Live & Well (B. B. King album)

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1969 live album by B. B. King

Live & Well

Live album by B. B. King

Released

1969

Genre

Blues

Length

48:05

B. B. King chronology

Lucille
(1968)

Live & Well
(1969)

Completely Well
(1969)

Live & Well is a live and studio album by B. B. King, released in 1969. The side A contains five tracks recorded "live" at the Village Gate, in New York City, and the side B five titles recorded in 'The Hit Factory' also in New York.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Recording

The album was produced by Bill Szymczyk. The 'live' side was recorded in early March, 1969, by engineer Phil Ramone. Szymczyck wrote in the liner notes: "Some of the songs you've heard before, but the performances of these songs you haven't heard until now".

The 'well' side was recorded in January, 1969, by engineer Joe Zagarino. It contains an instrumental, 'Friends'. Szymczyk wrote: "We got together, what I consider to be, some of the best young blues musicians in the country and locked ourselves in 'The Hit Factory' for two nights. The results of those two nights are the 'well' side of this album."

Track listing

All tracks by B.B. King, except where noted.

Side A - "Live"

"Don't Answer the Door" (J. Johnson) - 6:14
"Just a Little Love" - 5:18
"My Mood" (B.B. King, V.S. Freeman) - 2:39
"Sweet Little Angel" (B.B. King, Jules Taub) - 5:03
"Please Accept My Love" (B.B. King, Sam Ling) - 3:14

Side B - "Well"

"I Want You So Bad" - 4:15
"Friends" (B.B. King, Bill Szymczyk) - 5:37
"Get Off My Back, Woman" (B.B. King, Ferdinand Washington) - 3:16
"Let's Get Down to Business" - 3:36
"Why I Sing the Blues" (B.B. King, Dave Clark) - 8:36

Personnel

"Live" session

B.B. King – guitar, vocals
Sonny Freeman – drums
Lee Gatling – saxophone
Val Patillo – bass guitar
Patrick Williams – trumpet
Charlie Boles – organ

"Well" session

B.B. King – guitar, vocals
Paul "Harry" Harris – piano
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Gerald Jemmott – bass guitar
Herb Lovelle – drums
Al Kooper – piano

References

"AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

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Discography
Studio albums	1960: My Kind of Blues 1968: Blues on Top of Blues Lucille 1969: Completely Well 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1971: B.B. King in London 1972: L.A. Midnight Guess Who 1973: To Know You Is to Love You 1974: Friends 1975: Lucille Talks Back 1977: King Size 1978: Midnight Believer 1979: Take It Home 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 1982: Love Me Tender 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz 1985: Six Silver Strings 1988: King of the Blues: 1989 1991: There Is Always One More Time 1993: Blues Summit 1994: Heart to Heart 1997: Deuces Wild 1998: Blues on the Bayou 1999: Let the Good Times Roll 2000: Riding with the King Makin' Love Is Good for You 2003: Reflections 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80 2008: One Kind Favor
Live albums	1965: Live at the Regal 1967: Blues Is King 1969: Live & Well 1971: Live in Cook County Jail 1974: Together for the First Time... Live 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss 1990: Live at San Quentin 1991: Live at the Apollo 1999: Live in Japan
Notable compilations	1957: Singin' the Blues 1958: The Blues 1968: His Best – The Electric B. B. King 1983: Why I Sing the Blues 1992: King of the Blues 1995: Lucille & Friends 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits 2005: The Ultimate Collection 2007: The Best of the Early Years 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King
Singles	1951: "3 O'Clock Blues" 1952: "Shake It Up and Go" 1952: "You Know I Love You 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues" 1956: "Sweet Little Angel" 1959: "Sugar Mama" 1961: "Someday Baby" 1962: "Goin' Down Slow" 1963: "Trouble in Mind" 1964: "How Blue Can You Get" "Rock Me Baby" "Please Send Me Someone to Love" 1965: "Blue Shadows" 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind" "Just Like a Woman" "Five Long Years" "Ain't Nobody's Business" 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone" "Worried Life" 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll" 1985: "Big Boss Man" 1988: "When Love Comes to Town" 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"
Other songs	1961: "Driving Wheel 1974: "Black Night" 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me" 1985: "In the Midnight Hour" 1995: "You Shook Me" 1998: "Mean Ole' World" 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" "Buzz Me" "Saturday Night Fish Fry" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Early in the Mornin'" 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "Since I Fell for You" 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad" "Early in the Morning" 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" "Sitting on Top of the World"
Related articles	Bukka White (cousin) B.B. King "Into the Night" Memphis blues The Beale Streeters Beale Street WDIA Chitlin' Circuit Bihari brothers Lucille (guitar) B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center The Road to Memphis

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