{"id":6734,"date":"2016-12-06T19:14:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2016-12-06T19:14:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:14:47","slug":"freddy-king-funky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6734","title":{"rendered":"Freddy King – Funky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Up All Night With Freddy King!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – Freddy King – Funky MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freddy (Freddie) King was a blues master.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At least that\u2019s what the title of his 1969 album said.<\/p>\n

But King was much more than that.<\/p>\n

If you have been a reader of the Funky16Corners<\/strong> blog for a while, you will have seen Freddy King\u2019s stuff posted on the blog and played on the radio show.<\/p>\n

He is a big fave of mine, from his influential early hits like \u2018San-Ho-Zay\u2019 and \u2018Hideaway\u2019all the way up to his Shelter Records albums.<\/p>\n

King was, like Albert Collins<\/strong>, much more than a straight \u201cblues\u201d player, delving into R&B, soul and rock, and on today\u2019s record, funk.<\/p>\n

Recorded in 1969, with King Curtis\u2019s<\/strong> band (the King co-wrote the song as well) augmented with cats like David \u2018Fathead\u2019 Newman, James Booker<\/strong> and Melvin Lastie,<\/strong> \u2018Funky\u2019 is a hard-charging instrumental that sounds like someone covered \u2018Memphis Soul Stew\u2019 with rocket fuel and lit it up.<\/p>\n

The drumming by NY sessioner Norman Pride<\/strong> is rock solid (listen to that bass drum!) and King\u2019s guitar is razor sharp.<\/p>\n

King\u2019s (who was also an outstanding singer) guitar playing was powerful, economical, and imaginative, and his influence on a generation of white (mosty English) guitar players cannot be overstated.<\/p>\n

He even gets a namecheck in Grand Funk Railroad<\/strong>\u2019s \u2018We\u2019re An American Band\u2019!<\/p>\n

Sadly, king passed away at the age of 42 in 1976, by all accounts having worked\/partied himself to death (working 300+ dates a year and consuming more alcohol than food).<\/p>\n

His work is pretty easy to put your hands on, on vinyl and digitally (his Federal\/King, Cotillion and Shelter stuff is available in iTunes) , and if you\u2019re not hip, you should get so, ASAP.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived!<\/strong> The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock.<\/strong> They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US).<\/strong> Click here to go to the ordering page.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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