Name: Live in Cook County Jail
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Live in Cook County Jail

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Album: Live in Cook County Jail
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction	More Info...	1:51
2)	Every Day I Have The Blues	More Info...	1:42
3)	How Blue Can You Get?	More Info...	5:12
4)	Worry, Worry	More Info...	9:53
5)	Medley: Three O'Clock Blues/Darlin' You Know I Love You	More Info...	6:18
6)	Sweet Sixteen	More Info...	4:21
7)	The Thrill Is Gone	More Info...	6:19
8)	Please Accept My Love	More Info...	3:08

Album: Live in Cook County Jail
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Introduction	More Info...	1:51
2)	Every Day I Have The Blues	More Info...	1:42
3)	How Blue Can You Get?	More Info...	5:12
4)	Worry, Worry	More Info...	9:53
5)	Medley: Three O'Clock Blues/Darlin' You Know I Love You	More Info...	6:18
6)	Sweet Sixteen	More Info...	4:21
7)	The Thrill Is Gone	More Info...	6:19
8)	Please Accept My Love	More Info...	3:08

Performer Notes

Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Booker Walker (alto saxophone); Louis Hubert (tenor saxophone); John Browning (trumpet); Ron Levy (piano); Wilbert Freeman (bass); Sonny Freeman (drums).
Recorded live on September 10, 1970 at Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois. Includes liner notes by Geoffrey Harding.
Digitally remastered by Erick Labson at MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California.
Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Brooker Walker, Barney Hubert (saxophone); John Browning (trumpet); Ron Levy (keyboards, synthesizer); Sonny Freeman (drums).
Recording information: Cook County Jail.
B.B. King has long been known as a road warrior who regularly plays over 300 dates a year. One of his most noted and unusual gigs, LIVE AT COOK COUNTY JAIL, occurred on September 10, 1970. Performing before 2,117 inmates with minimum security, King took his "captive audience" through a set peppered with staples of his impressive canon. Backed by a punchy horn section and peppering the set with his trademark quick licks, King immediately won over the audience. Of course, one of the most enduring facets of a live B.B. King show is the neighborly relationship he quickly establishes with whoever might make up his audience. The nearly 10-minute version of "Worry, Worry, Worry" finds the King Of The Blues discussing relationships and matters of the heart whereas "Sweet Sixteen" and the medley of "3 O'Clock Blues" and "Darlin' You Know I Love You," are a spoken mini-tour of his early catalog. Forming a neat bookend is the inclusion of "The Thrill Is Gone," King's only Top 20 hit that came off COMPLETELY WELL, his studio album of the previous year.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (3/18/71, p.41) - "...The guitar playing on COOK COUNTY is as good as the man ever plays: he is in top form from beginning to end..."