''Deuces Wild'' is the thirty-fifth studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

B.B. King 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, shi ...

released on November 4, 1997. Every song on the album features a second famous musician.

Track listing

#"If You Love Me" (with

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

) - 5:48 #" The Thrill Is Gone" (with

Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason". Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released ...

) - 5:00 #" Rock Me Baby" (with Eric Clapton) - 6:38 #" Please Send Me Someone to Love" (with

Mick Hucknall Michael James Hucknall (born 8 June 1960) is an English singer and songwriter. Hucknall achieved international fame in the 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter of the soul-influenced pop band Simply Red, with whom he enjoyed a 25-year career ...

) - 4:16 #" Baby I Love You" (with Bonnie Raitt) - 4:00 #"Ain't Nobody Home" (with D'Angelo) - 5:18 #"Pauly's Birthday Boogie" (with Jools Holland) - 3:39 #"There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" (with Dr. John) - 4:50 #"Confessin' the Blues" (with Marty Stuart) - 4:32 #"Hummingbird" (with Dionne Warwick) - 4:20 #"Bring It Home to Me" (with Paul Carrack) - 3:10 #"Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (with

The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the g ...

) - 3:35 #" Let the Good Times Roll" (with Zucchero) - 4:00 #"Dangerous Mood" (with Joe Cocker) - 4:55 #"Keep It Coming" (with

Heavy D Dwight Arrington MyersCuda, Heidi Sigmund Keeping it reel. '' Vibe'' ("born Dwight Arrington Myers")Samuels, Anita M. (January 12' 1996)Heavy D, the C.E.O. ''New York Times'' (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), known professionally as Hea ...

) - 3:57 #"Cryin' Won't Help You Babe" (with David Gilmour & Paul Carrack) - 4:12 #"

Night Life Nightlife is a collective term for entertainment that is available and generally more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning. It includes pubs, bars, nightclubs, parties, live music, concerts, cabarets, theatre, ...

" (with

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album '' Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of '' Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (1 ...

) - 4:30 Tracks 7, 10, 11, 13: bonus tracks on the import edition (UK/Japan)

Personnel

*B.B. King – vocals (except tracks 1, 7 and 11), guitar *

Neil Hubbard Neil Terrence Hubbard (born 24 February 1948) is a British guitarist who has performed with Juicy Lucy, The Grease Band, Bluesology, Joe Cocker, Roxy Music, Kokomo, Alvin Lee, B.B. King, Kevin Rowland and Tony O'Malley, and played on the ...

– guitar (Tr. 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16) *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific session bassist, he has played bass for acts such as The Who, the John Mayer Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Jeff Beck ...

– bass guitar (Tr. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16) * Jools Holland – piano (Tr. 1, 7, 11) * Andy Newmark – drums (Tr. 1, 4, 7, 11, 16) * Paul Carrack – Hammond B3 organ (Tr. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11), keyboards (Tr. 1, 7, 16), piano (16), vocals (11, 16) *

– vocals, harmonica (Tr. 1) *

Tony Braunagel Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter from Houston, Texas, United States, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Braunagel has played on many film scores and television shows as well as numerous albums as a musician, ...

– drums (Tr. 2 & 10), percussion (Tr. 2) *

Reggie McBride Reggie McBride (born September 17, 1954) is an American bass player. Biography McBride was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, United States; listening to Motown records, he began to play bass at the age of 8. At the age of 14, he played in ...

– bass guitar (Tr. 2 & 10) *

Johnny Lee Schell Johnny Lee Schell is an American guitarist and songwriter. In the late 1960s, he first recorded with producer Norman Petty in Group Axis. In the 1970s, he joined Amarillo TX southern rock band, Baby. Since his professional debut, he has played wi ...

