Friends (B. B. King album)

Friends is a studio album by B. B. King, released by ABC Records in 1974.^[1] It was available in stereo under the reference ABCD-825 and in quadraphonic sound under the reference CQD-40022. This album maintains the sentimental mood initiated in the previous album To Know You Is to Love You recorded in the same studio by the same producer.^[3]

Friends
Studio album by B. B. King
Released	1974
Genre	Blues
Length	29:06
Label	ABC
Producer	Dave Crawford
B. B. King chronology
To Know You Is to Love You (1973) Friends (1974) Together for the First Time... Live (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C^[2]

Track listing

Details are from the original 1974 vinyl LP.

Side A

1. "Friends" (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann, Will Boulware) – 4:44
2. "I Got Them Blues" (Dave Crawford, Deryll Inman) – 4:31
3. "Baby I'm Yours" (Van McCoy) – 3:28
4. "Up At 5 AM" (Dave Crawford) – 3:15

Side B

1. "Philadelphia" (Dave Crawford) – 6:03
2. "When Everything Else Is Gone" (Will Boulware) – 3:08
3. "My Song" (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann) – 3:57

Personnel

Musical

• B. B. King – vocals, guitar
• Dave Crawford & Charles Mann – backgrounds vocals
• Deryll Inman – guitar
• Norman Harris – guitar
• Bobby Eli as Eli Tarkesty – guitar
• Roland Chambers – guitar
• Dave Crawford – keyboards
• Will Boulware – keyboards
• Ron Kersey – keyboards
• Larry Washington – congas
• Vince Montana – vibraphone
• Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• The Memphis Horns – horns
• Roy Renaldo & Philadelphia Strings – strings
• Wade Marcus – arrangement

Technical

• Joe Tarsia – engineer (Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia)
• Mike Lizzio – engineer (Las Vegas Recording Studio, Las Vegas)

References

1. "Friends – B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
3. Danchin, Sebastian (1998). Blues Boy – The Life and Music of B. B. King. University Press of Mississippi. p. 85. ISBN 1-57806-017-6.