The plodding rhythms laid down by a coterie of British rock stars for
In London
make one long for
B.B. King
's road-tested regular band. But it was the fashion in 1971 to dispatch American
blues
legends to London to record mediocre LPs with alleged
rock
royalty (the lineup here includes
Ringo Starr
,
Peter Green
Alexis Korner
, and
Klaus Voorman
). [This version of the album includes bonus material.] ~ Bill Dahl