Riding with the King is a blues album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King that was released in 2000. It was their first collaborative album and won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album reached number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the United States. Riding with the King was also released on a DVD-Audio in higher resolution and with a 5.1 surround sound mix in 2000. The album was generally well received by reviewers, although some felt that it could have been better, and that the sound on the CD was too polished for a blues album. Riding with the King is a blues album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King that was released in 2000. It was their first collaborative album and won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album reached number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the United States. Riding with the King was also released on a DVD-Audio in higher resolution and with a 5.1 surround sound mix in 2000. The album was generally well received by reviewers, although some felt that it could have been better, and that the sound on the CD was too polished for a blues album. false 2025-11-08 07:42:14 Riding With the King 2020 2020-01-01 2020-01-01 61 Blues Blues Rock 114285 2144694 21686968-23d6-44a2-90e1-f38c847fdfbd 618b6900-0618-4f1e-b835-bccb17f84294 866529e9-0ca2-35fa-8c6f-65ec1424ff0e /media/data/media4/Music/B.B. King & Eric Clapton/Riding With the King/folder.jpg B.B. King & Eric Clapton B.B. King Eric Clapton & B.B. King 1 1 Riding With the King 04:23 1 2 Ten Long Years 04:40 1 3 Key to the Highway 03:40 1 4 Marry You 04:59 1 5 Three O’Clock Blues 08:36 1 6 Help the Poor 05:06 1 7 I Wanna Be 04:45 1 8 Worried Life Blues 04:25 1 9 Days of Old 03:00 1 10 When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer 07:09 1 11 Hold On I’m Coming 06:20 1 12 Come Rain or Come Shine 04:12 Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players. AllMusic recognized King as "the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century".King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of the Blues", and is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King, none of whom are related). King performed tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing on average at more than 200 concerts per year into his 70s. In 1956 alone, he appeared at 342 shows.King was born on a cotton plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and later worked at a cotton gin in Indianola, Mississippi. He was attracted to music and the guitar in church, and he began his career in juke joints and local radio. He later lived in Memphis and Chicago; then, as his fame grew, toured the world extensively. King died at the age of 89 in Las Vegas on May 14, 2015.