B.B. King

Everybody does what they're supposed to do on Deuces Wild, B.B. King's exceedingly
polished duets collection. The blue notes turn up in the right places, the guitars nail the
important idiomatic details, and the celebrity apprentices – including Joe Cocker, Tracy
Chapman, the Rolling Stones, Heavy D (you guessed it: There's a rap, dedicated to King's
guitar Lucille) and Van Morrison – are appropriately reverential. Yet something's... More >

Best cameos of an albumful: Tracy Chapman, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton ("The Thrill Is Gone," "Paying the Cost To Be the Boss," "Rock Me Baby").