Albert King - "As The Years Go Passing By" Live Sweden 1980

[swiftwind33]

can bring a man to tears.

[aerycksmusic]

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing at all like a serving up of the blues by the one and only king of the blues. Nothing

[RickEverhard]

He truly was a king. But the part of this video that I like is not his music. It's his words. The feelings that his words stur are more powerful than the music...

[DejectedDonkey]

Great musicians are never the best lookin', but dayum they can make you fall in love with them.

[stonesfcr]

thanks for the comments, hes the king of kings i say, hearing his tone is hear electric guitar history on one note

[xyouOUTx]

sweet guitar

[hardminder]

This is erally sad that the song is cut in two by a interview, missing the first solo....really sad really

[iConquerYou]

The crazy thing is he gave that guitar to his adopted "cousin" Lee King just a few days before he passed away in December 1992.

[marcyboy07]

who would of thought this song would be the song to create eric clapton's layla :D

[rvic11]

He must have one of the most recognizable guitar sounds ever.

[Bazz22100]

Me and the Master both play guitar the same way! (not in terms of skill of course).

[towcop1]

His Flying V looks very intimidating and his sound commands respect.

[12caanis]

You just don't get much better than Albert. His 1 1/2 to 2 step bends are truly revolutionary for his time and killer in tone and delivery.

[WereAllSinking]

6 people thought Albert King was a rap artist...

[adamkalle]

Was he pissed at the horns for being off time?

[eMaLiO36]

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAYLAAA! you got me on my knees!

[seloharo]

@eMaLiO36 5:30 

[elvis162]

he is a legend of blues, i miss you Albert

[LONELION17]

He is the real KING !!!

[donreifdk]

Albert King er genial især her !

[60Bluesy]

 king of blues.

[ANGELSMOM19962002]

if u flipped it right side up it would b right

[36tharmoredinfantry]

Yes indeed. The best, ever....

[Edibloke]

Undoubtedly the mother of all blues guitar  players !!!

[SoundPlanner]

albert has the ill hand

[vazon69]

Unusually, his fingernails are long on his fretting (left) hand. This is usually an encumberance if you want to bend notes! Also, for someone with such a sweet recorded guitar tone, those look like hi power Di Marzio pick ups. Altho', this live clip has a more distorted, trebly tone than what we're used to from the studios. Fascinating! (He also has a great voice, too)

[tommy1gtr]

@vazon69 wouldn't it only be an encumbrance if you were bending the strings up??  albert i believe always bend downward!

[vazon69]

@tommy1gtr Well, if you have long finger nails, they are always going to scrape the finger board, and impede good fingering of the note, irrespective of which way you bend! You need to hold the string down firmly, and if you have long finger nails, they get in the way. Same with typing!

[ak47popper]

But man, I wish that interviewer showed The King the true respect he deserved.

R.I.P

[LONELION17]

The Blues,the real Blues,the most soulfull music ever....if you never played the blues from the heart,you can't play nothing...

[ChrisSanchezBB]

damn this is a great song and albert made it even better!.... 'a tribute to the one and only king of blues'- that's right!

[psycosid666]

awesome music, awesome man, awesome blues awesome everything

[MegaSkoalBandit7195]

Yessss Yesss! let me hear you say yeah

[jakiner]

This guy played a Flying-V? I love this! The blues by B.B is so hitting the spot with me right now, and for the first time! I feel terrible, but now I feel less alone.

[wick2107]

His bends were SOOOOOOO well executed. So deliberate and precise. bend up and bend back down slowly. Him and his legacy, SRV, were the two best there ever was at bending the strings. Now his legacy twice removed may work his way up there with them, Mayer...but he has to shake off his pop career first

[arcenium028]

One question. is this a Gary Moore's song or Albert King's ?

[kyngofmemphiz]

@arcenium028 not to be a dick but is that a real question?

[arcenium028]

@kyngofmemphiz It is. I'm sure its Albert's song, but my friend is trying to convience me that this is Gary's song. So I'm just proving him.

