B.B. King & Eric Clapton : Riding With The King (20th Anniversary Reissue)

I DREAMED

 I HAD A GOOD JOB

AND GOT PAID WELL

I BLEW IT

AT THE 

PENNY ARCADE

 Riding with the King 

is a collaborative album

 by

 B.B. King

 and

 Eric Clapton 

that was released in 2000.

 It was their first collaborative album 

and won the 

2001 Grammy Award

 for Best

 Traditional Blues Album.

 The album reached

 number one 

on Billboard's 

Top Blues Albums 

and was certified

 2× Platinum 

in the United States. 

Riding with the King 

was also released on a 

DVD-Audio

 in higher resolution

 and with a

 5.1 surround 

sound mix in 2000.

 (No DVD)

The album was

 generally well received

 by reviewers, 

although some felt that

 it could have been better, 

and that the sound 

on the CD 

was too polished 

for a blues album.

Background

Riding with the King 

was the

 first collaborative album

 by Eric Clapton and B.B. King. 

They performed together

 for the first time at

 Cafe Au Go Go

 in New York City in 1967

 when Clapton was only 22

 and a member of Cream,

 but did not record together

 until 1997

 when King collaborated 

with Clapton 

on the song

 "Rock Me Baby" 

for his duets album, 

Deuces Wild. 

Clapton looked up to King 

and had always wanted

 to make an

 album with him. 

King said they had

 discussed the project often, 

and added:

 "I admire the man.

 I think he's No. 1

 in rock 'n' roll as a guitarist 

and No. 1 

as a great person."

At the time of recording 

Riding with the King, 

Clapton was 55

 and King 74.

Clapton initiated the 

recording sessions

 for Riding with the King 

and included some 

of his regular

 session musicians

 on the album. 

He also chose the songs 

and co-produced

 the album 

with Simon Climie,

 who had previously

 worked on several

 of Clapton's albums. 

While this would appear 

to be a Clapton album

 recorded with King, 

Clapton gave

 center-stage

 to King, 

who took the lead

 on many 

of the songs

 with his singing

 and his solos.

TRACKLIST

Riding With The King

Ten Long Years

Key To The Highway

Marry You

Three O’Clock Blues

Help The Poor

I Wanna Be

Worried Life Blues

Days Of Old

When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer

Hold On I’m Comin’

Come Rain Or Come Shine

Rollin' and Tumblin'

Let Me Love You

BONUS

Rock Me Baby

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