Six Silver Strings Explained

Six Silver Strings
Type:	studio
Artist:	B. B. King
Cover:	Six Silver Strings cover.jpg
Released:	1985
Recorded:	The Studio, Hialeah, Florida
Genre:	Blues
Label:	MCA
Producer:	David Crawford, John Landis and Ira Newborn
Prev Title:	Why I Sing the Blues
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	B. B. King and Sons Live
Next Year:	1990

Six Silver Strings is the thirtieth studio blues album by B.B. King released in 1985. Promoted as a King's 50th album, the production is split between five David Crawford-produced tracks recorded in Miami with session musicians, and three tracks co-produced by filmmaker John Landis and his Into the Night soundtrack colleague Ira Newborn.

In a retrospective review AllMusic criticized the lackluster "pop rock" work shown in the Crawford-produced tracks, with uninspired performances from King, but praised the tunes from the Landis/Newborn session, calling "My Lucille" an "underrated signature classic." "My Lucille" was used in the film Into the Night in a scene where the lead male character walks into a bar.

Track listing

1. "Six Silver Strings" (David Crawford, Luther Dixon) – 4:22
2. "Big Boss Man" (Dixon, Al Smith) – 4:48
3. "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 3:24
4. "Into the Night" (Ira Newborn) – 4:12
5. "My Lucille" (Newborn) – 3:42
6. "Memory Lane" (Crawford, Dixon) – 4:35
7. "My Guitar Sings the Blues" (Crawford, Dixon) – 3:39
8. "Double Trouble" (Crawford, Dixon) – 5:14