Written by: Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell
Produced by: Bill Szymczyk
Released: Dec. '69 on BluesWay
Charts: 14 weeks
Top spot: No. 15
"It was a different kind of blues ballad, and I carried it around in my head for many years," King said of Hawkins' song, which dated back to 1951. The career of the forty-four-year-old King, reinvigorated by the accolades of a host of young guitar heroes, reached its zenith with an inspired performance of the minor-key lament during a 1969 session in which, as King put it, "all the ideas came together."
Appears on: Greatest Hits (MCA)