What a lot of folks don't realize is this man was probably the single most influential guitarist to the blues-based hard rock transition there was. He is the bridge between the old-school Chuck Berry sound and the 70's Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck generation, etc. Freddie King's cannonball assault sound on that Gibson was the catalyst for countless white 1970's classic hard rock bands. The blues ambassador to hard rock. They should honor him with a monument in Texas.
Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker was the Lester Young 'Prez' of blues guitar. Then Chuck B. with the rock-a-billy, but Freddie brought the funk . Buddy Guy early days. Then the Brit invasion and Jimi made people forget the pioneers. I was friends with another legend: Hubie Sumlin ( who Keef and Eric do give plenty of credit ).
He was the king of all kings in music! Saw him when I was 16 at Woodstock. Got hired on a ship from Iceland to the USA and was lucky to get back. But what a journey!! Now I am 64 and I still think there is no one like him.
I saw Eric Clapton in Ft. Worth in 1974 and Freddie and his band were warming up and then Freddie came out for Eric's encore for a little head cutting contest. Clapton didn't stand a chance.
My fav blues performance. Terrific! Freddie's using a thumb pick and index finger pick. He left us too soon and those lapels carried him away on a gentle breeze to a better place. Thanks for posting!
Badass bass line, nice organ fill, Freddie's guitar and voice...topped off with a random guy with antlers on his head roaming around in the back. I'm satisfied!
Yes we do!! SRV Rev Willie G Johnny Winter T Bone Freddie and Dimebag FN Darrell ! And in reference to the bullshit comment by mi channel it was in Sweden asshole!!
Dan, ain't it? I'd be as content as can be doin' just that! I can jam on guitar the few John Lee Hooker riffs I finally mastered all day long. It's enough for me, but to rip off any of Freddie's licks in his vast repertoire would be Heaven on Earth!
I developed a blues style listening to BB, Otis Rush, Albert King, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, SRV, Lightnin Hopkins, Clapton, Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins. It wasn't till much later that I actually heard Freddie believe it or not. I organically developed a style almost exactly like his without actually ever hearing him...... I played Tore Down for years in clubs and got good response.
damn asking god who created you for different talents is pretty shameful. only asking god for what you want and nothing more? seems your into religion for the wrong purpose LMAOOOO join the chain gang
Really interesting how musicians like Freddie managed to learn all those blues licks, notes, and solos! Now, we have cellphones, computers, teachers, tvs and stuff!
Saw him play in '74 at the UCR gym, opening for Elvin Bishop. Such intensity! I'd never experienced anything like it, before. I realize the Blues scholars prefer his earlier work when he played primarily instrumentals and wielded a P 90 equipped L. P. They criticize his later material, but I simply prefer the tone he wrenched and cajoled from his semi-hollows. That vibrato. . . damn ! ! !
Filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. Soliden stage at Skansen. Visable somtimes in the background is the Oppopoppa logo, it was a television show in the seventies.
I love the tip, I love the top I love you better than a hog loves slop 'Cause you're a big legged woman With a short, short miniskirt Promise me darlin' You'll never make me feel like dirt Do you have the vine goes around the stump? You are mine, call it sugar lump 'Cause you're a big legged woman With a short, short miniskirt Promise me darlin' You'll never make me feel like dirt I've told you once, I've told you twice We go together like fried beans and rice 'Cause you're a big legged woman With a short, short miniskirt, alright Promise me darlin' You'll never make me feel like dirt Ashes to ashes and dust to dust You mess with my woman I'm gonna hurt you first 'Cause she's a big legged woman With a short, short miniskirt Promise me darlin' You'll never make me feel like dirt I love my big legged woman I love my big legged woman I love my big legged woman I love my big legged woman I love my big legged woman I love my big legged woman She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright She's alright, she's alright
That's right -- he was the youngest of the 3kings (albert and BB), but he the most powerful. The biggest badass to ever play the blues. I can't imagine having to face him in a head-cutting contest. You'd be blown out of the water just by his stage presence alone, before he even got warmed up.
