Little Jimmy King Discography of CDs

Little Jimmy King albums Little Jimmy King's second Bullseye/Rounder session matches the slashing guitarist with the rhythm section that once backed Stevie Ray Vaughan. King soars on these 11 cuts; while he lacks Vaughan's speed and is more a straight blues technician, he plays with more imagination and drive than on his debut. He contributes six originals and does a ...

Little Jimmy King music CDs Little Jimmy King's third album finds him in the well-placed hands of Memphis producing and arranging legend Willie Mitchell. With Mitchell's publishing branch supplying six of the 12 selections here, there's a much more pronounced soul/blues feeling to this album than his two previous efforts, spelled out in a most contemporary manner on the confessional opening ...

Little Jimmy King discography Little Jimmy King's second Bullseye/Rounder session matches the slashing guitarist with the rhythm section that once backed Stevie Ray Vaughan. King soars on these 11 cuts; while he lacks Vaughan's speed and is more a straight blues technician, he plays with more imagination and drive than on his debut. He contributes six originals and does a ...

Little Jimmy King songs Until his untimely death in 2002, guitarist Little Jimmy King was keeping electric blues alive, specializing in Memphis-style blues and drawing inspiration from his mentors, Jimi Hendrix and Albert King (the two artists from whom he took his stage name). LIVE AT B.B. KING'S, L.A., finds the young six-string slinger tearing through a set of amped-up, ...

Little Jimmy King CD discography Hailing from the Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan school of blues-rock, Little Jimmy King turns in a promising eponymous debut. Though he leans a little to heavily toward rock & roll for some tastes -- at his rootsiest, he sounds like Albert King -- there's no denying his skill. King runs through a number of ...

Little Jimmy King albums Little Jimmy King's third album finds him in the well-placed hands of Memphis producing and arranging legend Willie Mitchell. With Mitchell's publishing branch supplying six of the 12 selections here, there's a much more pronounced soul/blues feeling to this album than his two previous efforts, spelled out in a most contemporary manner on the confessional opening ...

Little Jimmy King CD discography On I'LL TREAT YOU RIGHT, the too often overlooked Clay continues to make the same sort of Memphis-style soul music that he made in the late '60s and early '70s. He deserves the thanks of a grateful nation: this is superior stuff. Backed once again by the members of the deservedly legendary Hi Records house band ...

James is still playing R&B/blues/rockabilly-based roots music as a solo act, but his songwriting has become somewhat more serious, in the mode of performers like Graham Parker and Bob Seger. His arrangements have more of a bluesy bar-band feel than those of the Kingbees on this competent, unremarkable 1993 set. ~ Richie Unterberger new album, w. ...