[90sRockWhore]

he's bored of playing the same exact songs as the other 15,000 blues guys are playing.

jesus they all sounded the same basically. id be bored too.

[sheab11]

Lucy the Crying V!

[sheab11]

Lucy the Flying V!

[JandritoBlues]

He tries to get the Swedes to clap on the back beat. It doesn't work.

[tophatman25]

no one could ever tune their guitar like Albert could

[pretorious700]

Albert was a very underrated singer. He gives me chills.

[megajames3000]

one day, i can be happy of my playing. and that day i will think of srv jimi and albert. and freddie king

[suzabella68]

Love the way Albert bends the notes as only he can do--bluesy soul at its best!!

[rocavisual]

REAL TALK.

[SonnyREast]

Thank you Albert King for teaching me what blues is...

[simonfaw]

check out this version...search gragam foster gary brewer. there's a studio and a live version.let me know wot u think

[MrCraigDNelson]

I loved this guy. great music, Nice man

[bgbass]

Everytime I see this it amazes me. Guitar playing with feel and emotion instead of just relying purely on technique. Technique you can develop but you are born with feel noone can teach you that.

[shane69999]

he was tired then.... little did he know he's have 27 odd years of playing to go..........

[jahmerican876]

I hate the way they talk over the solo.

[MultiGargiulo]

Take that, you all dirty shredders without soul!

[mclaren450]

THE THREE KINGS

Albert King

B.B King

Freddie King

[MandaLaJusto]

To be honest I like Albert more than BB, I just absolutely love him, probably my favorite bluesman

[squierred]

Albert King is a Blues Legend! I love this clip with interview. It shows Albert's love of his trusty guitar. His vocals are smooth and his guitar justs cuts deep into ya! Blues music at it's finest!!!

[stanleystar1]

in what city in sweden where this recorded??

[buffwhiner]

Feeling to the bone.

[humplejoe]

First time i heard heard Albert King some 25 years ago I was sold .....just went direct in ....just a real nice sound and performer ...original and talented . Thanks !

[bowslap]

Albert King is a blues legend....man could get more out of one note, one over-bent note, than others can with 5. That says something(and no, I'm not a blues snob, either)... Dan Erlewine sure "hit a homer" with "Lucy"...and to think he bought that wood with furniture in mind initially, LOL.I'd say building that guitar for Albert was a much better fate for that toneful mahogany.

[computerblue1]

THE COOLEST!!!!

[Gubby007]

This is the reason why everyone who plays the blues is Albert King Godson.. :)

[MrBluesrules]

@Gubby007

Well, Who would be your Daddy? B.B? or Buddy? or Muddy? Who my blueser friend?

I say B.B.

[6t4eldo]

@MrBluesrules HOWLIN' WOLF no if's, ands or buts!!!!!!!

[AvengedSol]

Man...B.B. King, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chuck Berry (I know, not blues), Big Jim Sullivan, Buddy Guy....what happened to good music??

[AvengedSol]

@taildragger53 lol yea wasnt sure, some say Rock some say Blues lol Either way he was great! Just miss all the feeling that went into music, nows theres just "MONEY?? Sure I will write a song!" lol

[taildragger53]

@AvengedSol Yes, it has been that way for decades...money and visual ATTITUDE.(bad attitude that is) Back in the 1960s-1970s there were alot of Blues based bands and most were guitar based...even rock players were playing Blues without realising it.

By the mid 1980s we had electronic music where guitars were omitted.. the hip hop/breakdance era took hold and the focus was on DANCE, silly clothes, rather than serious lyrics or feel. Luckily we still have young guys like Kirk Fletcher.

[taildragger53]

@AvengedSol Yes, also gimmicks play a MUCH bigger part in music today. Talent is not very necessary. But even Hendrix(who was Albert Kings biggest fan) had a problem with gimmicks and realised fans were going to see him "act out" rather than listen..

When Jimi tried to stop gyrating & string "flossing" he lost fans overnight. With real Blues men like Albert and Jazz musicians there were NO gimmicks...that's what i like. Enough from me...best wishes.