I absolutely love the tone he got out the rig he's playing through in this video; i.e. Gibson ES-335 probably run through some type of 85 watt Fender amp (Fender Quad). No guitar effects, just 100% incredible tone of a Gibson guitar through a Fender amp. Sizzles and just drips w tone. Just AWESOME.
I danced with his wife and smoked boo with the band in the alley at the old 6th street blues bar in Austin in the 70’s. What a trip. Cockroach Blues was always one on my favorite. It always looks like he’s squeezing the notes out of his beautiful guitar. I think the bar was Antones. It was the only bar in 6th street at the time and except for me and the owner there were no other white people. As a blues fan from my formative years, nobody could keep me away and I always felt right at home. Austin before it was weird. B
Freddie definitely need a Big Legged Woman to with that big collar shirt. What would have been great was if he had that big leg woman from Bobbie Rush on stage! Great performance and recording!
I would just like to say Freddie is probably my favorite blues guitarist from those days...but as a old man who don't know where he fits in the world anymore, that suit! Especially the shirt collar! Times Will NEVER be that cool again
Freddie was amazing, but to do your thing you need the backing band and Freddie had it in spades. One of the tightest backup bands ever. Incredible musicianship.
@@jokermaan1 Totally agree, Andy. You make a really good point. The Wrecking Crew. The Funk Brothers. Merle Haggard had a killer band. Bobby Darin. Frank. Benny Goodman. Too many people focus on the front and don't look at what's going on in the back.
it is a shame that most of Freddie King videos of low quality audio on TH-cam. May be because it was taken from old records. FK rocks, and this is what I call Blues/Rock, he is a king of licks. I love that collar of his shirt, it extends to beyond your vision can take you, lol, and it has tiny guitars too. Kewl!
I'm ashamed. I've been playing guitar for 14 years and I've never seriously gotten into Freddie until now. Never too late. But I'm ashamed and regretful. Had I done so earlier, I might be much further down the road in terms of my playing ability.
I got to see Freddie King perform live before his passing in 1975. He was amazing and he was the first person I ever saw playing guitar behind the back of his head.
In my youth I heard a lot of ole guitar pickers and harp players say that' the blues had a baby, and they called it rock and roll". Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, submitted for your edification, The man that brought that baby to life, right here. Tearing it up.
What a lot of folks don't realize is this man was probably the single most influential guitarist to the blues-based hard rock transition there was. He is the bridge between the old-school Chuck Berry sound and the 70's Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck generation, etc. Freddie King's cannonball assault sound on that Gibson was the catalyst for countless white 1970's classic hard rock bands. The blues ambassador to hard rock. They should honor him with a monument in Texas.
Paul, not a lot of people know this. I didn't but when I began to watch his videos, I knew I had found the "missing link" so to speak.
Freddy was another victim of the road. Dead at the age of 42.
Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker was the Lester Young 'Prez' of blues guitar. Then Chuck B. with the rock-a-billy, but Freddie brought the funk . Buddy Guy early days. Then the Brit invasion and Jimi made people forget the pioneers. I was friends with another legend: Hubie Sumlin ( who Keef and Eric do give plenty of credit ).
Texan here, agreed!
Man and men owned it...! #Texan proud
Collar got its own time zone.
And zip code. lol :)
Lol.
is it a collar anymore when it drapes your shoulders like a cape? lmao dude had that Ric Flair wooo!
I thought he was wearing a cape like Elvis at first .
I think these were called “butterfly collars” back in the day, but Freddie’s is a whole damn condor!!
This group has it all...Freddie king, guy with antler helmet, dueling keyboard players....a hassidic jew and a sound man from the apollo circa 1968
Nobody.....and I mean NOBODY....can compete with those collars or his guitar playing skills. He's the Collar KING !!!!
Sly and the Family Stone had some solid competitors but I think you're right.
