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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 3, 2020 7:55:19 GMT
Long gone, but what a great artist. Copied by many, but Freddie was an original.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by pete1951 on Sept 3, 2020 14:49:21 GMT
Pete
Still have the guitar.
Yes, he changed to a 355 around 1970 but I thought the extra binding, trem etc were a little over the top
Only saw him twice, once at a tiny club in Bournemouth in 1970(69?) I think he was backed by Killing Floor, and again at the 100 club with Chicken Shack (or was it Ronny Scott’s?) in 72?
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 3, 2020 15:47:06 GMT
Indeed, Freddie was musical giant and he electrified every room he played in.
This is a good one.... BBC TV's Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973.
Same cut, but sounds better on this one, but no video.
I saw him in 1976 in the baking sun with Eric Clapton and Ronnie Wood at the Crystal Palace Garden Party. I was twenty years old and couldn't get enough of them.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by uatru on Sept 3, 2020 16:05:43 GMT
I saw him at Crystal Palace too. I was ignorant in those days - I went to see Eric. I didn’t know who Freddie King was. I was blown away by Freddie. And Jess Roden, I remember. I was 18.
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 4, 2020 16:26:23 GMT
Just seen this on Facebook by my brother, Alan Messer... Remembering FREDDIE KING born, September 3, 1934 🎸 I photographed him on The Old Grey Whistle Test (OGWT), BBC TV, Pres. B, London - July 1973 Freddie King died three years later, he was only forty-two.  Shine On Michael |
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