[AvengedSol]

@taildragger53 I completely agree, it SHOULD be about the music =]

[yellowsmack45678]

this man is a god

[ordoabchaos347]

this tone is coming from solid state amps. wow.

[taildragger53]

@ordoabchaos347 That's very true..i never realised that before. Mostly Roland equipment at one stage.

[icemcmike]

Albert King... The King!

[myfeetapontheground]

he knows the blues like no one else.

[LaLawre1]

I sure wish someone would tell me how to fix my computer it takes an hour to download a song..!!GGGGRRRR

[casu3]

dats not a V guitar its an A guitar for Albert

[wisesatyr72]

How does he get that distorted tone w/just his fingers..?

[uverdadeiro]

@wisesatyr72 Maybe using a bit more gain tha he usually do if he was going to play with a pick. Just a guess

[wisesatyr72]

@uverdadeiro Light strings and DADF#AD tunings I think I read Ry Cooder was checking out his guitar when Albert was in the bathroom one time...yeah very cool

[RocknPak]

Albert King was the true king of the blues. Beautiful, emotional song. If you like this type of stuff, check out my instrumental guitar song "Bittersweet Goodbye" on my channel.

[zouhairuk]

awesome oh god they don make them like this anymore.

[zouhairuk]

@zouhairuk no they don't  make them like that

[themusicdr]

cry guitar cry. damn albert 'king' really was just that!

[playlikemicktaylor]

He definately has touch

[ElectricLadyT]

its all about soul.. always has been.. thats why i love albert king and his lucy... everyday his music inspires me to play not from the fingers but from the SOUL. thanks Mista ALBERT KING for showing the WORLD how to play and how to hear and how to feel the blues!

[SonnyREast]

This man had more soul in his pinky than many do in there whole bodies.

[kevindlinc]

Its too bad Albert never made any appreciable money,at least thats the impression I get from what Ive read, the music industry has fucked alot of people around the blues guys got dicked over the worst, thats the blues.

[fanuvbrazil]

@hot14momma1....I couldn't agree with you more Lady...The man has no equal....truly the KING!!!!

[ladyjhuston]

Hello all, that's me, Lady "J" Huston, playing on Trumpet with the legendary Albert King in 1981.

[bull1arab]

@ladyjhuston Good on ya Luv

[bull1arab]

Respond to this video... If I close my eyes I see Stevie Rae

[kazalovitch]

@ladyjhuston its an honor :)

[jenspett]

@ladyjhuston man youguys seem realy tight when your playing.. when he raises his finger at the end and everyone is on it. awesome.. I play a little blues on the saxx but man this kicks my ass

[Tri3Face]

one of the three Kings a true Legend

[123must]

the best of all tims

[rmachayes]

hot14momma1, you are so damned right my brother or sister.....AK was the best of the best with our blues thing..................

[nefsjud]

Beautiful video. Thank you for posting.

[2003JL]

from 6:42 onwards.......sheer awesome.

[bry3921]

The line waiting to take lessons goes clear around the globe.

[ctyuang]

well, blues ain't nothin' but a good man havin' a bad day.

[MrBluesrules]

@ctyuang

Yeah, but the Blues make our day better. It ain't nuthin' but the Blues says Buddy Guy.

[graffitirasto]

@ctyuang yeah right.. you have must watched 2 or 3 blues songs in your life :/

[ygol69]

@ctyuang isn't the quote "the blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad, thinkin' bout the woman he once had."  from Crossroads - Willie Brown

[Patricklucey5]

Maestro

[LowLevelHum]

Dig.

[hot14momma1]

Albert King is the man, the greatest of all times. There is no one today that could even touch this guy. Good Lord almighty, no one alive comes close. This man is the real deal

[Jeremydunbar227]

@hot14momma1 stevie?

[LouieLand]

@hot14momma1 One of the greatest, yeah, but not totally untouchable. I mean, the only ones I might argue who could be as good are B.B. King and maaaaaybe Buddy Guy, though I can't say I'm totally convinced myself on Buddy Guy. B.B., though, yeah, he's up in the same class as Albert King. It's still a class of legends.