That collar is absolutely astounding...
Classic blues from back in the day..."We go together like red beans and rice." Thanks..
EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas!
It's about the Guitars in the fabric
Now THATS a Leisure Suit! The BEST a man can get!
*_That collar is Legendary!_*
RIP Freddie King (September 3, 1934 - December 28, 1976), aged 42
You will always be remembered as a legend.
This cannot be played loud enough!
Yet… I keep trying.
My speakers nearly blew up. Yes it can be played loud and the louder the better.
I need a louder Amp. I keep trying. I keep breaking my strings! Haha!
the more you turn it up the closer you come to the way he liked it .
Just discovered Freddy. Can’t get enough!
i did a few minutes ago. sometimes life is good
@@user-ft2md2gd4s i discover this man and i from argentina. I really amazed. Huge! (UN SALUDO LOCO)
Freddy was definitely the most funky of the 3 Kings,👈😎👍🇺🇲🎸🎶
Wow. There's a thread going at The Gear Page about this exact subject right now.
Freddie is on FIRE. The bass player is solid.
The bass player is Freddie’s brother Benny
@@15tmun That explains The Look he gave him for a minor flub.
The dude on the church organ is on the funk, too.
@@tedmarakas2626 Indeed! If the Allman Brothers never covered this tune, they should have.
The bass man is working it, and with a pick, no less!
He was the king of all kings in music! Saw him when I was 16 at Woodstock. Got hired on a ship from Iceland to the USA and was lucky to get back. But what a journey!! Now I am 64 and I still think there is no one like him.
I saw Eric Clapton in Ft. Worth in 1974 and Freddie and his band were warming up and then Freddie came out for Eric's encore for a little head cutting contest. Clapton didn't stand a chance.
what is head-cutting?
A friendly guitar battle.
bcruze Freddie himself is a musical wizard I wouldnt advise anyone to accept any head cutting with him. Even his singing just comes so easily.
That movie "Crossroads". You know, Steve Vai and Ralph Machio. They was "head-cutting" except it was all Steve Vai really.
except the Ry Cooder parts, idiot
Thank the Lawd, somebody filmed this!
How could anyone give a thumbs down on the great Freddie King ? Some people have no sense of taste !
Like Freddie's taylor? :-))
So we have:
Freddie King on Guitar and vocals
Prince on the Hammond organ
Jamie Foxx on Bass guitar
Jesus on piano
+Juan Gieling Juan's description for the win!
+Juan Gieling Jesus/Lennon. Potato/potaato.
+Brendan McCue Sly Stone
+Juan Gieling nope, it is Deacon Jones on the Hammond organ
*Jamie Foxx on acid on Bass guitar
0:42 that guitar line...wow. Blues aren't just notes, but an expression of feelings. Freddie King was great..
My fav blues performance. Terrific! Freddie's using a thumb pick and index finger pick. He left us too soon and those lapels carried him away on a gentle breeze to a better place. Thanks for posting!
One plastic one metal
The lapels? @@Irockthere4
Badass bass line, nice organ fill, Freddie's guitar and voice...topped off with a random guy with antlers on his head roaming around in the back. I'm satisfied!
+hottubz1965 could it possibly be an ARMADILLO HAT?
Dude on a computer dianakralltempation
I thought it was a Jackalope
Not a random guy, it's Dr. John! th-cam.com/video/mE9H1bW-zQ4/w-d-xo.html
H RT my me DFB g cr be SC sc
Keep the big legged woman, I NEEDS that shirt he's wearing!
We make good Guitarists here in Texas.
Shane Rone That's because that show was in Europe, not Texas. Sweden, if I'm not mistaken.
Buddy Holly comes to mind, for starters. :)
mi channel=dick head :)
Yes we do!! SRV Rev Willie G Johnny Winter T Bone Freddie and Dimebag FN Darrell ! And in reference to the bullshit comment by mi channel it was in Sweden asshole!!
