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Digitally remastered and expanded 20th Anniversary edition including two bonus tracks. Two guitar legends - Eric Clapton and B.B. King - first performed together in NYC in 1967. Over 30 years later, in 1999, the two longtime friends joined forces to create a collection of all new studio recordings of blues classics and contemporary songs. The resulting album Riding with the King would be released in June 2000 and go onto sell over 2 million copies and win the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album features an all-star line-up of musicians Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Gadd, Nathan East, Joe Sample, Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah and Wendy Melvoin, and Jim Keltner. Arif Martin contributed string arrangements and orchestration to two tracks. Album Tracks 1. Riding with the King 2. Ten Long Years 3. Key to the Highway 4. Marry You 5. Three O'Clock Blues 6. Help the Poor 7. I Wanna Be 8. Worried Life Blues 9. Days of Old 10. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer 11. Hold on I'm Coming 12. Come Rain or Come Shine 13. Rollin' and Tumblin' * 14. Let Me Love You Baby*
