L.A. Midnight is a 1972 electric blues

Electric blues

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 album

Album

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 by B. B. King

B. B. King

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. The album features two extended guitar jams

Jam session

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 with fellow guitarists Jesse Ed Davis

Jesse Ed Davis

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 and Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh

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 ("Midnight" and "Lucille's Granny"). It also features Taj Mahal on harmonica and guitar. ("Can't You Here Me Talking To You" and "I've Been Blue Too Long" respectively). "Can't You Here Me Talking To You" also features Jesse Ed Davis on guitar.

Track listing

1. "I Got Some Help I Don't Need"
2. "Help the Poor"
3. "Can't You Hear Me Talking"
4. "Midnight"
5. "Sweet Sixteen"
6. "I've Been Blue Too Long"
7. "Lucille's Granny"

Personnel

• B.B. King – Vocals, guitar
• Jesse Ed Davis
  Jesse Ed Davis
  Jesse Edwin Davis was an American guitarist. He was well regarded as a session artist. His death in 1988 is attributed to a drug overdose.-Biography:...
  
   – Guitar, slide guitar
• Joe Walsh
  Joe Walsh
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   – Guitar
• Mel Brown
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   – Guitar
• Randy Wolfe
  Randy California
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   – Guitar
• Taj Mahal – Guitar, harmonica
• Paul Harris
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   – Piano
• Victor Feldman
  Victor Feldman
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   – Electric piano, piano, congas
• Ron Levy – Piano
• Cliff Coulter – Piano, tambourine
• John Turk – Organ
• Brian Garofalo – Bass
• Wilbert Freeman – Bass
• Ron Brown – Bass
• Bob Morin – Drums
• Sonny Freeman – Drums
• Earl Palmer
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   – Drums
• Sandy Konikoff – Tambourine
• Bobby Bryant
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   – Trumpet
• John Browning – Trumpet
• Red Callender
  Red Callender
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   – Tuba
• Joe Burton – Trombone
• Red Holloway
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   – Tenor Saxophone
• Louis Hubert – Tenor Saxophone
• Plas Johnson
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  – Baritone Saxophone
• Earl Tubinton, Jr. – Alto Saxophone