B.B. King - Take It Home (1979)



Tracks:

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.
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