Happy Birthday Freddie King!
Published on September 3, 2022
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Hi WA Friends!
Today I'm honoring the late great (and I really mean great!) Freddie King, also known by the name the "Texas Cannonball!" He's the guy that really took Blues to another level!
When I was in the early stages of learning guitar, someone turned me on to him, and there it was, so close but yet so far. Many (60 to 70%) of the guitar licks I was learning from Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin albums came from Freddie! If you ever heard Eric's version of "I'm Torn down," that was written by Freddie!
Freddie was one of the original masters of electric blues!
Well, as long as I'm talking about it, let's not forget that he's one of the exalted "Three Kings" (none of them are related).
1. Freddie King - Our star today!
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2. Albert King (if you know the tune "Born Under A Bad Sign," then you know his work!)
3. B. B. King - The undisputed King of the Blues!
Getting back to Freddie, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by none other than that little ol' band from Texas, ZZ Top! Freddie was also from Texas and helped define the Texas Blues sound.
Check out Freddies instrumental tune "Hide Away," which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included in the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock!" Do you know what Muddy Waters once said? He said that "The Blues Had A Baby And Called It Rock And Roll!"
And why hasn't Ted Nugent, the "Motor City Madman," been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Yet - huh??? That's a terrible tale for another day.
Freddie was also inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1982 and was ranked 15th in Rolling Stone's (you read that magazine, right?) list of "100 greatest guitarists of all time, back in 2011! Before you ask me, Jimi Hendrix was ranked number one! Yes, the number one best guitarist in any genre of music!!
Freddie gave us 13 studio albums, 10 compilation albums, and 10 singles that were big radio hits!
Happy Birthday, Freddie, and God Bless You! 🎂
Keep on Rockin' (and playin' the blues) 🤘
Frank 🎸
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