ALBERT KING TOOK TEXAS BLUES DEEP INTO THE HEART OF THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM

https://youtu.be/gC7_k070HB4?si=bCVThk0OGJ8rXN-F

About time I thought to come up with something really old and really rootsy out of my dust collecting blues collection, from the era of the San Fransisco camp out concert days, before WOODSTOCK `69 had taken place. 

Back in the late 60`s, it wasn't just acid rock and hippy artists who were plying their trade in San Francisco which to this day remains gay central in front of Sydney and New York City, quite a few of African American blues artists used the city of San Fransisco and its more tolerant sub-culture to get a break in their career. 

One such artist was the talented but for the most part overrated Albert King, who actually technically was more limited than his much less commercially successful brother Freddy, who also was a pioneer of the Texas blues guitar style. 

One of the more adventurous studio efforts of Albert King that I do highly recommend is the more rock'n'roll infused latter day recording called HARD BARGAIN. 

But to me, the best recording which Albert King ever released was a twin 2 album collection that were called WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO, then THURSDAY NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Known to be a bit up and down in the enthusiasm stakes, to me WEDNESDAY NIGHT remains a superior effort, it does seem as though his heart just wasn't quite there for his second consecutive show the next night after Wednesday's show that were both recorded at the iconic and famous Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, which present day is no longer there. 

Instead of having me trying to describe to you every song on them, all I will say is that if you are big on the blues style which Stevie
Ray Vaughan was raised on and what he tried to emulate while he was alive then you would have to admire a few songs on these two recordings, especially on wednesday.