This is the first album I've posted featuring just Freddie King, so I'll say a little bit about him. His Wikipedia entry says he "was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the 'Three Kings of the Blues Guitar' (along with Albert King and B. B. King, none of whom were related). Known for his soulful and powerful voice and distinctive guitar playing, King had a major influence on electric blues music and on many later blues guitarists."
Born in Texas in 1934, he first rose to fame in the blues world in the early 1960s with the instrumental "Hide Away" and the song "Have You Ever Loved a Woman." (Derek and the Dominos did a great version of that second one.) In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he crossed over into popularity with rock audiences. He still just played the blues, but he frequently performed at rock festivals and on TV and radio shows like this one. Fun fact: he got namechecked in "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad. ("Up all night with Freddie King. I got to tell you, poker's his thing.")
Unfortunately, he worked hard (performing over 300 concerts a year) and partied hard. This led to an early death, in 1976, at the age of 42. It was due to complications from stomach ulcers. Here's his Wikipedia entry, if you want to know more:
At first, I had a popular bootleg version of this performance. It has some issues, like wobbling of levels during the first song. But luckily, I found a better version. I found out it was included on a rather obscure box set called "Texas Flyer." The bootleg just says it's from some point in 1973. The box set version says "late 1974." I'm going with that, though it's frustrating that even that is vague.
This album is 51 minutes long.
01 Big Legged Woman (Freddie King)
02 Woman Across the River (Freddie King)
03 Look Over Yonders Wall (Freddie King)
04 Band Intros - Ain't No Sunshine (Freddie King)
05 Sweet Home Chicago (Freddie King)
06 Boogie Funk [Instrumental] (Freddie King)
07 Little Bluebird (Freddie King)
08 Come On [Let the Good Times Roll] (Freddie King)
09 Going Down (Freddie King)
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The cover image is from the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switerland, in June 1973.
I didnt know this onne, bad me but glad you found it.
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ReplyDeleteI found this, it might help a bit:
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The Freddie King performance with that specific setlist was recorded at the Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, New York, in 1973, not 1974.
The exact date of the performance was November 25, 1973.
The setlist for that show was:
DJ Intro > Big Legged Woman
Woman Across the River
Look On Yonder Wall
Band Intros > Ain't No Sunshine
Signals of Love (which may correspond to your "Sweet Home Chicago" or "Boogie Funk" as the listed titles can vary in bootlegs)
Instrumental //
Little Bluebird
Let The Good Times Roll
Going Down > DJ Outro
The show was simulcast on WLIR-FM, and the recordings from Ultrasonic Studios in late 1974 were part of the Texas Flyer box set, but that specific setlist is tied to the 1973 date
That's nice, if true, but how does it know? Can you track down the source for that info? In my experience AI is very often inaccurate. In this case, I put in Freddie King ultrasonic 1973, and it told me it took place in 1973. Then I put in Freddie King ultrasonic 1974, and it told me 1974.
DeleteAnd I'd also point out the last sentence of the AI summary makes no sense:
DeleteThe show was simulcast on WLIR-FM, and the recordings from Ultrasonic Studios in late 1974 were part of the Texas Flyer box set, but that specific setlist is tied to the 1973 date
The AI is trying to have it both ways. The original show can't be from both 1973 and 1974.
I saw Freddy in London. He mentioned that he preferred Freddy rather than Freddie. He thought Freddie looked like a girls name. But he did say he didn't care as long as people keep buying his records.
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