LOVE ME TENDER is an unusual B.B. King album, a notable departure from the urban blues he typically records. Love Me Tender buy CD music For the 1982 disc, B.B. selected songs more closely associated with country and western music. Love Me Tender songs As he explains in the liner notes, the album "puts together all my roots and influences from blues to country and everywhere else." Love Me Tender album for sale To achieve his goal, King assembled a band of Nashville studio greats, including pedal steel guitarist Sonny Garrish and guitarist Reggie Young. Also among the players are R&B/jazz saxophone great David "Fathead" Newman (whose contributions are sadly limited to a few tracks), the Muscle Shoals Horns, a large string section, and a trio of backing vocalists.