Albert King (1923-1992) Albert King, aka Albert Nelson (Indianola, Mississippi, April 25, 1923 - Memphis, Tennessee , December 21, 1992) was a blues guitarist and singer.
His father, preacher, Albert left the family when she was only five years.
He began playing guitar when he moved to a cotton farm in Arkansas, building rudimentary stringed instruments.
In 1939 he was given his first guitar with which, after work, roaming through the club and roadhouse.
first began to play with "Yancery's Band" where he played the role of rhythm guitarist, and later formed his first band, "Boys In The Groove" at this time chose the artistic name of "Albert King".
Like many other musicians did, he moved north in search of success. In Chicago, the group played drums for Jimmy Reed.
King played guitar left-handed (with the handle at right). Nevertheless, it reversed the order of the strings in reverse his instrument (we have then from the top down I sing, Si, Sol, Re, La, Mi).
His particular style of performance was often marked "bends" and suffered from a slow and phrasing. Among the fathers of the blues guitar, has deeply influenced the style of many later musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Mike Bloomfield and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
died December 21, 1992 in Memphis (Tennessee).
(Text taken from wikipedia.org)
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