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Albert King

66–98 BPMsoul bluesmemphis blues

1960s memphis soul blues from the 1960s: wide whole-step bends, thick flipped-guitar tone, southern horn section, aggressive and melancholic in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.

Style: Blues · Related styles: Soul Blues, Memphis Blues, Memphis Soul, Rhythm and Blues

History

Albert King played left-handed on a right-handed guitar turned upside down, without reversing the strings, and that accident of setup produced one of the most recognisable sounds in the blues. Pulling down on strings that were strung the wrong way round let him bend notes further and hold them longer than anyone around him, so his solos are built from a few enormous bends rather than fast runs. He left almost as much silence as sound. Recording in Memphis in the 1960s with a house band that gave him tight horns and a hard backbeat, he made blues that sat comfortably next to soul records. "Born Under a Bad Sign" became a cornerstone of blues guitar and a song that rock bands have covered ever since, while "Crosscut Saw" and "The Hunter" show the same economy over different grooves. His phrasing passed almost intact into the vocabulary of the guitarists who followed him. He entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

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