Why I Sing the Blues (live) - B.B. King - MP3 instrumental karaoke

B.B. King put his flag in the hallowed ground of the blues with this full-bodied statement of intent written during a pivotal moment in history. Tipping his hat to the genre-specific tradition of including the word "blues" in the song title, B.B. King—one of the world's most iconic blues guitarists and singer-songwriters—looks to the classic themes of pain, struggle, and melancholy while making sociopolitical references to racial segregation and the US welfare system ("Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare / To get myself some grits and stuff / But a lady stand up and she said, "You haven't been around long enough") in this freewheeling socially conscious odyssey "Why I Sing the Blues." Written by Dave Clark and B.B. King "Why I Sing the Blues (live)" was captured on the latter's 1969 album Live and Well—a mixture of studio and live recordings—which was significantly the first of B.B. King's LPs to grace the Top 100 with its presence.