Albert King, Live Wire/Blues Power (1968) I still remember, vividly, when I first heard Albert King. This giant bear of a man that was dragging the guitar around stage, wrestling with it, wrangling it in an ugly way to make blunt but beautiful noises. I was 10 years old. I was hooked on all sorts [...]
Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton (1970) Funny how some shit works out. When I was a big-time Eric Clapton fan – when I was 13-16 years old especially (and then on until I was about 23 – here and there at least) I really didn’t care for this album much at all. I liked almost everything [...]