[ADumbUsername]

@LouieLand

Yeah but Albert King was THE guy who put Soul into Blues. That was a real innovation, and one which changed what the word "blues" means to us today. B.B. King and Buddy Guy can't lay claim to that. That said I'm a huge Buddy Guy fan.

[record1207]

R.I.P 'ALBERT'. You were loved and are missed!!!

[zouhairuk]

@record1207 yes rip legend true legend

[BluesHeavy]

No matter what style of music you want to play every guitar player should start by studing this Man. This song alone will teach you everything you need to know about playing guitar. 1. Tone 2. Patience (Less can be more) 3. Bending& Vibrato (Make it talk) 4. Playing with feel and feeling 5. Building emotion into your song bring the volume down and hammer it at just the right time and then back down again bring your audience into the song. 6lead the Band. streets smarts compared to book smarts.

[ffairlane57]

@BluesHeavy , all comes from gospel.

[BluesHeavy]

The thing that kills me is there isn't enough Albert King Video's and there is so many tune you never get to see live. I love Born under a Bad sign but it isn't his best. I would love to see an entire King concert in all its glory and from the 60's at his prime.

[ciobotaruclaudiu]

Superb song,emotional!Crying guitar!

[jenspett]

Everytime i watch this im amazed .... the end is so dang perfekt

[k98556]

Albert King is the shit

[MrLocostSeven]

This video should have at least 2million views lets bring the king back?

[yeevvooihan]

Albert's vocal line at 1:48 ("there is nothing I can do") is where the famous lead guitar riff in "Layla" came from. Eric Clapton said in an interview that Duane Allman based the Layla riff on this vocal line, but twice as fast.

[bleedbluesgtr71]

You can hear it...

[undermislengteng]

the number of electric blues players who have based their style on alberts is too many to count. yet when i comment on other folks songs " sounds like albert king" people want to hate on me. oh well i cont care too much about someone's opinion who loves eric clapton and mike bloomfield , but isn't familiar with the works of the king. keep on imitating , you can't touch the man . ALBERT KING - recongnize bitches !!!!!

[nougiw]

I agree with ughthisisgay123. And also Burton is better in this song...

[rtblues]

OH my g-d!

This is so powerful!!!

AWESOME!!!

[cruuuuuzz]

its his dynamics and tone that carry albert thro a 40 odd year career. not many can surpass that

[ughthisisgay123]

no offense to albert in any way i think he is an amazing player...and a really soulful voice...but his play...is well...

always the same...

same lick in every video...every record....every song....its all he plays...you guys know what i'm talking about...its either that lick...or a variation of it.....

just saying...

[lionwhelp1]

Albert King is a soulful blues SUPER GENIUS, he plays from his heart. Anyone that cann't understand it, has a cold stony heart.

[oregonskateok]

If you havent noticed, blues pretty much recycles the same licks over and over.

[ughthisisgay123]

i guess...you can say...that...

but then again no...

i play guitar myself...

and...i always try to vary...the licks...and play them in a different manner etc...etc..etc...

you know...

its not always...the same...

[Immaculate416]

@oregonskateok You can never play the same lick the same way twice.

[F3FisGoodforYou]

I always thought the same... and always wondering why even by playing what seems the same lick over and over he can carry so much power, so much emotion, so much soul and at the end never really sounds the same.

I just don't understand that, I guess it's the magic of music, or at least his music.

...and I don't know why but he still remain one of my favorite musician.

[damionm]

I thought the same thing when I first started listening to his music and you are right. Albert was pure "grits and gravy". It was all soul. He could play the same licks in three different performances within a single week and they would all have a different feel and sound to it. There's a reason whey Hendrix and Stevie Ray idolized him. True pioneer. He was great in his own right.

[grga888]

They loved him but they most certainly did not idolize him.

[lespaul702]

stevie and hendrix stole everyone of his licks, i call that idolizing

[BiggCox]

too bad we aint got no videos of this back in 1969 played in front of a black audience somewhere back in the native land of the blues

[ElTone43]

That was killer. Man had huge hands!!! Anyone know if Alberta King has any live CDs?

