Customer Reviews
Freddie King A Real Bluesman - By: , 11 Jul 2005 
Freddie King is very rocky with a Texas style bluesman & this album really displays it. You can clearly see where guitarists such as Eric Clapton & Johnny Winter got some of their style from. This album is a great representation of his work with some great songs. For me as a young guitarist I would rate this as first class to any of the other blues influences & modern bands I have heard. Its an awesome album definately worth getting.
Blues at its finest - By: S C Moir, 31 Oct 2002 This album is a "must-have"in any blues collection. It is a wonderful selection of tracks which display King's immense talent for the blues guitar! We are also treated to mostly live tracks on this album, so one can hear the King live at work on stage, teaming up with such artists as Eric Clapton & George Terry. There is a good mix of slow & fast blues on this album -for example, we have "Further on up the road", a fast blues classic: King vs. Claptonin an improvisation showdown, followed by "Gambling Woman Blues", a slow thoughtful blues with wonderful contributions from George Terry (stunning slide guitar) & Clapton again. In this collection of tracks we are also exposed to King's funk influences, "Sugar Sweet", "Pulp Wood", "The woman across the river", "You can run but you can't hide" to name but a few. This album is definitely worth the buy! It is a constant member of my cd collection, & it shows all King's dimensions, from classic blues to funk, & has appealed to all lovers of blues I know.
