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January 10, 2019 at 3:45 pm #121891
Couple of great tunes with Freddie King, EC and George Terry, who was Clapton’s rhythm guitarist during the mid-late 70’s.
Freddie, in addition to being one of the greatest blues players of our time, was a great singer as well. His vocals really shine on most of his recordings and Gambling Woman Blues is no exception. I like all 3 of the Blues Kings but Freddie is definitely my favorite. Too bad that he died at such a young ageThese songs are valiable on “Freddie King (1934-1976)” Cd wich includes more tracks with Clapton.
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January 10, 2019 at 4:24 pm #121895
Hey Keith, great topic, that’s a great album! Here’s the whole thing. It starts with “Sugar Sweet,” more on this below.
Another one that will interest people who want to hear Freddie King and Eric Clapton together is Burglar (link to detailed discography of record). Eric Clapton plays on one song (with his 1974 band), “Sugar Sweet,” but the record is on his RSO label (that track is produced by Tom Dowd; the rest of the record is produced by Mike Vernon, who produced lots of English blues-rock bands).
Something else that might interest people, Bobby Tench was the second guitarist with Freddie King’s band in 1974, and he’s on Burglar. Many people will know him as the vocalist after Rod Stewart in the Jeff Beck Group, he sang on “Going Down” and all the other songs on that album with the oranges on the cover, and on Rough and Ready.
Don D.
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January 10, 2019 at 9:05 pm #121911
Don, I’ve learned something tonite. I’ve owned Freddie’s CD “Burglar” for several years and didn’t know that EC was on it.
Freddie’s had the ability in his vocals to sing with that deep guttural growl in his voice that you know came from the depths of his soul that just added to his style. Love BB and Albert’s music but Freddie was in such a class of his own that he quickly became my favorite of the three.
You can easily hear his influence on Eric’s playing – all the more reason why we should look back at players from previous generations instead of just looking at those in the current spotlight
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January 10, 2019 at 9:32 pm #121915
Great thread Keith, I like when you guys open up the influential guitarist discussions as there are more guitarist ripe for discovery, great thing about music is that it is timeless, it must be the only subject matter that us beings don’t fight and kill over..
I’m sure I bought the Freddy king 1934/1976 CD about a year or so back, I think someone (Possibly in Don’s OBR)posted about Freddy King before and that’s why I tracked down a copy of the CD,
Thanks again for a great topic...Billy..
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January 10, 2019 at 9:59 pm #121923
Billy
Appreciate your response. One thing that I’ve noticed among many guitar players – they focus on who is popular today but never go back to see who those current players learned from
Don & I are similar in our views of music and the need to dig back thru the music of the older players. Don’s knowledge of the history of it surpasses anything that I can do and he really does a great job on Our Blues Roots
Be sure to check out the post that I did a few days ago on Blues Caravan 2018 – 3 contemporary players that are really laying down some great music. One of which is Bernard Allison, whose father Luther Allison, was a well known blues player from Chicago.
I posted about another current player, JD Simo, a week or so. This young man, great player I might add, really pays homage to the players of Chicago, Memphis, the Delta. One can learn much from listening to JD, not only licks but heritage as well
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January 11, 2019 at 3:54 pm #121959
Hi Keith thanks for this thread Freddy is definitely my favorite King. lately I ve been listening a lot of his music (In did a dupe dice of music..trying to focus on his licks) and every time I listen to him I just can’t help thinking how much he clearly influenced not only Clapton but SRV as well and nobody seems notice it
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January 11, 2019 at 4:29 pm #121963
Thanks Keith,
Can’t get enough of Freddie King. Those are some great tunes and i was trying to jam along but my wrist fell off after about 2 minutes!Mike
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January 11, 2019 at 5:12 pm #121966
Thanks Keith,
Can’t get enough of Freddie King. Those are some great tunes and i was trying to jam along but my wrist fell off after about 2 minutes!Those physical limitations sneaks in on all of us…….. I deal with constant & chronic headaches due to a car wreck and some days, my practice on some days is 10-15 minutes of aimless noodling, other days are productive.
As many times as I’ve listened to Freddie, I always take something away from his songs, whether its lick that I hadn’t noticed before or something his vocals. Like SRV and Johnny Winter, Freddie was a typical Texas bluesman in that he was the total performer, it seems Texas players have more fire and fervor than other players – Alvin Lee, Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore excluded LOL
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January 12, 2019 at 6:54 am #121993
Thanks for the post (and Don for the follow up post). This will be some great listening today!
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January 12, 2019 at 9:04 am #122002
Thank you Keith, you put Freddie King back front and center in my listening. It’s great to have him here.
For people who want to hear his work with others, check out Big Smokey Smothers’
Backporch Blues and Jimmy Rogers’ Jimmy Rogers Sings the Blues (originally released as Gold Tailed Bird, Freddie King produced and played on this Shelter Records album, it came about through his association with Leon Russell).
There’s a longer version of this online (with all the bonus tracks of the later release), but the sound isn’t as good.
I listen to these guys on their own merit. I first got to them as influences on the rockers whose music I loved, but that was a long while ago, now I just hear the blues and love them.
Thank you for introducing me to J.D. Simo too, what a great musician. When I was checking him out, it just occurred to me that I haven’t posted any contemporary blues in a while—I’ll make up for that pretty soon.
Don D.
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January 12, 2019 at 9:28 am #122004
As you always say Don – its a pleasure to share great music
So many times, we as guitarists and musician’s in general, fail to realize that listening is such a key to our development. I suppose that we are all guilty of listening to the latest player to get the spotlight, but as you know, the true knowledge comes from digging thru history. I remember finding LP’s and CD’s at the public library of old blues players like Skip James, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev Gary Davis, Bukka White, Son House and especially when I hear Son House. As I listened to these guys from the 1920’s and 30’s, I could hear their influence on Duane Allman, Alvin Lee, Kim Simmonds, Rory Gallagher, Clapton, Hendrix, SRV, Gary Moore – the list could go on & on. The music of those early guys who barely got paid lived on thru those that we listen to today
Speaking of contemporary blues, I’ll be posting some videos of a contemporary blues rock guy Mike Zito. He’s part of the Blues Caravan that I posted earlier this week and he’s had an extensive career already. Great player
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January 12, 2019 at 11:16 am #122010
That’s for sure, Keith.
Here’s a good one with Freddy King (prior to changing the spelling of his name to Freddie) playing with singer/harmonica player Shakey Jake and his nephew Magic Sam. It’s on this great playlist.
Don D.
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