B.B. King Grants Us "One Kind Favor"

The reigning ‘King of the Blues’ is set to release a new album featuring covers of old blues songs from his early influences.

The music revisits that which influenced B.B. in the 1950s, which was the beginning of King’s extraordinary professional journey. The album, titled “One Kind Favor,” will be released on August 26th.


The full track listing for One Kind Favor, along with the name of the artist who originally recorded the track, is: “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” (Lemon Jefferson); “I Get So Weary” (T-Bone Walker); “Get These Blues Off Me” (Lee Vida Walker); “How Many More Years” (Chester Burnett); “Waiting For Your Call” (Oscar Lollie); “My Love Is Down” (Lonnie Johnson); “The World Is Gone Wrong” ( Walter Vinson); “Blues Before Sunrise” (John Lee Hooker); “Midnight Blues” (John Willie “Shifty” Henry); “Backwater Blues” (Big Bill Broonzy); “Sitting On Top Of The World” (Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon) and “Tomorrow Night” (Lonnie Johnson).