''Together for the First Time... Live'' is a 1974

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

album by singer

Bobby Bland Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was describ ...

and guitarist B. B. King. The duo later recorded '' Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live''. Bland and King toured together extensively in the 1970s and 1980s, which did much to keep their careers alive during a period of otherwise popular decline for the blues genre.

Track listing

Side one

#" 3 O'Clock in the Morning" (3:15) - ( B. B. King,

Jules Taub The Bihari brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American businessmen of Hungarian Jewish origin. They founded Modern Records in Los Angeles and its subsidiaries, such as Meteor Records, based in Memphis. They were significant figures in th ...

) #"It's My Own Fault Baby" (4:13) - (King, Taub) #"

Driftin' Blues "Driftin' Blues" or "Drifting Blues" is a blues standard, recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in 1945. The song is a slow blues and features Charles Brown's smooth, soulful vocals and piano. It was one of the biggest blues hits of the 1940s ...

" (5:10) - ( Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams) #"That's the Way Love Is" (3:51) - (

Deadric Malone Don Deadric Robey (November 1, 1903 – June 16, 1975) was an American record label executive, songwriter, and record producer. As the founder of Peacock Records and the eventual owner of Duke Records, he was responsible for developing the care ...

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Side two

#"I'm Sorry" (9:55) - (Thompson) #"I'll Take Care of You" (3:50) - (

Brook Benton Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), known professionally as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter whose music transcended rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres in the 1950s and 1960s, with ...

) #"Don't Cry No More" (2:33) - (Malone)

Side three

#"Don't Answer the Door" (3:52) - ( Jimmy Johnson) #"(Medley)" (14:00) #*"Good to Be Back Home" #*"

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" #*" Rock Me Baby" #*"

Black Night "Black Night" is a song by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 studio album, '' Deep Purple in Rock''. It became a hit in August 1970 followi ...

" #*"Cherry Red" #*"It's My Own Fault Baby" #*"3 O'Clock in the Morning" #*"Oh, Come Back Baby" #*" Chains of Love" #*"Gonna Get Me an Old Woman"

Side four

#"Everybody Wants to Know Why I Sing the Blues" (6:19) - ( Dave Clark, King) #"

Goin' Down Slow "Goin' Down Slow" or "Going Down Slow" is a blues song composed by American blues singer St. Louis Jimmy Oden. It is considered a blues standard and "one of the most famous blues of all". "Goin' Down Slow" has been recorded by many blues and ...

" (5:16) - ( St. Louis Jimmy Oden) #"I Like to Live the Love" (6:00) - ( Dave Crawford, Charles Mann)

Personnel

Performers

*B.B. King *Bobby Bland *Alfred Thomas, Ben Benay, Bobby Forte, Cato Walker, Charles Polk, Edward Rowe, Harold Potier Jr., Joseph Burton, Joseph Hardin Jr., Leo Penn, Louis Hubert, Mel Brown, Melvin Jackson,

Michael Omartian Michael S. Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. H ...

, Milton Hopkins, Ron Levy, Sonny Freeman, Theodore Arthur, Theodore Reynolds, Tommy Punkson, Wilbert Freeman

Technical

*Phil Kaye - recording engineer *Fred Valentine - photography *Alain Moreau - cover illustration

References

B. B. King live albums Bobby Bland albums 1974 live albums 1974 collaborative albums Dunhill Records live albums Albums produced by Steve Barri {{1970s-album-stub