@@heathdavis419 Freddie my favorite of the Kings...
Jimmie my favorite of the Vaughns ...
This might be my favorite live performance of all time. The bass line is just ...hoyl shit badass!
His brother on bass. He actually suffered a mental breakdown after Freddie died, he was so devastated at his loss.
😥
If I could play like this man, I would never ask God for anything more.
Dan, ain't it? I'd be as content as can be doin' just that! I can jam on guitar the few John Lee Hooker riffs I finally mastered all day long. It's enough for me, but to rip off any of Freddie's licks in his vast repertoire would be Heaven on Earth!
I developed a blues style listening to BB, Otis Rush, Albert King, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, SRV, Lightnin Hopkins, Clapton, Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins. It wasn't till much later that I actually heard Freddie believe it or not. I organically developed a style almost exactly like his without actually ever hearing him......
I played Tore Down for years in clubs and got good response.
damn asking god who created you for different talents is pretty shameful. only asking god for what you want and nothing more? seems your into religion for the wrong purpose LMAOOOO join the chain gang
The Texas Cannonball never fails to amaze! Listened to him for 52 years now and I never get tired of it.
This crowd didn't deserve that killer performance.
None of us deserves it.
It looks like an old ladies' book group meeting outside in a garden. What is Freddie even doing there?!
The kind of video that chills and thrills me in the face of a person's genius.
The run at 4:37 unveiled something amazing, Freddie could shred it. Thats where Clapton got that lick.
What a bass player as well!! 🔥🔥🔥
That's Freddie's brother.
almost exactly 50 years since I saw Freddie as a teen. thanks Freddie, I had some learnin' to do.
probably one of the best videos ive seen in the last 60 years
My favorite out of all the King bluesmen. Great guitarist. Freddie died way to young.
Just discovering this genius. I've been playing guitar for 25 years. Late to the party once again.
See buddy guy
Me too bro. Never realized how much Stevie Ray was influenced by this burly boy.
I bet u thought John Mayer was good lol
Or Joe Bonermassa
@@NateBriggs1212 Albert King
Really interesting how musicians like Freddie managed to learn all those blues licks, notes, and solos! Now, we have cellphones, computers, teachers, tvs and stuff!
He didn’t “learn” those licks, he wrote them!!!
Really
Outstanding, Clean tone, great voice as well
Only discovered Freddie a couple of months ago I can not put him down just loving it folks all the way
30 years ago, the week I discovered him was also the week I bought my first guitar. 👍
The three KINGS. Freddy, BB and Albert. Today you've learned something.
Saw him play in '74 at the UCR gym, opening for Elvin Bishop. Such intensity! I'd never experienced anything like it, before. I realize the Blues scholars prefer his earlier work when he played primarily instrumentals and wielded a P 90 equipped L. P. They criticize his later material, but I simply prefer the tone he wrenched and cajoled from his semi-hollows. That vibrato. . . damn ! ! !
Poor Elvin following Freddie. 😂
The usual lot of pretentious fucks is what they are. Same with a lot of Jazz scholars and classical scholars.
I was so fortunate to see him play. What a great talent. Love his style.
what a bummer audience! Freddie is killing it!
Tone deaf. I bet if they heard Justin Bieber ...they would delighted.....LOL
Hey, they were there, they were supporting him, and they were paying for him - just cuz they’re chilled doesn’t mean they weren’t loving it 😊😊
THIS IS MUSIC!!!!! SO RAW AND REAL!!!
Freddie King. Without words he was a monster guitarist showman singer. Mean mean string bender
One of the best blues musicians..
Freddie King is absolutely one of the BEST!!!!!!!!
Straight Texas Grizzly Groove right there ... Freddie, you truly are the King of Kings. RIP Cannonball
2:41.. someone's getting their pay docked!
jack watson 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nice catch!
What happened? Didn't catch anyone making a mistake.
@@EbonyPope I didn't either.. looked like Freddie caught something tho!!!!
