In Session (Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan album)

In Session

Live album by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan
Released	August 17, 1999
Recorded	December 6, 1983
Genre	Blues
Length	63:39
Label	Stax Records
Producer	Ian Anderson; Bill Belmont

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In Session is a blues album by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded live for television on December 6, 1983, at CHCH-TV studios in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and released as an album on August 17, 1999. The album was released on DVD on September 28, 2010. It has also been released on CD and SACD.

It was the first of two collaborations captured for television.^[1]^[2] It was recorded for one of a series of live television sessions recording the performances of various artists. The show was called In Session. The album includes a few short segments of the banter by King and Vaughan between songs.

Initially, King was not going to do the show as he did not know who Vaughan was. He did not realize that Vaughan was actually 'little Stevie', the 'skinny kid' that he let sit in when King played in Texas. King talks about this on one of the conversation tracks. When he realized who Vaughan was, he agreed to play.^[3]

The album's material is mostly King's concert line up, with one Vaughan cut, "Pride and Joy." King is 'driving' the session, but he purposefully features Vaughan on a number of the songs.^[4]

Track listing

Call It Stormy Monday (Aaron "T-Bone" Walker) - 8:59
"Old Times" - 1:15
Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan) - 5:57
Ask Me No Questions (B.B. King) - 5:02
"Pep Talk" - 0:51
Blues at Sunrise (Albert King) - 15:08
"Turn It Over" - 0:51
Overall Junction (Albert King) - 8:19
Match Box Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) - 7:38
"Who Is Stevie?" - 0:43
Don't Lie to Me (Hudson Whittaker) - 8:56

Personnel

Albert King : Electric Guitar, Vocals
Stevie Ray Vaughan : Electric Guitar, Vocals only on Song 3
Tony Llorens : Piano, Organ
Gus Thornton : Bass
Michael Llorens : Drums

Productions

Recorded : CHCH Studios, Hamilton, Ontario, 1983/12/06
Original recordings produced by Ian Anderson

Recording engineer: Doug McClement

Produced for release by Bill Belmont
Remixed by Stephen Hart, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Reissue A&R : Chris Clough and Bill Belmont
Remastering : George Horn, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley

References and external links

STLBlues.net – Interview of Gus Thornton includes information on the session
Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session at Discogs (list of releases)

Albert King

Studio albums	The Big Blues (1962) Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) Years Gone By (1969) Blues for Elvis - King Does the King's Things (1970) Lovejoy (1971) I'll Play the Blues for You (1972) I Wanna Get Funky (1974) The Pinch aka The Blues Don't Change (1974)

Live albums	Live Wire/Blues Power (1968) Blues at Sunrise (1988) Wednesday Night In San Francisco (1990) Thursday Night in San Francisco (1990) Blues at Sunset (1993) In Session (1999)

Compilations	Wattstax (1972) Montreux Festival (1974) Hard Bargain (1996)

Singles	"I Get Evil" (1962) "Crosscut Saw" (1967) "Born Under a Bad Sign" (1967) "As the Years Go Passing By" (1969) "The Hunter" (1969) "The Very Thought of You" (1979)

Other songs	"Kansas City" (1967) "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1967) "Watermelon Man" (1968) "Every Day I Have the Blues" (1968) "Drifting Blues" (1968) "Killing Floor" (1969) "The Sky Is Crying" (1969) "You Don't Love Me" (1969) "Hound Dog" (1970) "What'd I Say" (1971) "She Caught the Katy" (1971) 1972: "I'll Be Doggone" (1972) 1973: "Match Box Blues" (1973) "Stormy Monday" (1973) 1976: "I'm Ready" (1976) "My Babe" (1976) "Dust My Broom" (1984) "Red House" (1992)

Related articles	Discography King Records Stax Records Booker T. & the MG's Soul blues

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Original 1983–1989 releases are marked in bold.

Studio albums	Texas Flood Couldn't Stand the Weather Soul to Soul In Step Family Style The Sky Is Crying

Live albums	Live Alive In the Beginning Live at Carnegie Hall In Session Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985

Compilations	Greatest Hits The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2 The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Official bootlegs	Live in Tokyo

Singles	"Pride and Joy"/"Rude Mood" "Love Struck Baby" "The Sky Is Crying"/"Chitlins con Carne" "Taxman"

Songs	"All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" "Come On (Part III)" "Crossfire" "Hide Away" "Lenny" "Little Wing" "Pipeline" "Say What!" "Superstition" "Testify" "Texas Flood" "The Things That I Used to Do" "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"

Concert tours	Soul to Soul Tour Live Alive Tour

Performance videos	Pride and Joy Live at the El Mocambo

Related articles	Original discography Posthumous discography Double Trouble David Bowie Doyle Bramhall Tommy Shannon Chris Layton Jimmie Vaughan Reese Wynans Lou Ann Barton W. C. Clark Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan

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