Eric Clapton & B.B. King - Riding With The King (2LP)
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20th Anniversary Expanded Edition with two previously unreleased tracks recorded during the original sessions
B.B. King – Guitar, vocals [click here to see more vinyl featuring B.B. King]
Eric Clapton – Guitar (A1 to D1, D3), Vocals (A1, A3 to C2, C4 to D3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Eric Clapton]
Drums – Steve Gadd (A1 to D1, D3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Steve Gadd]
Backing Vocals – Doyle Bramhall II (A4, B3), Susannah Melvoin (A1, A4, B2-3, C2, C4), Wendy Melvoin (A1, A4, B2-3, C2, C4)
Guitar – Andy Fairweather Low (A1-2, A4, B2-3, C2 to D1, D3), Doyle Bramhall II (A1, A2, A4, B2, B3, C2 to D1, D3), Jimmie Vaughan (B2)
Bass – Nathan East (A1 to D1, D3)
Double Bass – Nathan East (D2)
Drum Programming – Paul Waller (A1 to A4, B3 to D1, D3)
Drums – Jim Keltner (D2)
Organ – Tim Carmon (A1 to B3, C2 to D1)
Piano – Joe Sample (A1, A2, B1-3, C2-4, D1, D3)
String Arrangement & orchestration by Arif Mardin (D1, D3)
Written-By – B.B. King (A2, B1, C2-3), John Hiatt (A1), Jules Bihari (A2, B1, C2-3), William Broonzy (A3), Charles Seger (A3), Craig Ross (A4), Doyle Bramhall II (A4, B3), Susannah Melvoin (A4), Charles Singleton (B2), Charlie Sexton (B3), Maceo Merriweather (C1), David Porter (C4), Isaac Hayes (C4), Harold Arlen (D1), Johnny Mercer (D1), Hambone Willie Newbern (D2), Willie Dixon (D3)
2 LPs, gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Industry, Haarlem, Netherlands
Label : Warner
Original Label : Reprise Records
Recorded at The Town House (London) and Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles)
Engineered by Alan Douglas and Don Murray
Mixed by Alan Douglas (A2-3, B1, C1-4), Mick Guzauski (A1, A4, B2-3, D1), Simon Climie (D2-3)
Produced by Eric Clapton, Simon Climie
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
Lacquer cut by Chris Bellman
Art Direction by Stephen Walker
Design by Wherefore Art?
Liner Notes by B.B. King and Eric Clapton
Photography by Robert Sebree, Don Paulsen, Ochs, Star File
Originally released June 2000
Reissued in June 2020
Tracks:
Side A:
- Riding With The King
- Ten Long Years
- Key To The Highway
- Marry You
Side B:
- Three O'Clock Blues
- Help The Poor
- I Wanna Be
Side C:
- Worried Life Blues
- Days Of Old
- When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer
- Hold On I'm Coming
Side D:
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Previously Unreleased)
- Let Me Love You Baby (Previously Unreleased)
Reviews
“The potential for a collaboration between B.B. King and Eric Clapton is enormous, of course, and the real questions concern how it is organized and executed. This first recorded pairing between the 74-year-old King and the 55-year-old Clapton was put together in the most obvious way: Clapton arranged the session using many of his regular musicians, picked the songs, and co-produced with his partner Simon Climie. That ought to mean that King would be a virtual guest star rather than earning a co-billing, but because of Clapton's respect for his elder, it nearly works the other way around. The set list includes lots of King specialties -- "Ten Long Years," "Three O'Clock Blues," "Days of Old," "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer" -- as well as standards like "Hold on I'm Coming" and "Come Rain or Come Shine," with some specially written and appropriate recent material thrown in, so King has reason to be comfortable without being complacent. The real danger is that Clapton will defer too much; though he can be inspired by a competing guitarist such as Duane Allman, he has sometimes tended to lean too heavily on accompanists such as Albert Lee and Mark Knopfler when working with them in concert. That danger is partially realized; as its title indicates, Riding With the King is more about King than it is about Clapton. But the two players turn out to have sufficiently complementary, if distinct, styles so that Clapton's supportive role fills out and surrounds King's stinging single-string playing. (It's also worth noting that there are usually another two or three guitarists on each track.) The result is an effective, if never really stunning, work.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Rating:
AllMusic 4 / 5 , Discogs 4.69 / 5