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Freddie King
Birth name Frederick Christian King
Born September 3, 1934 (1934-09-03)
Gilmer, Texas
Origin Gilmer, Texas
Died December 28, 1976 (aged 42)
Genre(s) Blues
Occupation(s) Guitarist
Instrument(s) Guitar, Singer
Years active 1950-1976
Label(s) King Records, Federal Records, Shelter Records

Freddie "The Texas Cannonball" King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer best known for his recordings "Hide Away," "Have You Ever Loved A Woman," and "The Stumble. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gilmer is also the name of a county in West Virginia. Gilmer is a city in and the County seat of Upshur County Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music is a Japanese record company founded in 1931 as a division of Japanese publisher Kodansha. Federal Records was an American Record label founded in 1950 as a subsidiary of Syd Nathan 's King Records. Shelter Records was a Record label started by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell that operated from 1969 to 1981 Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres " Hide Away " is a blues instrumental that has become a rite of passage for many aspiring blues guitar players " The Stumble " is an Instrumental Blues song originally composed by the Guitarist Freddie King. "

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Early life

King was born Frederick Christian in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934. Gilmer is also the name of a county in West Virginia. Gilmer is a city in and the County seat of Upshur County His mother was Ella May King, his father J. T. Christian. His mother and uncle, who both played the guitar, began teaching Freddie to play at the age of six.

He moved with his family from Texas to the South Side of Chicago in 1950. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. There, at age 16 he used to sneak in to local clubs, where he heard blues music performed by the likes of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, and Sonny Boy Williamson. For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album. For the college football coach see Muddy Waters (football coach. Chester Burnett redirects here For the American football player see Chester Burnett (American football Chester Arthur Burnett ( June 10, 1910 Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone ( May 26 1910 — March 15 1975 Walker's recording Elmore James ( January 27, 1918 &ndash May 24, 1963) was an American Blues Guitarist, Singer Sonny Boy Williamson may refer to either of two 20th-century American blues harmonica players Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914–1948 John Lee Curtis Williamson Howlin' Wolf took him under his wing, and Freddie also began jamming with Muddy Waters' sidemen, who included Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Lockwood, Jr. and Little Walter. Eddie Taylor ( January 29 1923 – December 25 1985) was an American Blues Guitarist and Singer. For other uses see James Rogers (disambiguation. Jimmy Rogers ( 3 June 1924 &ndash 19 December Robert Lockwood Jr, also known as Robert Junior Lockwood, ( March 27 1915 – November 21 2006) was an American Blues For the radio personality see Little Walter DeVenne. Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville LA and raised

By 1952 he had married a Texas girl, Jessie Burnett. He gigged at night and worked days in a steel mill. He got occasional work as a sideman on recording sessions. Two bands that he played with during this period were the Sonny Cooper Band, and Early Payton's Blues Cats. He formed the first band of his own, the Every Hour Blues Boys, with guitarist Jimmy Lee Robinson and drummer Sonny Scott.

In 1953 he made some recordings for Parrot. In 1956 he recorded "Country Boy", a duet with, Margaret Whitfield, and "That's What You Think", an uptempo shuffle. This was for a local label, El-Bee. Robert Lockwood, Jr. appeared as a sideman on guitar.

On Federal Label

In 1959 he met Sonny Thompson, a pianist who worked for the King/Federal label. Sonny Thompson (b August 22 1923 Centreville Mississippi - d August 11 1989 Chicago) was an American R&B bandleader and pianist popular in the 1940s and is a Japanese record company founded in 1931 as a division of Japanese publisher Kodansha. In 1960, King signed with Federal, and while there he often shared songwriting credits, and participated in marathon recording sessions with Thompson. On August 26, 1960, he recorded "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and "Hide Away", which were to become two of his most popular tunes. His debut release for the label was "You've Got To Love Her with Feeling". His second release on King/Federal was "I Love the Woman". "Hide Away" was used as the B-side for this disk; that tune, a 12-bar mid-tempo shuffle in E with an infectious theme in the head section, and a memorable stop-time break that featured some robust-sounding work on the bass strings, was destined to become one of his signature numbers. It was an adaptation of a tune by Hound Dog Taylor. Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor ( April 12 1915 - December 17 1975) was an American Blues Guitarist It was named "Hide Away" after a popular bar in Chicago. Strictly an instrumental -- guitar with rhythm section -- it delighted everyone by crossing over and reaching #29 on the US pop chart. It was later covered by Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey, among others. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan ( October 3, 1954 August 27, 1990) was an American Blues-rock Guitarist

After the success of "Hide Away", the label, which was presided over by Syd Nathan, got Freddie and Sonny Thompson to work on making more instrumentals. Syd Nathan ( 27 April 1904 - 5 March 1968) was an American Rhythm and blues Record producer. This they did, producing over 30 of them during the next five years. These would include "The Stumble", "Low Tide," "Wash Out," "Sidetracked", "San-Ho-Zay," "Heads Up," "Onion Rings," and "The Sad Nite Owl". " The Stumble " is an Instrumental Blues song originally composed by the Guitarist Freddie King. Freddie became popular with the young hispanic audience in Germany as well as the United States, and his playing was a major influence on the upcoming generation of rock guitarists. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres During this period he was touring frequently along with the big R&B acts of the day such as Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and James Brown. Sam Cooke ( January 22, 1931 &ndash December 11, 1964) was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson Jr ( June 9, 1934 &ndash January 21, 1984) was an American singer James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The His band included his brother Benny Turner on bass.

