Riding with the King (B. B. King and Eric Clapton album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Riding with the King
Type = album
Artist = B. B. King and Eric Clapton


Released = June 13, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Blues
Blues-rock
Length =
Label = Reprise
Producer =
Reviews =
Chronology = B. B. King
Last album = "Let the Good Times Roll"
(1999)
This album = "Riding with the King"
(2000)
Next album = "Makin' Love Is Good for You"
(2000)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Eric Clapton
Type = studio album
Last album = ""
(1999)
This album = "Riding with the King"
(2000)
Next album = "Reptile"
(2001)

"Riding with the King" is a blues album by Eric Clapton and B. B. King released in 2000.

Although Eric Clapton and B. B. King had a 30-plus years' friendship originating with a chance meeting and subsequent jam session at New York City's Café Au Go Go in 1967, the idea for a collaborative album only crystallized during the sessions for King's 1997 album "Deuces Wild".

B. B. King's extensive catalog provides several tracks, including signature songs such as the smoldering "Three O'Clock Blues", alongside lesser-known numbers like the ribald shuffle "Days Of Old", and the "Live at the Regal" chestnut "Help The Poor". Elsewhere, King and Clapton look to guitarist Big Bill Broonzy (an acoustic "Key to the Highway") and Chicago pianist Maceo Merriweather (the slow-rolling "Worried Life Blues") for inspiration.

"Riding with the King" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

The album was also released on a DVD-Audio in higher resolution.

Track listing

#"Riding with the King" (John Hiatt) – 4:23
#"Ten Long Years" (B. B. King/Taub) – 4:40
#"Key to the Highway" (Big Bill Broonzy/Charles Segar) – 3:39
#"Marry You" (Doyle Bramhall II/Susannah Melvoin/Craig Ross/Charles Segar) – 4:59
#"Three O'Clock Blues" (King/Taub) – 8:36
#"Help the Poor" (Charles Singleton) – 5:06
#"I Wanna Be" (Bramhall, Charlie Sexton) – 4:45
#"Worried Life Blues" (Big Maceo Merriweather) – 4:25
#"Days of Old" (Jules Bihari, King) – 3:00
#"When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" (King/Taub) – 7:09
#"Hold On! I'm Comin'" (Isaac Hayes/David Porter) – 6:20
#"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer) – 4:11

Personnel

*Eric Clapton - vocals, guitar
*B. B. King - vocals, guitar
*Doyle Bramhall II - guitar, background vocals
*Andy Fairweather-Low, Jimmie Vaughan - guitar
*Joe Sample - piano, Wurlitzer piano
*Tim Carmon - organ
*Nathan East - bass
*Steve Gadd - drums
*Paul Waller - programming
*Susannah Melvoin - background vocals
*Wendy Melvoin - background vocals