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Freddie King is tagged as: blues, blues rock, electric blues, guitar, classic blues

King was born Frederick Christian in Gilmer, Texas on September 3, 1934. His mother was Ella May King, his father J.T Christian. His mother and her brother, who both played the guitar, began teaching Freddie to play at the age of six. He liked and imitated the music of Lightnin’ Sam Hopkins and saxophonist Louis Jordan.
He moved with his family from Texas to the southside of Chicago in 1950. 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. Howlin Wolf took him under his wing (or paw), and Freddie also began jamming with Muddy Waters’ sidemen, who included Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Lockwood Jr. and Little Walter.
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 ...
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Top 10 Freddie King Songs
Going Down
Hide Away
Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Ain't No Sunshine
Woman Across The River
Same Old Blues
Big Legged Woman
Me And My Guitar
Key To The Highway
I'm Ready
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Top 10 Freddie King Albums
King of the Blues
Hide Away: The Best of Freddie King
The Best Of Freddie King: The Shelter Years
Is A Blues Master
Getting Ready...
My Feeling For The Blues
Live At The Electric Ballroom, 1974
Are You Ready For Freddie?
Burglar
Hide Away
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