I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King | The Midnight Special

August 17, 1973

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[mrstanbmw]

He said excuse me and then tore the house down with some of the nastiest guitar riffs you ever want to hear

[HellOnWheel]

Loved the "excuse me" before shredding an epic blues solo. 😂

[makinbiscuits]

Albert King was a giant among men. His hands alone make that guitar look like a kids toy.

[MrJdubbya]

You might be cool but you will NEVER be as cool as Albert playing "I'll Play The Blues For You" in a pink polyester leisure suit with a polka dot shirt collar folded on the outside. What a talent!!!

[DiamondCourt]

My brother played in his band. And one day they were playing near my tiny hometown in Texas and my brother brought him and the entire band over to our house. My mom made gumbo and he sat and ate and watched TV. All our neighbors were peeking through our windows trying to get a glimpse of him. I’ll never forget it. He was one in a million.

[zydeco]

My absolute favorite blues man, the guitar tone and that velvet and deep voice, a master !
Luckily I had the chance to see him live, Unforgettable !

[Dan]

I got to see Albert King a couple times and he performed this song

[BIZARBIES]

So good. SRV wouldn't have licks without this man.

[lonesometomshi]

he is not playing blues, he is the BLUES.

[curtisphilumalee]

Beautiful…..simplicity at its finest.
But that Gibson Flying Vee 👀.

[petedazer]

Albert could bend a note from one zip code to another!

[mcafeebi]

3:23 "scuse me" No need to apologize, sir. 🙂

[mrJimCharles]

This is one of the best videos of him playing that was ever made, thanks for this upload!!!

[bluesrockerlgc]

Another pleasant Midnight Special surprise, first Muddy, and now Albert! Never knew they were on there until now!

[KittyGrizGriz]

That’s some smooth blues playing, what a voice and 🎸, thank you Albert King…that’s right hang in there and be tough, whatever brings us down, we’ll still “be around”.

[lucalone]

Great live performance !
And what a beautiful pink suit !

[handle]

‘Excuse me…’ before blowing the house down🔥🔥 that blaring guitar tone is do perfect for a raunchy solo too!!🔥

[RobHollanderMusic]

I love Albert! Have seen him perform many times and got to meet him and shake his hand. He was very gracious to this young kid at the time who was just starting to play guitar. Upside-down lefties rule!

[Buffrt]

I saw him in 1982 at Fitzgerald's on White Oak Street in Houston TX. When I noticed he was playing a right hand guitar left handed with a right handed string setup, I was floored. I couldn't stop watching his hands play, backwards!! I had been a guitar player at that time too.

[williamflinchum-qoch]

I met Albert and his girlfriend at a local Laundromat after his show. We were headed home, and I saw his tour bus in the parking lot, me and my friend Mathew went in and talked to him for a few minutes.Some how we got on the subject of drugs, and he said he would fire anybody in his band that used drugs. And he said to me you know why, then he told me Jimi Hendrix gave him a joint one time laced with something, and he said .and man I got so high and I was sweating, and I put ice between my legs and under my arms. And he said he would never do any drugs again. I met him in Winston-Salem NC 1980! Cool story?