Together for the First Time... Live

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Together for the First Time
Together for the First Time cover.jpg
Live album by
Released1974
Genre Soul blues
Label Dunhill
Producer Steve Barri
Bobby Bland chronology
His California Album
(1973)
Together for the First Time
(1974)
Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live
(1976)
B.B. King chronology
Friends
(1974)
Together for the First Time... Live
(1974)
Lucille Talks Back
(1975)

Together for the First Time... Live is a 1974 blues album by singer Bobby Bland and guitarist B. B. King. The duo later recorded Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live . Bland and King toured together extensively in the 1970s and 1980s, which did much to keep their careers alive during a period of otherwise popular decline for the blues genre.[ citation needed ]

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "3 O'Clock in the Morning" (3:15) - (B. B. King, Jules Taub)
  2. "It's My Own Fault Baby" (4:13) - (King, Taub)
  3. "Driftin' Blues" (5:10) - (Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams)
  4. "That's the Way Love Is" (3:51) - (Deadric Malone)

Side two

  1. "I'm Sorry" (9:55) - (Thompson)
  2. "I'll Take Care of You" (3:50) - (Brook Benton)
  3. "Don't Cry No More" (2:33) - (Malone)

Side three

  1. "Don't Want a Soul Hangin' Around" (3:52) - (Jimmy Johnson)
  2. "(Medley)" (14:00)

Side four

  1. "Everybody Wants to Know Why I Sing the Blues" (6:19) - (Dave Clark, King)
  2. "Goin' Down Slow" (5:16) - (St. Louis Jimmy Oden)
  3. "I Like to Live the Love" (6:00) - (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann) [1]

Personnel

Performers

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