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Jammed Together is a collaborative album by the American guitarists Albert King, Steve Cropper and Pop Staples, released by Stax Records in May 1969. The record was spearheaded by Stax executive Al Bell with Al Jackson Jr. and is considered a jam session. Despite this, Cropper says the guitarists did not record together due to their busy schedules, instead recording overdubs. Eleven producers are credited on the packaging. The album is largely instrumental, although the three musicians sing a song each, and mixes blues, soul and gospel styles, with a hard rock beat and contemporary underground influences, contributing to the overall album's balance of original material and soul and R&B covers. King dominates the music with his string bending and licks, while Cropper employs a more subdued, relaxed style focused on guitar solos, while Staples plays gospel-style tremolo parts. Peaking at number 171 on the Billboard Top LPs and Tape chart, Jammed Together was one of 27 albums released concurrently by Stax to celebrate their tenth anniversary and new distribution deal with Gulf+Western. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammed_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
