Six Silver Strings


Six Silver Strings is the thirtieth studio blues album by B.B. King released in 1985. Promoted as a King's 50th album, the production is split between five David Crawford-produced tracks recorded in Miami with session musicians, and three tracks co-produced by filmmaker John Landis and his Into [the Night (1985 film)|Into the Night] soundtrack colleague Ira Newborn.
In a retrospective review AllMusic criticized the lackluster "pop rock" work shown in the Crawford-produced tracks, with uninspired performances from King, but praised the tunes from the Landis/Newborn session, calling "My Lucille" an "underrated signature classic." "My Lucille" was used in the film Into the Night in a scene where the lead male character walks into a bar.

Track listing

  1. "Six Silver Strings" – 4:22
  2. "Big Boss Man" – 4:48
  3. "In the Midnight Hour" – 3:24
  4. "Into the Night" – 4:12
  5. "My Lucille" – 3:42
  6. "Memory Lane" – 4:35
  7. "My Guitar Sings the Blues" – 3:39
  8. "Double Trouble" – 5:14