Deuces Wild (B. B. King album)

Deuces Wild is the thirty-fifth studio album by B.B. King released on November 4, 1997. Every song on the album features a second famous musician.

Track listing

 * 1) "If You Love Me" (with Van Morrison) - 5:48
 * 2) "The Thrill Is Gone" (with Tracy Chapman) - 5:00
 * 3) "Rock Me Baby" (with Eric Clapton) - 6:38
 * 4) "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (with Mick Hucknall) - 4:16
 * 5) "Baby I Love You" (with Bonnie Raitt) - 4:00
 * 6) "Ain't Nobody Home" (with D'Angelo) - 5:18
 * 7) "Pauly's Birthday Boogie" (with Jools Holland) - 3:39
 * 8) "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" (with Dr. John) - 4:50
 * 9) "Confessin' the Blues" (with Marty Stuart) - 4:32
 * 10) "Hummingbird" (with Dionne Warwick) - 4:20
 * 11) "Bring It Home to Me" (with Paul Carrack) - 3:10
 * 12) "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (with The Rolling Stones) - 3:35
 * 13) "Let the Good Times Roll" (with Zucchero) - 4:00
 * 14) "Dangerous Mood" (with Joe Cocker) - 4:55
 * 15) "Keep It Coming" (with Heavy D) - 3:57
 * 16) "Cryin' Won't Help You Babe" (with David Gilmour & Paul Carrack) - 4:12
 * 17) "Night Life" (with Willie Nelson) - 4:30

Tracks 7, 10, 11, 13: bonus tracks on the import edition (UK/Japan)

Personnel

 * B.B. King – vocals (except tracks 1, 7 and 11), guitar
 * Neil Hubbard – guitar (Tr. 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16)
 * Pino Palladino – bass guitar (Tr. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16)
 * Jools Holland – piano (Tr. 1, 7, 11)
 * Andy Newmark – drums (Tr. 1, 4, 7, 11, 16)
 * Paul Carrack – Hammond B3 organ (Tr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11), keyboards (Tr. 1, 7, 16), piano (16), vocals (11, 16)
 * Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica (Tr. 1)
 * Tony Braunagel – drums (Tr. 2 & 10), percussion (Tr. 2)
 * Reggie McBride – bass guitar (Tr. 2 & 10)
 * Johnny Lee Schell – guitar (Tr. 2 & 10)
 * Lenny Castro – percussion (Tr. 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15)
 * Tommy Eyre – Wurlitzer piano (Tr. 2), Hammond organ (Tr. 9, 14, 17), piano (10), keyboards (8, 12)
 * Martin Tillman – cello (Tr. 2 & 10)
 * Miles Tackett – cello (Tr. 2)
 * Tracy Chapman – vocals (Tr. 2)
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (Tr. 3)
 * Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals (Tr. 3)
 * Paul Waller – programming (Tr. 3)
 * Simon Climie – programming (Tr. 3)
 * Chris Stainton – piano (Tr. 4, 14, 16), keyboards (Tr. 4)
 * Mick Hucknall – vocals (Tr. 4)
 * Steve Jordan – drums (Tr. 5, 6, 13 & 15)
 * Hugh McCracken – guitar (Tr. 5, 6, 13 & 15)
 * Leon Pendarvis - organ (Tr 5, 6, 13 & 15)
 * Jon Cleary - piano (Tr. 5, 13 & 15), Wurlitzer piano (6)
 * Bonnie Raitt – guitar, vocals (Tr. 5)
 * D'Angelo – keyboards, vocals (Tr. 6)
 * Randy Jacobs – guitar (Tr. 8 & 17)
 * Bill Payne – keyboards (Tr. 8, 9 & 17)
 * Jim Keltner – drums (Tr. 8, 9 & 17)
 * James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar (Tr. 8, 9, 14 & 17)
 * Dr. John – vocals (Tr. 8)
 * Marty Stuart – guitar, vocals (Tr. 9)
 * Dionne Warwick – vocals (Tr. 10)
 * Zucchero – vocals (Tr. 13)
 * Joe Cocker – vocals (Tr. 14)
 * Kenny Aronoff – drums (Tr. 14)
 * Michael Landau – guitar (Tr. 14)
 * Dean Parks – guitar (Tr. 14)
 * C. J. Vanston – Hammond B3 organ (Tr. 14)
 * Heavy D – rap (Tr. 15)
 * David Gilmour – guitar (Tr. 16)
 * Mickey Raphael – harmonica (Tr. 17)
 * Willie Nelson - guitar, vocals (Tr. 17)

The Rolling Stones on track 12:


 * Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica
 * Keith Richards – guitar
 * Ronnie Wood – guitar
 * Charlie Watts – drums
 * Darryl Jones – bass guitar

String section on tracks 1 & 4:
 * Andrea Byers – violin
 * Armen Garabedian – violin
 * Berj Garabedian – violin
 * Norman Hughes – violin
 * Tamara Hatwan – violin
 * Kenneth Yerke – violin
 * Bruce Dukov – violin
 * Sid Page – violin
 * Robert Becker – viola
 * Larry Colbert – cello
 * Dane Little – cello
 * Marston Smith – cello

French horn section on track 2:
 * Daniel P. Kelley – French horn
 * Yvonne S. Moriarty – French horn
 * Kurt Snyder – French horn

Horn section on tracks 2, 7, 10, 11, 12 & 13:
 * Darrell Leonard – trumpet, horn arrangements
 * Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
 * Greg Smith – baritone saxophone (tracks 7 & 13 only)

Horn section on tracks 6 & 8:
 * Jamil Sharif – trumpet
 * Brian Murray – trumpet
 * Carl Blouin – baritone saxophone
 * Joe Saulsbury Jr. – tenor saxophone

Backing vocals on tracks 5, 10, 11 & 16:
 * Harry Bowens – background vocals
 * Terence Forsythe – background vocals
 * Vincent Bonham – background vocals