1. Better Not Look Down 2. Same Old Story (Same Old Song) 3. Happy Birthday Blues 4. I've Always Been Lonely 5. Second Hand Woman 6. Tonight I'm Gonna Make You a Star 7. The Beginning of the End 8. A Story Everybody Knows 9. Take It Home
Personnel:
B.B. King, Dean Parks, Paul M. Jackson Jr. (guitar); Wilton Felder (bass, saxophone); Dennis Quitman, Larry Williams (saxophone); Kim Hutchcroft (baritone saxophone); Steve Madaio, Gary Grant (trumpet); Jack Redmond, Charles Fendley (trombone); "Stix" Hooper, James Gadson (drums, percussion); Paulinho da Costa (percussion); Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard, Luther Waters, Oren Waters (background vocals).
This 1979 effort finds B.B. interpreting a number of pop-blues tunes, many of them co-written by Will Jennings and co-producer Joe Sample, with King co-writing two of the songs aboard. Even with a large, contemporary backdrop (including a seven-piece horn section and female backup singers), there's still plenty of room for B.B.'s stinging guitar and stentorian vocals in the mix. Highlights include the gospel-tinged "Better Not Look Down," "Same Old Story (Same Old Song)," "Happy Birthday Blues," "The Beginning of the End" and the title track. As one of B.B.'s more pop-oriented offerings, this succeeds admirably. Quelle: Cub Koda.AMG.
Remi
Der Blues ist die Musik für mich, die der Hektik des Lebens den Marsch bläst.