EPISODE · Sep 22, 2025 · 1H 50M
SSE 5 Ep 35 - BB King Classic Album Feature - Live In Cook County Jail
from Blues with a Feeling - The Official Podcast · host Shaun Bindley
“Recorded in Chicago's Cook County Jail on a hot fall day in 1970 and released the following year, the recording of this historic event was named #499 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, hitting #1 on the Billboard R&B charts, #3 on the Jazz charts and #25 on the Top 200. One of several live albums King released, it features a selection of his best-known songs. Includes "How Blue Can You Get?", "Please Accept My Love" and his signature classics "The Thrill Is Gone" and "Every Day I Have The Blues".Couldn’t be happier to be featuring this incredible record with you this week, in honour of BB’s 100th birthday. Plus new releases from Buddy Guy, Roomful Of Blues, Johnnie Johnson, Mike Henderson, Billy Branch, Alexis P Suter Band, Kirk Fletcher, Monster Mike Welch, Mud Morganfield, Tom Hambridge, Jo Harman, GA 20, Raphael Wressnig, Chris Wilson and Kent Burnside.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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