The Resume

(April 25, 1923-December 21, 1992)
Born in Indianola, Mississippi
Birth name was Albert Nelson
Recorded the albums 'Born Under A Bad Sign' (1967), 'Live Wire/Blues Power' (1968), 'Blues At Sunset' (1973), 'Blues At Sunrise' (1973), 'The Blues Don't Change' (1974), 'Tuckload of Lovin' (1976), 'New Orleans Heat' (1979), 'Wednesday Night In San Francisco' (1990) and 'Thursday Night in San Francisco' (1990)
Songs include 'Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong,' 'Laundromat Blues,' 'Crosscut Saw,' 'Born Under a Bad Sign' and 'As the Years Go Passing By'
Considered one of the 'Three Kings of Blues Guitar' with B.B. King and Freddie King

Why he might be annoying:

He falsely claimed to be B.B. King's half-brother.
He named his guitar Lucy, which never became as famous as B.B. King's Lucille.
He released two different albums titled 'I'll Play The Blues For You.'
He weighed 250 pounds.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a left-hander who played guitar upside down, producing his signature sound.
He influenced rock guitarists like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
B.B. King said, 'He wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in blues.'
He died two days after his last concert, just before the scheduled start of a European tour.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Blender Magazine's 28 Most Recognizable Guitars (Ranked: 21)
• Blues Musicians
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 25]
• Guitar World's 10 Essential Blues Albums [April 2003] (Ranked: 7)
• Guitar World's 100 Worst Riffs, Licks and Solos [December 2004] (Ranked: 50)
• I am Left Handed - Male [H-P]
• I Covered an Elvis Song
• I Died in 1992 (Ranked: 69)
• Left Handed Guitarists
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Look at My Guitar
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Midnight Special Performers [A-K]
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 475)
• Profiles 27501-27750 (Ranked: 27522)
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 2013)
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time (Ranked: 62)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 499)
• Stax Artists
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19921221)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 63 Votes: 69.84% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying