Now Appearing at Ole Miss
Now Appearing at Ole Miss is a live album by B. B. King, recorded in 1979 and released as a double album on MCA Records in 1980. The live recordings were augmented with overdubs, most notably with percussion instruments. This has been criticized by reviewers as making the album stale, and it is widely regarded as B.B. King's weakest 'live' album. One notable feature, is that the album contains the first use of the bass style of playing known as "slap" by Russell Jackson, who would go on to play in the posthumous "B.B. King Experience Band" with another B.B. King band veteran James "Boogaloo" Bolden.
Track listing
Side one- "Intro/B.B. King Blues Theme" – 3:04
- "Caldonia" – 2:47
- "Blues Medley - 14:10
- a) Don't Answer the Door
- b) You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
- c) I Need Love So Bad
- d) Nobody Loves Me But My Mother"
Side three
- "When I'm Wrong" – 9:29
- "The Thrill Is Gone" – 11:16
- "Never Make a Move Too Soon" – 7:23
- "Three O'Clock in the Morning" – 8:56
- "Rock Me Baby" – 3:52
- "Guess Who?" – 2:33
- "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" – 2:59
Personnel
- B.B. King - vocals, guitar
- Leonard Gill - guitar
- Russell Jackson - bass
- Phil Blackman - keyboards
- Calep Emphrey - drums
- Naná Vasconcelos - percussion
- Hilton C. Joseph - tenor saxophone
- Eddie Synigal - baritone saxophone
- Steve Sherard - trombone
- Lonny LaLanne, Willie Cook - trumpet
- Howie Leder - co-producer, arranger, conductor, mixing
- Calvin Owens - trumpet, musical director