Albert Cummings Essentials

Albert Cummings Essentials

Blues shredder Albert Cummings has spent decades honing his catalog of party-starting tracks that center his skillful guitar-playing and old-school blues compositions. Cummings first rose to blues-community acclaim as a signee to the storied Blind Pig Records, releasing his debut True to Yourself, including the sultry “Lonely Bed,” Working Man, which included a take on Merle Haggard’s “Workin’ Man Blues,” and the rowdy live album Feel So Good, with its crowd-pleasing “Hoochie Coochie Man/Dixie Chicken Medley,” on the label. “I’ve been known to be the life of the party,” Cummings sings on “Too Old to Grow Up,” off his country-leaning album Ten (fittingly, his tenth release), a fitting claim for the hard-rockin’ guitarist. Sometimes, Cummings will include a bit of a gospel inflection, as on “Do What Mama Says” with its robust backing choir, horn section, and call-and-response. Mostly, fans come to Cummings for his relentless guitar solos, as evidenced by his soaring take on “No Doubt.”

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