Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Hugh McCracken (guitar); Hank Crawford (alto saxophone); David "Fathead" Newman (tenor saxophone); Ronald Cuber (baritone saxophone); Waymon Reed, Charlie Miller (trumpet); Tom Malone (trombone); Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (keyboards); Wilbur Bascomb (bass); Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (drums); Donny Gerrard, Carmen Twillie, Vennette Gloud (background vocals).

Recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, New York.

This superbly produced 1981 gem boasts original material by legendary rock 'n' roll songwriter Doc Pomus in collaboration with keyboardist Dr. John, in addition to pungent horn charts arranged by jazz altoist Hank Crawford. Pomus spent the second half of his career writing a kind of perfectly spare "wisdom" song, and B.B. King's impassioned gospel-blues singing is well matched to the hard-won stoicism expressed both in the words and the music. Moreover, his famously fluid and conversational guitar playing has rarely found such a sympathetic, classy setting. Listening to a lilting, modernistic tune like "Born Again Human," one would swear B.B. was a duded-up, not-so-distant country cousin to the horn-driven Steely Dan of GAUCHO. Recommended.