Earl King

Unilaterally respected around his Crescent City birthplace as both a performer and a songwriter, guitarist Earl King was a leading New Orleans R&B force for more than four decades. King was an accomplished singer and guitarist, mostly in blues music, and the composer of blues standards such as "Come On" (covered by Jimi Hendrix, Freddy King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others) and "Big Chief" (recorded by Professor Longhair).