Lucille & Friends

Five performances — "Lucille," "Country Girl," "No Money No Luck," "I Need Your Love" and "Watch Yourself" — have B.B. backed by a Los Angeles group made up of tenor saxophonist Bobby Forte, pianist Lloyd Glenn, organist Maxwell Davis, second guitarist Irving Ashby, bassist David Allen and drummer Jesse Sailes. To this basic unit (minus Forte) was added a horn section of saxophonists Cecil and Bob McNeely, trumpeter Mel Moore and trombonist John Ewing for the remaining titles, "Rainin' All the Time," "You Move Me So," "I'm With You" and "Stop Putting the Hurt on Me." With the exception of the egregious attempt at imitating Ray Charles (replete with a chick vocal group) on "You Move Me So," the performances with the larger group are by all odds the most successful things on the album.
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