Freddy King/45 RPM Federal/Onion Rings/I've Got A Woman

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Freddy King/45 RPM Federal/Onion Rings/I've Got A Woman

Freddie "The Texas Cannonball" King (also known as Freddy King) (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an influential American blues guitarist and singer best known for his recordings from early 1960s including "Hide Away" and "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" and the album Burglar recorded in 1974. He was one of the first artists to have a multi-racial backing band on stage with him at live performances.The Federal Record Label 1960-1966

In 1959 he met Sonny Thompson, a pianist who worked for the King/Federal label. 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. 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 live performances, seminal blues-rock guitarist Lonnie Mack often integrated portions of the tune into extended blues jams.

After the success of "Hide Away", Syd Nathan who ran Federal label, set Freddie and Sonny Thompson to work on making more instrumentals. This they did, producing over 30 of them during the next five years. These would include "The Stumble", "Just Pickin'", "Sen-Sa-Shun", "Side Tracked", "San-Ho-Zay", "High Rise" and "The Sad Nite Owl". 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. His band included his brother Benny Turner on bass. Lonnie Mack played rhythm and second lead guitar on a number of King's recordings during this period.

Freddy King 45 RPM on the Federal label featuring "Onion Rings" &  "Now I've Got A Woman" in VG+ condition.

Record Grading:

NM: Near mint condition-like new.

VG++: A record that has very few visual imperfections that will not effect the sound.

VG+: A few more surface marks than a VG++.  The  record has been well taken care of.

VG: The record will display light surface marks.  Expect some light surface noise.

VG-: The record may have some deeper audible scratches. Some clicks and pops but will play w/o skipping.

G: The record will have heavy wear and very apparent surface noise.

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