Talk:Albert King/Archive 1

Archive 1

Photo

The photo used in this article was removed from Wikipedia, most likely due to copyright issues (it was shot by a german photographer named Torsten, most likely it really wasn't free). I'm looking for a usable photo. Current Wikipedia policy suggests album covers should not be used (the fair use rule applies to illustration of albums and singles only). If anyone knows of a photo of Albert King without copyright issues, please upload it. Fbergo 14:14, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

• I found a promo photo and placed it in the article (and I added the persondata template, the template data should not appear on the articles, it seems that it is being displayed due to some temporary glitch). Fbergo 14:43, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

• I uploaded jpgs of a photos I took of Mr. King in Chicago while doing a Soundstage program for WTTW in the early '80's. They have no copyright issues and can be placed it in the article if needed. file names are Albert_king.jpg and The_Albert_King.jpg‎ Sudowite 14:24, 14 December 2009 (UTC) The url is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Albert_King.jpg.

Completely inappropriate image use

We have a freely-licensed, full-color photo of Albert King where his face is visible. So why are we using non-free image in the infobox? There's absolutely nothing wrong with the photo of him in the purple suit. ☻☻☻Sithman VIII !!☻☻☻ 06:32, 9 June 2011 (UTC) The one of him at the Iri Blues Festival is perfectly fine too. The NFC in the infobox is just plain indefensible. ☻☻☻Sithman VIII !!☻☻☻ 06:35, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Can you please add my link <a href='http://www.kingbiscuitblues.com'>King Biscuit Blues</a> Fugeeohu (talk) 02:38, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Possible copyright problem

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Oh, Pretty Woman ??

" Gary Clark Jr. performed King's "Oh, Pretty Woman" and was then joined by John Mayer and Booker T Jones to perform King's "Born Under A Bad Sign" at the induction ceremony." This sentence indicates that King is connected to the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" which, as I understand it, is a song attributed to Roy Orbison. Since there is no citation I was wondering if this is in error. Thoughts?THX1136 (talk) 14:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

King recorded a different "Oh Pretty Woman". The songwriter is listed as "A. C. Williams".[1] It was issued as a single by Stax in 1966 (see Albert King discography) and included on King's 1967 album Born Under a Bad Sign. A lot of people have recorded it.[2] It's also known as one of King's songs that Eric Clapton copied the guitar solo note-for-note for Cream's "Strange Brew". I thought about creating an article about the song, but without more RS it would remain a Wikipedia:Permastub. —Ojorojo (talk) 15:44, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Much appreciated!THX1136 (talk) 21:46, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Illiteracy

I was unable to find a reference to Albert King being illiterate (as the previous article text suggested, saying that the lyrics of Born Under a Bad Sign ("I can't read, didn't learn how to write") reflected his own illiteracy. If you have a reference to that, put back the information and the source in the article. Fbergo 15:02, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Whether true or not, King himself didn't even write the song, so I doubt the lyric refers to his own experiences anyway. --buck 16:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

According to Rob Bowman (Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records, New York: Schirmer Trade Books, 1997, p. 95, ISBN 0-8256-7284-8), concerning the recording of "Laundromat Blues" (1966), Estelle Axton (a co-founder of Stax Records—the "ax" in "Stax") "wrote out the words for King, not realizing that the veteran guitarist could not read. Used to doing everything from memory, King retained most of the song but, according to Axton, he forgot the last verse...." Bowman gave no source for the assertion that King could not read, so his account of this event seems to me to be thin evidence. Jwicklatz (talk) 06:26, 26 June 2017 (UTC)