Albert King remains universally acknowledged as one of the most influential electric guitar players. King’s style part of the essential vocabulary of both Blues and Rock guitarists. What makes Albert King’s guitar work so special?
In this session on Blues Radio International TV, our good friend Matt Schofield, named three times as Best Blues Guitarist in Britain and hailed by the L.A. Times as “the best blues guitarist from any country in decades,” explains, and demonstrates, the key elements of Albert King’s signature sound.
This session is part of a series, which began with Matt’s demonstration of how B.B. King forever changed the way we play electric Blues.
View Matt’s B.B. King session on the Blues Radio International YouTube Channel:
https://youtu.be/Edft9kir_xM
Recorded in BRI Studio C
January 13, 2017
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