In the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth parts of this 1997 “lost tapes” interview series, the late bassist Jack Bruce discussed his Scottish roots, band mates Eric ...

Electric blues giant Albert King recorded this excellent live set in Chicago in February 1978. It’s unfortunate that no one documented the musicians with whom he was playing that night, but in the end ...

When Albert King and the trio that accompanies him in live performance take the stage they invariably start things off with an instrumental. Usually it’s a slow shuffle, nice and relaxed in tempo, and ...

Pvt. Albert King’s body was still warm when his killer’s trial began at 3:02 p.m. on March 24, 1941. Sgt. Robert Lummus faced the charge of manslaughter — of willfully, feloniously and unlawfully ...

It’s this big, heavy groove, and he’s just testifying. I remember hearing that in my headphones when I was younger, thinking, “That is the heaviest shit I’ve ever heard in my life.” 2. “Overall ...

The first thing Albert King remembers about Buck Williams is the car. He calls it the “Starsky and Hutch” car and it carried the University of Maryland’s new freshman forward from rural North Carolina ...