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Live in Cook County Jail | 
 enlarge | Artist: B.b. King
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 73670
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 076731108025
EAN: 0076731108025
ASIN: B000002PBQ
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Introductions - B.B. King, | | • | Every Day I Have the Blues - B.B. King, Memphis Slim | | • | How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King, Feather, Leonard | | • | Worry, Worry - B.B. King, Davis, Pluma | | • | Medley: 3 O'Clock Blues/Darlin' You Know I Love You - B.B. King, | | • | Sweet Sixteen - B.B. King, Josea, Joe | | • | The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King, Darnell, Rick | | • | Please Accept My Love - B.B. King, King, Riley |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
One of the greatest concert recordings of all time. How could it be less, with B.B. King performing some of his best material before a literally captive audience in an Illinois prison? "Worry, Worry" and "How Blue Can You Get" take on deeper meanings here, although King works the latter's camp lyrics as if he were in a juke joint. His mix of down-home humility and commanding stagecraft is instantly appealing. And his guitar barks, sings, and squeals with such authority that this is a bravura performance from the first bent, soul-searing note. A true desert-island disc. --Ted Drozdowski
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| Customer Reviews:
Classic King September 24, 2008
John A. Weisel (Fitzgerald, GA USA)
BB King had already recorded over 300 songs when this album was recorded. Prime arrangements of some standards and a few lesser known tunes. If you've never seen him live, this is close to it.
 oh 2 b a con in this nick @ this gig. August 19, 2007
tim gooding (utopia)
great fun.takes you into the hall ,the booing of the sheriff and judge sets the tone for a fun gig.foot tapping and air guitar.
BB in Action November 8, 2006
Stratiotes Doxha Theon (Richmond, Missouri)
B. B. King is more than a talented musician and songwriter, he is a phenomenal entertainer as well. He works a crowd like few others with his obvious love for people and his devotion to giving his best. This album captures BB as he is best, live and in action. He does not need light shows or other props to sell his work, he just plays and sings with a style and an infectious joy that few entertainers can match. One of his best albums.
Arguably B.B. King's Best January 14, 2006
Danno (NY, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fans often call B.B. King the king of the blues guitar, but if B.B. were only a brilliant guitarist he wouldn't be a household name for decades. B.B. King is also a powerful singer, a terrific interpreter of others' material, an effective bandleader and - most importantly - a thoroughly professional entertainer. You can experience all B.B. King's sides on the "Cook County Jail" CD.
Virtually every cut on the CD is a powerhouse. Although the Cook County Jail setting might lead one to expect that B.B. King would play up the outlaw aspects of the blues (the way that Johnny Cash did with his prison LPs), B.B. takes the opposite approach. He delivers a well-rehearsed and utterly professional show. It must have seemed a revelation to rock fans, as most blues-rock concerts at the time were notoriously sloppy affairs. But it's what we expect from B.B. King. He may define himself as a bluesman, but B.B. applied many lessons learned from tight jazz combos.
For the uninitiated, the strong performances of B.B. King's best-known hits "Sweet Sixteen" and the "Thrill is Gone" will be the selling points, but every track has its delights. For me, the strongest moment comes with "How Blue Can You Get?" Here, we clearly get to experience how B.B. King is able to feed off the energy of a responsive audience, to the point where the inmates are practically bandmembers. When we hear their laughter and applause, we know that B.B. King has won over one of the most difficult audiences to please. Every solo on the CD is well-constructed, and at no time does B.B. allow himself to become self-indulgent.
The CD's short running time is the only deficit. While appropriate for an early 1970s LP, this is one short concert by modern CD standards. It would be nice to see this CD reissued with material cut from the original release (as is the usual trend for live album reissues), but there is no denying this is one of the very few live albums worth revisiting again and again. It belongs in the collection of anyone who truly loves post-war blues.
Best of BB King September 18, 2005
V. Cuellar (Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This CD captures the very essence of what makes Blues Boy King the King of the Blues. The power of BB's music thunders througout the CD. This album has the best rendition of "The Thrill is Gone" I have ever heard, and I've heard just about all the versions he has done over the years. You can almost see him crooning to the microphone with his eyes closed, and Lucille gives this song so much more with her solo at the end. If anything buy this CD for the "The Thrill is Gone"; as soon as you get it turn it up, sit down and close your eyes...
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