[Swodaem]

Yes, there's one called "Live Wire/Blues Power", which is definitely worth hearing. There is also his live album with Stevie Ray Vaughan, called In Session...that is bleedin' awesome. Albert's singing is sweeeeeeeeeet!

[glrofmrr]

there is also live at the Filmore weds nite and then there is live at the filmore Thurs nite. recorded in 1968 he opened for jimi Hendrix both of those nites.you can get them at borders,you have to order them online.

[Janders52]

a fucking badass if there ever was one.

[hendodabest]

These spank boy bands today can take a lesson from this giant of a man.New music has no heart or soul.

[Cupidville]

Albert King is a Master of the blues. Clapton owes alot to King's playing.

[Tim99GT]

for those of you who don't know this is where Eric Clapton got the riff for layla "there ain't nothing I can do"

[lamiamano]

what's fantastic about Albert King is that he is always lookin' at the band and gets pissed off of the fact they don't get in the groove right away.

He's always in control because - on stage - he is Boss and the band has got to do what he wants them to do tha's why he's a great leader.

LOve the man, his guitar,his singing : he is one of the greats.

[ceeblu]

Thanks stonesfcr....

[srvfan454]

I love his tone, man I love this music

[Bouletjes]

music with true feeling flowing trough the lyrics , discribing emotions with the tone of your guitar , being one with your guitar is the most beautiful thing in the world .

[Junglejackass]

Dear God....

Just gives me the chills watching that end part where he fully gives it stacks...

Unreal.

This is real music,

Nuff said.

[Claptonmachine]

unbelievable

[icallmybabystp]

i'd put roy buchanan right up there with the greats, but he just doesn't have the songs like b.b., albert, and the other tops have... he's got the soul running up to his finger tips, but roy's voice just can't stand up next to the greats.

[6nz6slayer6]

songs like this make me wonder if music will ever be the same. will there be any more blues greats? people try to replicate it today but the soul just isnt there

[Strange0ne]

The derek trucks band are fantastic. Not strictly blues but there is plenty of soul in their music

[jcroshi]

絶対なに者かが憑依してるぞ！！

愛してる。この演奏に。

He is possessed with an　someone　spirit. so I love him . I love guitar. I love

music. Absolute,I never forget to this take!! Thank you for posting!

[roussos87]

KING

[jronirons]

Man i wish i met Albert King

[dankeewolnir4042]

king whippin' that band in to shape... an amazing musician.

[sgreeezy]

great guitar skills and he has a great voice

[Ghieter]

the holy 3 kings of the blues axe...

Albert, B.B. and Freddie!

[Immaculate416]

Yeah, for electric blues...

[staxmantim]

YEAH! Everybody say yeah! Greatest Blues guitarist of all time!!!!

[rotaryturb0]

I wish to jam with you one day my friend. That was beautiful

[monkeys350]

it sure is annoying people that don't know about guitars interviewing guitarists and asking about guitars.

[62guitarguy]

Stevie Ray was his biggest fan. I've read that Albert called Stevie "his only white child".

Good stuff man, good stuff......

[jlopez47]

Damnit, that TONE!!!

[PlaylistPlethora]

part of wickeddddd guitar

[jenzeppelin]

wow!!!

[IOYC]

Why did they cut out the middle for the interview.. argh. Albert King is godlike. The tone and attack on the solo at the end is just jaw dropping. Amazing.

[Fruscianteistheman]

Holy shit this guy is amazing, im so glad i found another founder of the blues.

[IpkisStanley]

he wasn't a founder but he sure kept the blues alive

[aaronfoster624]

totally true. definitely a founder of electric blues though

[o1zeidler]

This live version is so kick ass.. I thought I knew the blues untill I heard this song.. RIP king of the blues

[maubahia]

The MAN!

[donottawaguitar]

thanks for letting me post a vid near him

[undermislengteng]

albert king and nina simone . thats all anyone needs to know about music right there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tkrantz55]

Blues, with a feeling.

[tommytalks77]

It's good to see that the King did some charity for the mentally ill as well, as he demonstrates here by letting a retarded moron interview him, lol...