On the personal side, Freddie was fond, perhaps overly fond, of the Chicago night life. His official website refers to him "Gambling til dawn in the backroom of Mike's cleaners. " His wife, now with ten children, decided to move back to Texas. Once there, she called Syd Nathan and demanded that he send her some of the royalty money due to her husband. To his credit, he sent her 60 dollars, with which she made the down payment on a house. Realizing that the family was definitely not coming back to Chicago, Freddie, in the spring of 1963, moved back to Texas to rejoin them.

On Atlantic

King's contract with King/Federal expired in 1966. His first overseas tour in 1967 was a resounding triumph, being extended from one month to three. He was "amazed by his popularity in England. "1 While making a series of appearances on an R&B program called "The!!!Beat", he was noticed by Atlantic Records star King Curtis, and in 1968 he signed with the Atlantic subsidiary, Cotillion Records. Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Curtis Ousley ( February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971) who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American Cotillion Records was a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. President of Cotillion Records was Henry E He released two records for them (see Recordings), both of which showcased his vocal talents. They were not overwhelming commercial successes, however.

On Shelter Records

In 1969 he hired a young member of the "counter culture" Jack Calmes, to be his manager. Calmes got him booked at the 1969 Texas Pop Festival[1], alongside Led Zeppelin and others, and got him signed to Leon Russell's new label, Shelter Records. Led Zeppelin were Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2 1942 in Lawton Oklahoma, United States) is a Singer, Songwriter Shelter Records was a Record label started by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell that operated from 1969 to 1981 Shelter records was based in Oklahoma, and featured blues/rock performers such as J. J. Cale and Tom Petty. J J Cale (born John W Cale on December 5, 1938, in Tulsa Oklahoma) is a Grammy Award -winning American songwriter and musician Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20 1950 is an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist The company treated Freddie as an important artist, flying him to Chicago to the former Chess studios for the recording of his first album, and giving him a supporting cast of top-calibre session musicians -- including Russell, a rock pianist. Chess Records was an American Record label based in Chicago Illinois. Three albums made during Shelter period were well-received. They include many covers of blues classics but also some new songs, including "Big Legged Woman" and Don Nix's "Goin' Down". Don Nix (born September 27 1941 Memphis, TN is a Songwriter, Composer, arranger Musician, and Author. Most of the new material was written by Russell.

Last years

As were many of the top bluesmen of his generation, he was now playing what he affectionately called the "Fillmore circuit", performing alongside the big rock acts of the day for a young, mainly white, audience. As a result of touring with Eric Clapton, the two became good friends. Clapton held King in very high esteem and following his term at Shelter Records, King signed with the label Clapton was recording for, RSO. His first album there, Burglar featured Clapton and his band on several tracks. A testament to his presence on the circuit of touring rock bands was the name-checking of him in Grand Funk Railroad's We're an American Band. Grand Funk Railroad (also known as Grand Funk) is an American rock band " We're an American Band " (from the album of the same name) is a 1973 song by the band Grand Funk Railroad.

Music

King played with a plastic thumb pick and a metal index-finger pick. . His instrumental "Hide Away", recorded in 1961, was later covered by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton. An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by " Hide Away " is a blues instrumental that has become a rite of passage for many aspiring blues guitar players John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band led by Singer, Songwriter, and Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer It was also covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan ( October 3, 1954 August 27, 1990) was an American Blues-rock Guitarist King had a strong influence on blues-rock musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ronnie Earl, Peter Green and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan ( October 3, 1954 August 27, 1990) was an American Blues-rock Guitarist This article refers to the musician For the district attorney of Travis County Texas see Ronnie Earle. Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, 29 October 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a British Blues-rock Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst Jr, on June 12 1977 Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American Blues Guitarist


Based on incidents while touring, the song "We're an American band" by Grand Funk Railroad, includes the line: "Up all night with Freddie King, got to tell you poker's his thing. "

He continued to tour heavily. He died in Dallas in 1976 from a heart attack and complications arising from bleeding ulcers and pancreatitis. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Ulcers are healing wounds that develop on the skin mucous membranes or eye Pancreatitis is the Inflammation of the Pancreas. See also Acute pancreatitis and Chronic pancreatitis for more details He was 42 years old.

In 2003 Freddie King was placed 25th in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published

In 1993 by proclamation from the Texas Governor Ann Richards September 3, 1993, was declared Freddie King Day. This article is about the American politician/teacher for the Australian-American actress see Ann Richards (actress. This was an honour previously only reserved for Lone Star legends such as Bob Wills, and Buddy Holly. James Robert (Bob Wills ( March 6, 1905 &ndash May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician Songwriter Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7 1936 – February 3 1959 was an American Singer-songwriter and a pioneer of Rock and roll.

Selective discography

King/Federal

Cotillion

Shelter

RSO

Reissues

There are many reissues of Freddie King's work. This site has a discography, with pictures of the covers, and track lists for some of the albums, but most of them are for his posthumous compilation releases and not for his original albums. Below we list a small sampling of the reissues:

Modern Blues

King

Rhino

Notes

External links

Sources

1. The quote is from Freddie King the Texas Cannonball.

2. Quoted from the Johnny Harper article.

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