Early inspiration Freddy King to be inducted into R'nR HOF

[doodyhead]

another side note about Freddie or Feddy King (same guy two spellings on different labels):

Eric Clapton bought a (1959)Les Paul because he saw the white one that was on the cover of a recent Freddie(y) king Album. As we know, this started a chain reaction in the British blues scene. If Freddie was playing a bagpipes, who knows what that would have resulted in
I can imagine Peter reversing the bladder to get his sound.

8^)

PS: I was lucky , and old enough to see freddy king on several occasions. What a monster player live.!!!

[sharksfan2000]

Freddie King usually seems to get the least respect of the three blues Kings, but in many ways he's my favorite. I like his blend of Texas and Chicago styles. Thanks for the heads-up on his induction into the R'n'R HoF, BklynBlue - I'd missed that news.

I should mention the recent passing last weekend of another one of Peter Green's influences, Hubert Sumlin. Like Freddie King, you can hear his influence on many British (and American) blues guitarists of the '60s. I just read this morning that the Rolling Stones are paying for Hubert Sumlin's funeral expenses - a nice tribute from a band whose early sound seemed to be based so much on that of Howlin' Wolf's band.

[aleuzzi]

Get Christine up there on piano and vocals and Stan Webb (away from microphone) and that'd make a great Freddie King tribute.

Or just cut out the middle man (Webb) and put Green and Kirwan in there with Christine.

Of course this is all fantasy. Kirwan and Christine McVie are about as likely to jump on stage as Green is to grow his hair back.

[David]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Get Christine up there on piano and vocals and Stan Webb (away from microphone) and that'd make a great Freddie King tribute.

There's a book of piano/keyboard arrangements of blues styles that transcribes a couple of the Sonny Thompson recordings with Freddie. You should seek it out--Thompson, of course, had a piano & arrangement style that left rather a big mark on how McVie creates her piano parts. The book was published by Warner.

[Wouter Vuijk]

Originally Posted by doodyhead

If Freddie was playing a bagpipes, who knows what that would have resulted in.

[sharksfan2000]

Originally Posted by doodyhead

If Freddie was playing a bagpipes, who knows what that would have resulted in

Probably rock 'n roll's best-known bagpipe solo here - not bad, though I think Freddie might have done it a little differently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxP9fOMLE_8

[doodyhead]

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