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind" • "Just Like a Woman" • "Five Long Years" • "Ain't Nobody's Business" • 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone" • "Worried Life" • 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll" • 1985: "Big Boss Man" • 1988: "When Love Comes to Town" • 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"Other songs 1961: "Driving Wheel • 1974: "Black Night" • 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me" • 1985: "In the Midnight Hour" • 1990: "Into the Night" • 1995: "You Shook Me" • 1998: "Mean Ole' World" • 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" • "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" • "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" • "Buzz Me" • "Jack, You're Dead" • "Saturday Night Fish Fry" • "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" • "Early in the Mornin'" • 2000: "Hold On, I'm A Comin'" • "Come Rain or Come Shine" • "Since I Fell for You" • 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad" • "Early in the Morning" • 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" • "Sitting on Top of the World"Related articles Discography • Memphis blues • Beale Street • WDIA • Chitlin' circuit • Bihari brothers • Maxwell Davis • Lucille (guitar)Categories:- 2008 albums
- B.B. King albums
- Albums produced by T-Bone Burnett
- Geffen Records albums
- Grammy Award winners
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