I'll Play the Blues for You cover

I'll Play the Blues for You

Released

Do you know Albert King? Do you like Cypress Hill or Wu-Tang Clan? Then you’ve nodded your brain to an Albert King sample. All too old? Then think about the guitar as a thing with a specific sound that marks its user. King is that guy, with a hand like a sword, and a guitar also like a sword. Sounds awkward! Except it’s perfect, aside from him thinking his lady is cheating on him when she goes to the laundromat. That one is gross.

Sasha Frere-Jones

Recommended by

Suggestions
Natural Boogie cover

Natural Boogie

Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
The Soul Album cover

The Soul Album

Otis Redding
Electricity cover

Electricity

Ibibio Sound Machine
Dance to the Music cover

Dance to the Music

Sly & the Family Stone
Showdown! cover

Showdown!

Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Robert Cray
Down and Out Blues cover

Down and Out Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson II
Thrust cover

Thrust

Herbie Hancock