– guitar (Tr. 2 & 10) * Lenny Castro – percussion (Tr. 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15) * Tommy Eyre – Wurlitzer piano (Tr. 2), Hammond organ (Tr. 9, 14, 17), piano (10), keyboards (8, 12) *Martin Tillman – cello (Tr. 2 & 10) *Miles Tackett – cello (Tr. 2) *

– vocals (Tr. 2) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (Tr. 3) * Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals (Tr. 3) *Paul Waller – programming (Tr. 3) * Simon Climie – programming (Tr. 3) *

Chris Stainton Christopher Robert "Chris" Stainton (born 22 March 1944) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s. In addition to his collaboration with Cocker, St ...

– piano (Tr. 4, 14, 16), keyboards (Tr. 4) *

– vocals (Tr. 4) * Steve Jordan – drums (Tr. 5, 6, 13 & 15) *

Hugh McCracken Hugh Carmine McCracken (March 31, 1942 – March 28, 2013) was an American rock guitarist and session musician based in New York City, primarily known for his performance on guitar and also as a harmonica player. McCracken was additionally a ...

– guitar (Tr. 5, 6, 13 & 15) *

Leon Pendarvis Leroy Leon Pendarvis (born 1945) is an American session musician. He plays keyboards and is a background vocalist. He is also an occasional guitarist. The artists he has worked with over the years include Bonnie Raitt on her ''Streetlights'' album ...

- organ (Tr 5, 6, 13 & 15) *

Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...

- piano (Tr. 5, 13 & 15), Wurlitzer piano (6) * Bonnie Raitt – guitar, vocals (Tr. 5) * D'Angelo – keyboards, vocals (Tr. 6) * Randy Jacobs – guitar (Tr. 8 & 17) * Bill Payne – keyboards (Tr. 8, 9 & 17) *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America". Howard Sounes. ''Dow ...

– drums (Tr. 8, 9 & 17) *

James "Hutch" Hutchinson James Hutchinson (born January 24, 1953) is an American session bassist best known for his work with Bonnie Raitt. Though his work takes him nearly everywhere he primarily resides in Studio City, Los Angeles, CA and Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii. Ca ...

– bass guitar (Tr. 8, 9, 14 & 17) * Dr. John – vocals (Tr. 8) * Marty Stuart – guitar, vocals (Tr. 9) * Dionne Warwick – vocals (Tr. 10) * Zucchero – vocals (Tr. 13) * Joe Cocker – vocals (Tr. 14) *

Kenny Aronoff Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer. Early life Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ener ...

– drums (Tr. 14) * Michael Landau – guitar (Tr. 14) *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– guitar (Tr. 14) * C. J. Vanston – Hammond B3 organ (Tr. 14) *

– rap (Tr. 15) * David Gilmour – guitar (Tr. 16) *Mickey Raphael – harmonica (Tr. 17) *

- guitar, vocals (Tr. 17)

on track 12: *

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

– vocals, harmonica *

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...

– guitar *

Ronnie Wood Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group. Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...

– guitar * Charlie Watts – drums *

Darryl Jones Darryl Jones (born December 11, 1961) is an American bass guitarist. He has been recording and touring with the Rolling Stones since 1993. He has also played in bands with Miles Davis and Sting, among others. Career Darryl Jones was born on ...

– bass guitar String section on tracks 1 & 4: *Andrea Byers – violin *Armen Garabedian – violin *Berj Garabedian – violin *Norman Hughes – violin *Tamara Hatwan – violin *Kenneth Yerke – violin *Bruce Dukov – violin *Sid Page – violin *Robert Becker – viola *Larry Colbert – cello *Dane Little – cello *Marston Smith – cello French horn section on track 2: *Daniel P. Kelley – French horn *Yvonne S. Moriarty – French horn *Kurt Snyder – French horn Horn section on tracks 2, 7, 10, 11, 12 & 13: *Darrell Leonard – trumpet, horn arrangements * Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone *Greg Smith – baritone saxophone (tracks 7 & 13 only) Horn section on tracks 6 & 8: *Jamil Sharif – trumpet *Brian Murray – trumpet *Carl Blouin – baritone saxophone *Joe Saulsbury Jr. – tenor saxophone Backing vocals on tracks 5, 10, 11 & 16: *Harry Bowens – background vocals *Terence Forsythe – background vocals *Vincent Bonham – background vocals

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References

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