Six Silver Strings
| Six Silver Strings | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | The Studio, Hialeah, Florida | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | David Crawford, John Landis and Ira Newborn | |||
| B. B. King chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [2] |
Six Silver Strings is the thirtieth studio blues album by B.B. King released in 1985. Promoted as a King's 50th album, the production is split between five David Crawford-produced tracks recorded in Miami with session musicians, and three tracks co-produced by filmmaker John Landis and his Into the Night soundtrack colleague Ira Newborn.
In a retrospective review AllMusic criticized the lackluster "pop rock" work shown in the Crawford-produced tracks, with uninspired performances from King, but praised the tunes from the Landis/Newborn session, calling "My Lucille" an "underrated signature classic."[1] "My Lucille" was used in the film Into the Night in a scene where the lead male character walks into a bar.
Track listing
[edit]- "Six Silver Strings" (David Crawford, Luther Dixon) – 4:22
- "Big Boss Man" (Dixon, Al Smith) – 4:48
- "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 3:24
- "Into the Night" (Ira Newborn) – 4:12
- "My Lucille" (Newborn) – 3:42
- "Memory Lane" (Crawford, Dixon) – 4:35
- "My Guitar Sings the Blues" (Crawford, Dixon) – 3:39
- "Double Trouble" (Crawford, Dixon) – 5:14
References
[edit]- ^ a b Richard S. Ginell. "B.B. King – Six Silver Strings". AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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