Riding With The King (B.B. King And Eric Clapton Album)
Riding with the King is a blues album by Eric Clapton and B.B. King that was released in 2000. It was their first collaborative album and won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album reached number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the United States. Riding with the King was also released on a DVD-Audio in higher resolution and with a 5.1 surround sound mix in 2000.
The album was generally well received by reviewers, although some felt that it could have been better, and that the sound on the CD was too polished for a blues album.
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