Title: Riding With The King Artist: Eric Clapton/B.B. King Label: Surfdog Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093624895213 Genre: Blues Release Date: 2020-06-26 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: REISSUE, ANNIVERSARY EDITION, EXPANDED VERSION, BONUS TRACKS
Digitally remastered and expanded 20th Anniversary edition including two bonus tracks. Two guitar legends - Eric Clapton and B.B. King - first performed together in NYC in 1967. Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two longtime friends joined forces to create a collection of all new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album Riding with the King would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies and win the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album features an all-star line-up of musicians: Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Joe Sample, Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah and Wendy Melvoin, and Jim Keltner. Arif Martin contributed string arrangements and orchestration to two tracks.
Tracks: 1.1 Riding with the King 1.2 Ten Long Years 1.3 Key To The Highway 1.4 Marry You 1.5 Three O’Clock Blues 1.6 Help The Poor 1.7 I Wanna Be 1.8 Worried Life Blues 1.9 Days of Old 1.10 When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer 1.11 Hold On I’m Coming 1.12 Come Rain Or Come Shine 1.13 Rollin’ and Tumblin’ * 1.14 Let Me Love You Baby*
