Freddie King - Wikipedia
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Freddie King
(September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist
and ..... However, in a review of King's 1974 album Burglar for
AllMusic, Joe Viglione called it "entertaining and concise" and believed the album "stands
Produced in part by Mike Vernon, who worked on The Legendary Christine
Perfect Album, this is an entertaining and concise package of ten songs
performed by the late Freddie King and a slew of guests. Opening with
Gonzalez Chandler's "Pack It Up," featuring the Gonzalez Horn Section,
the youthful legend was only 40 years of age when he cut this career LP
two years before his death. Though no songs went up the charts like his
Top Five hit in 1961, "Hide Away," Burglar is one of those gems that
journeymen can put together in their sleep. Tom Dowd produced "Sugar
Sweet" at Criteria Studios in Miami, FL, featuring Jamie Oldaker on
drums, Carl Radle on bass, and guitarists Eric Clapton and George Terry,
which, of course, makes this album highly collectable in the Clapton
circles. The sound doesn't deviate much from the rest of the disc's Mike
Vernon production work; it is pure Freddy King, like on the final
track, E. King's "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)," where his guitar
bursts through the horns and party atmosphere, creating a fusion of the
pure blues found on "Sugar Sweet" and the rock that fans of Grand Funk
grooved to when he opened for that group and was immortalized in their
1973 number one hit "We're an American Band" a year after this record's
release. Sylistically, Freddie King is from the same school as Buddy
Guy, two men instrumental in bringing this art form to a mass audience.
King stretches those sounds with great fervor on the Hayes/Porter number
"I Had a Dream," containing the strength Mark Farner said the blues
artist displayed in concert, which could snap a guitar neck. The voice
of Freddie King is what drives J.J. Cale's "I Got the Same Old Blues,"
the horns and the guitar battling between verses and uniting to ooze
under the guitarist's vocal expression. Rhythm guitarist Bob Tench,
producer Mike Vernon, bassist DeLisle Harper, drummer Steve Ferrone, and
pianist Roy Davies all co-write "Texas Flyer" with Freddie King, a
prime example of the modern blues this artist was developing. With Brian
Auger and Pete Wingfield contributing to the title track, Jerry
Ragovoy's "She's a Burglar," this project stands as a solid
representation of an important musician which is as enjoyable as it is
historic. --Joe Viglione.
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