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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Reprise / Wea
Salesrank: 2800
Released: June 13, 2000 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Riding with the King Track Listing:
1. Riding With the King
2. Ten Long Years
3. Key to the Highway
4. Marry You
5. Three O'Clock Blues
6. Help the Poor
7. I Wanna Be
8. Worried Life Blues
9. Days of Old
10. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
11. Hold On! I'm Comin'
12. Come Rain or Come Shine
Editorial Review:
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Genre: Blues Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 13-JUN-2000
Description of Riding with the King:
It sounds like the beginning of a story: "So, Slowhand and the King of the Blues were riding in a car ..." If this is a musical journey, it's the kind that rolls down long, empty stretches of country highway at 80 miles an hour, with the top down and the stereo blasting. Clapton and King may be more city than country, but this collection has the relaxed, laid-back feel that only comes from a pair of veterans doing what they do best. What they do here is cover 12 classic blues songs, many of them staples of King's repertoire, so the title of this album makes sense. Whether it's the rollicking rock & roll of the title track, or the acoustic shuffle of "Key to the Highway," or the sweet notes of "When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer," a real sense of pleasure comes through on this album, the kind of pleasure one gets from jamming late at night with a good friend. --Genevieve Williams
Riding with the King Reviews:
Energy plus 
2009-02-07 - I got this CD late one day. I was falling asleep, but put it on to listen to a track or two. I couldn't shut it off. Emailed a friend that he should go get it. The energy of these two legends is amazing. They obviously had a lot of fun recording together.
Buy it now. Buy a backup copy.
What a wonderful ride!
2009-01-11 - I purchased this CD for my father's birthday. I purchased it because I enjoyed it so much myself. I love jazz and the blues and so does my dad. When I think that I have found something special, most of the time I buy one for him and this CD is wonderful.
GOOD, but doesn't sound SERIOUS 
2008-10-06 - This is not a serious BLUES ALBUM. It is fun to listen to......but I exspected a much more serious SONG SELECTION for these 2 great singers. The "TITLE SONG", is some-what of a joke song. The song "DAY's OF OLD", just doesn't sound like blues. And "I WANNA BE", sounds almost like a rock ANTHEM. The rest is really good, but at 12 songs it's rather short. I would suggest, since BB KING is 82 yrs. old, that these guys get back together and make a serious sounding......DEEP.....blues album ( OLD GRITTY, RAW BLUES SONGS ). BB ain't going to be around forever ( THOUGH HE SINGS LIKE IT ), so hurry up...CLAPTON.
Superb
2008-09-25 - It was good to hear these two together,both admirable in their own styles.
Particulary fond of BB's penny arcade,its so relatable.Sounds like they had a good time recording it.
How you "crossover" wit style
2008-08-11 - Not completely a crossover album, since Clapton is almost as closely associated with the blues as is King. But the age difference, difference in era, styles and voice types makes this a unique project.
Most interestingly is the heavy, "opinionated" musical styles of both artists. At times, there is an ungraceful colliding of voices as beef smacks up against beef. But instead of being uncomfortable and strange, it's like a couple of blues masters jamming together.
It's the guitarists who will likely find this album most interesting. The combination of steel & acoustic styles and sounds blend into a sweet sound, requiring only a snare drum and organ (Key to the Highway) to make it the perfect accompaniment to the soulful voices. It's almost like master and star student are performing together. They seem to work together as one, yet each incorporating their distinct ideas into the album.