@@jackyd61 Maybe someone was making faces behind his back. Haha
Filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. Soliden stage at Skansen. Visable somtimes in the background is the Oppopoppa logo, it was a television show in the seventies.
Thank you for info.
Any aspiring blues players take a lesson from mr Freddie King
Such an amazing talent, gone to soon, Freddie King truly missed...
The greatest economic guitar player ever; the feel is insane!
The King of the three kings, hands down.
@Derka Derka assuming you honestly dont know, they're BB King and Albert King.
why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
3 Kings ..... Pah ! RL Burnside and Jr Kimbrough make them sound like imposters.
Why the comparison!
Hes making that 335 sing like its a Strat! One of the greatest for sure!
I love the end with the crowd scan. All white, and only the long hairs diggin it. Freddie is the man. Long live hippies. lol
And mostly all womens... think they were there to try and get a real taste of the blues after the show. (Wink)
"Live In Europe" these people had no idea what the fuck was about to hit them
@@spfcasual3786 you're talking about the band, right?
@@komjong
Lmfao... That's funny because it's true...
All the thin leg women in the crowd were hating!
Absolutely AMAZING…He should be as popular as any guitarist who’s ever existed 💯
He's got all the li licking
Freddie is the man! One of my all-time favorites. Thank God for the Blues🎶🎸
I love the tip, I love the top
I love you better than a hog loves slop
'Cause you're a big legged woman
With a short, short miniskirt
Promise me darlin'
You'll never make me feel like dirt
Do you have the vine goes around the stump?
You are mine, call it sugar lump
'Cause you're a big legged woman
With a short, short miniskirt
Promise me darlin'
You'll never make me feel like dirt
I've told you once, I've told you twice
We go together like fried beans and rice
'Cause you're a big legged woman
With a short, short miniskirt, alright
Promise me darlin'
You'll never make me feel like dirt
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
You mess with my woman
I'm gonna hurt you first
'Cause she's a big legged woman
With a short, short miniskirt
Promise me darlin'
You'll never make me feel like dirt
I love my big legged woman
I love my big legged woman
I love my big legged woman
I love my big legged woman
I love my big legged woman
I love my big legged woman
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
its red beans and rice
NO BODY could even come close to matching Freddie, he was simply the baddest to ever play a guitar and sing.
That's right -- he was the youngest of the 3kings (albert and BB), but he the most powerful. The biggest badass to ever play the blues. I can't imagine having to face him in a head-cutting contest. You'd be blown out of the water just by his stage presence alone, before he even got warmed up.
I’ll tell ya now. Today will never, ever be as good as this.
Dig that shirt collar....Looks like Freddie's fixin' to fly !!! Love that Freddie ❣❣❣
Link from "The Mod Squad " on the organ. I love Freddie King ,What a voice and ooh what a Player.
I absolutely love the tone he got out the rig he's playing through in this video; i.e. Gibson ES-335 probably run through some type of 85 watt Fender amp (Fender Quad). No guitar effects, just 100% incredible tone of a Gibson guitar through a Fender amp. Sizzles and just drips w tone. Just AWESOME.
@Talkin Bout Nawlins Cool. Next best thing to actually owning one of his amps or guitars.
WHEW!! His guitar is an extension of his voice. He phrases his playing and singing in the same manner. Fluid and consistent.
My heart feels good.
Yes, it is impossible not to smile 😁
Texas guitar playing and sang'in at its best. Yes, I said it, sang'in. It's a Texan thing.
Saw him at winterland SF. with BB> What a show,no seating, Just the penatrating notes down to your toes.
severin Thorslev Jealous! The Deads favorite venue. He must have sounded amazing in there!
that voice! that guitar! YEAH!!!
I have never wanted anything more then I want that shirt!
