Lovejoy, named for King’s hometown of Lovejoy, Illinois was the sixth studio album by the blues legend Albert King. Originally released in 1971, it is the artist’s most fully realized attempt to bridge the divide between blues and rock.  Recording sessions were split between Hollywood and Muscle Shoals and included onetime Taj Mahal guitarist Jesse Edwin Davis and drum ace Jim Keltner.  The singer and guitarist delivered blistering renditions of numbers like the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women”, Taj Mahal’s “She Caught the Katy & Left Me a Mule to Ride”, and producer Don Nix’s “Going Back to Iuka”.