"It's Lonesome In My Bedooom, Just Me And My Telephone"
This reporter saw Albert King & his Gibson Flying V at the (Fraternal Order of) Eagles Auditorium in Seattle in '68 or '69. (I could look it up but it would make no difference to anyone or anything.) Did look at some stuff ...
In 1953, he moved north to Gary, Indiana where he briefly played drums in Jimmy Reed's band and on several of Reed's early recordings. In Gary, he recorded his first single ("Bad Luck Blues" backed with "Be On Your Merry Way")*, for Parrot Records. The record sold a few copies, but made no significant impact and Parrot did not request any follow-up records or sign King to a long-term contract. In 1954, he returned to Osceola and re-joined the Groove Boys for two years.
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