Spotlight on Lucille

B.B. King | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 29, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000WI0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,653 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #92 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > Memphis Blues

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For what it is- it is the best, September 3, 2002

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ty7777 "I don't give out m'name" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spotlight on Lucille (Audio CD)

Cut between 1960 and late 1961 this is one of the King's most brilliant works. It is all instrumental and all perfect. So maybe all the songs don't sound different from each other to an untrained ear. However this couldn't be a classier album. If you enjoy the horn layden [ extremely tasteful and unintrusive horns ] blues, this is it. It is blues that blues lovers and jazz lovers of all kinds can listen to. The Bobby Bland fan- the Tony Bennet fan, the guitar player, the piano player, the human being with taste-Anybody! 43 minutes long. Good with headphones or without. This is one of my absolute favorites. It shines and swings and stings. Tougher tone than lucille usually takes but it is okay, it works. This is a masterpiece of a record with no dullness at all. It makes sure that you don't get bored listening casually or intently. B.B. has a lot of records that are sort of- more of the same. Good stuff, or great stuff, but same stuff. This is sort of a breath of fresh air in the catalog. No it doesn't have that great booming voice with the exciting high notes thrown in here and there. But it doesn't have any downfalls in what it does have- perfect blues music with style and soul and class. Nothing quite as beautiful and brilliantly crafted as his instrumental ''Blues Boys Tune'' from his Blues on The Bayou album but just as bright and with tremendous energy. B.B. Picks the licks with pure intuition on all albums, this is no exception even if it is not as signature as some of his other records. It is completely based off of feel and touch music, not technical logic, and as always it works perfectly and probably better that way. Whoever played bandleader kept the horns tight and let Lucille take the spotlight with whatever she wanted to play. The other instruments at hand are totally sympathetic to her needs as well. I recommend this album for anybody who wants something that sounds good.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lucille is the Queen of the Blues in the hands of BB King, June 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spotlight on Lucille (Audio CD)

After 25 years of listening to BB King, I stumbled on this album in the "miscellaneous" bin in a music shop. It is the first all-instrumental BB I have heard and, baby, it is sweet! Comprised of recordings from the early '60s, the cuts range from soft ballads to rolling numbers which define why BB is a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. The band provides great backup with swanky horns and hot sax riffs. For $11.50, "Spotlight" is a million bucks worth of rockin' big band blues with some high-energy work on Lucille. Buy this one if you don't have it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Schooling for guitar players, March 10, 2001

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68plexi (mill valley, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spotlight on Lucille (Audio CD)

I suspect that many of BB's listeners are, like myself, amateur (or professional) guitar players. This CD has enough brilliant musical ideas to keep a player occupied for quite a long time. A lot of it can sound deceptively simple and easy to play but the beautifully musical way BB shifts back and forth between major and minor scales and blues and jazz licks is awe inspiring. If all a player ever learns is the stuff BB plays on this disc it'll be more than enough.