Blues Summit

Blues Summit is the thirty-third studio album by B.B. King released in 1993 through the MCA label.[1] The album reached peak positions of number 182 on the Billboard 200, and number 64 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.[2] The album won a Grammy Award in 1994 for Best Traditional Blues Album.[3]

Blues Summit
Studio album by
B.B. King
ReleasedJune 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)
RecordedFebruary 15–19, 1993 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; except tracks 1, 4 and 12, March 8–12, 1993 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
GenreBlues
Length62:37
LabelMCA
ProducerDennis Walker (tracks: A1, B1, B2), Denny Diante (tracks: A2 to A6, B3 to B6)
B.B. King chronology
There is Always One More Time
(1991)		 Blues Summit
(1993)		 Lucille & Friends
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Former schoolmates, Robert Cray and Bobby Murray, also played on the recording.[3]

Credits and personnel

A1 - Playin' With My Friends - 5:17
  • Bass – Richard Cousins
  • Drums – Kevin Hayes (2)
  • Guitar, Vocals – Robert Cray
  • Horns – The Memphis Horns
  • Keyboards – Jim Pugh*
  • Rhythm Guitar – Robert Murray (3)
  • Written-By – Dennis Walker, Robert Cray

A2 - Since I Met You Baby - 4:44
  • Piano, Vocals – Katie Webster
  • Rhythm Guitar – Vasti Jackson
  • Saxophone – Nancy Wright
  • Written-By – Ivory Joe Hunter

A3 - I Pity The Fool - 4:36
  • Guitar, Vocals – Buddy Guy
  • Harmonica – Kim Wilson
  • Rhythm Guitar – Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
  • Trumpet – Ben Cauley
  • Written-By – Deadric Malone

A4 - You Shook Me - 4:58
  • Bass – Richard Cousins
  • Drums – Kevin Hayes (2)
  • Guitar – Robert Cray
  • Guitar, Vocals – John Lee Hooker
  • Harmonica – Kim Wilson
  • Keyboards – Jim Pugh*
  • Percussion – Tony Coleman (2)
  • Slide Guitar – Roy Rogers (2)
  • Trumpet – Ben Cauley
  • Written-By – J. B. Lenoir*, Willie Dixon

A5 - Something You Got - 4:02
  • Backing Vocals – Julia Tillman Waters, Maxayne Lewis*, Maxine Waters
  • Baritone Saxophone – Walter King
  • Percussion – Antoine Salley
  • Rhythm Guitar – Robert Cray
  • Saxophone [Solo] – Lee Allen
  • Vocals – Koko Taylor
  • Written-By – Chris Kenner

A6 - There's Something On Your Mind - 5:59
  • Strings [Synthesizer] – Randy Waldman
  • Vocals – Etta James
  • Written-By – Cecil James McNeely*

B1 - Little By Little - 4:07
  • Backing Vocals – Joe Louis Walker
  • Guitar, Vocals – Lowell Fulson
  • Written-By – Amos Blakemore

B2 - Call It Stormy Monday - 7:17
  • Guitar, Vocals – Albert Collins
  • Horns – The Memphis Horns
  • Written-By – Aaron T. Walker

B3 - You're The Boss - 4:05

B4 - We're Gonna Make It (Little Milton song) - 3:51

B5 - I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood/Nobody Loves Me But My Mother - 8:57

B6 - Everybody's Had The Blues - 4:35

Album creation credits
  • Arranged By Horns – Walter King (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Bass – Michael Doster (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Directed By Musical Director – Walter King (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Drums – Calep Emphrey, Jr. (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Executive-Producer Album – Sidney A. Seidenberg
  • Keyboards – James Toney (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Percussion – Tony Coleman (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Rhythm Guitar – Leon Warren (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Saxophone – Melvin Jackson (2) (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5), Walter King (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Trumpet – James Bolden (2) (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B5)
  • Vocals, Guitar – B.B. King

References
  1. Wynn, Ron. "Blues Summit". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  2. "Blues Summit: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  3. Richard Skelly. "Bobby Murray". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 20, 2011.



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