Live in Cook County Jail [Live]

Live in Cook County Jail [Live]

Editorial Reviews
<"b000002pbq7580"> 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 --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

<"b000002pbq5228"> From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
The stockade show opener "Every Day I Have the Blues" is tossed off so quickly that King gives the impression he wants to be elsewhere (can't blame him). But on this summer day in 1971 his heart goes out to 2,000 inmates, and he takes his time offering the sublimated "How Blues Can You Get," the ever- forceful "The Thrill Is Gone," a medley combining his first hit, "Three O'Clock Blues," "Darlin' You Know I Love You," and three more effusions of hopefulness. He bends vibrato- drenched notes out... read more

Live in Cook County Jail [Live]

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Live in Cook County Jail [Live]

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