Undisputed King of the Electric Blues
Man, that kicks ass!!! Brutally soulful! \m/
I danced with his wife and smoked boo with the band in the alley at the old 6th street blues bar in Austin in the 70’s. What a trip. Cockroach Blues was always one on my favorite. It always looks like he’s squeezing the notes out of his beautiful guitar. I think the bar was Antones. It was the only bar in 6th street at the time and except for me and the owner there were no other white people. As a blues fan from my formative years, nobody could keep me away and I always felt right at home. Austin before it was weird. B
I have been watching this video, in every version on YT, since 2005 or so. That fucking tone. Lordt.
Freddie definitely need a Big Legged Woman to with that big collar shirt.
What would have been great was if he had that big leg woman from Bobbie Rush on stage!
Great performance and recording!
I would just like to say Freddie is probably my favorite blues guitarist from those days...but as a old man who don't know where he fits in the world anymore, that suit! Especially the shirt collar! Times Will NEVER be that cool again
thas some pick'in...thank you mick7575 &you tube
I Love it from GERMANY ♥️🙋
From Swedish national TV, broadcast live from Skansen, Stockholm in the series OpOPopa!
That Hammond B3 is ripping it up...good stuff...very choice...super nice bass riff as well.
Leon Davis just right all the way around!
There's nothing quiete lije a B3 is there 👌
@Talkin Bout Nawlins Thanks much for the info...much appreciated...
Freddie was amazing, but to do your thing you need the backing band and Freddie had it in spades. One of the tightest backup bands ever. Incredible musicianship.
@@jokermaan1 Totally agree, Andy. You make a really good point. The Wrecking Crew. The Funk Brothers. Merle Haggard had a killer band. Bobby Darin. Frank. Benny Goodman. Too many people focus on the front and don't look at what's going on in the back.
The audience cracks me up. "Mommy what's that black man doing?"
Great performance........if I could play half that good, I'd be a happy bluesman.
I'm downloading the video just for that one moment. Always nice to laugh after a great musical performance
Freddie: The KING of Blues!!
You just gotta love Freddie King!? Dresses like a Pimp, plays like a badass. the guit just hangin on his shouder like a gymbag
wheeeew, that sweet tone. Great tune.
came for the title. stayed for the funky organ.
it is a shame that most of Freddie King videos of low quality audio on TH-cam. May be because it was taken from old records.
FK rocks, and this is what I call Blues/Rock, he is a king of licks. I love that collar of his shirt, it extends to beyond your vision can take you, lol, and it has tiny guitars too. Kewl!
What a fantastic performance!
Deacon Jones on organ. I saw this band with Freddie live - a peak lifetime musical experience!!
I'm ashamed. I've been playing guitar for 14 years and I've never seriously gotten into Freddie until now.
Never too late. But I'm ashamed and regretful.
Had I done so earlier, I might be much further down the road in terms of my playing ability.
That collar can make several shirts itself
I got to see Freddie King perform live before his passing in 1975. He was amazing and he was the first person I ever saw playing guitar behind the back of his head.
Truly amazing performance
All the big-legged women in the audience approved and applauded.
I wish he was given a second life so we could enjoy him yet again!
In my youth I heard a lot of ole guitar pickers and harp players say that' the blues had a baby, and they called it rock and roll". Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, submitted for your edification, The man that brought that baby to life, right here. Tearing it up.
put a HUGE smile on my face❗️
Just feeling storming of blues . Awesome and Awesome.
One of the three King's of the guitar apocalypse
No wonder the British blues scene was in awe of Freddie and others.
Wow, what an awesome performance! This is my new favorite song
Ja Ja this is it !! Man, the whole group does the job !!
The guy had it all - voice, guitar, soul, charisma. I really envy his talents.
(What the hell did he want a collar for?)
About the time he was singing that, I was wearing a collar that size in my kindergarten class picture. It was the 70s, man!
2:40 Freddie has had his fill of fills during his solos...
He threw those eyes hard didn’t he
the best of the Kings in my opinion - loved his funky stuff
No one i heard can force more out of a gitar and their voice..Love ya.
RIP Freddie King The KING of the Blues!!!