Freddy King – Texas Oil: Federal Recordings 1960-62 (Vinyl LP)

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Description

**THIS IS A VINYL LP**

Release Date:  2022

Label:  Waxtime

 

Track List

Side A

  1. See See Baby
  2. You’ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling
  3. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
  4. Hide Away
  5. I Love The Woman
  6. Lonesome Whistle Blues
  7. If You Believe
  8. It’s Too Bad
  9. I’m Tore Down

Side B

  1. Texas Oil
  2. Sen-Sa-Shun
  3. The Stumble
  4. San-Ho-Zay
  5. You Know That You Love Me
  6. Sittin’ On The Boat Dock
  7. Let Me Be
  8. Takin’ Care Of Business
  9. You Can’t Hide
  10. What About Love

 

Notes

Best-known for his searing, assertive guitar solos and dynamic showmanship, the great Freddy King was a forceful presence and formidable figure in two of the most prominent blues epicenters: Texas and Chicago.

An innovative instrumentalist and underrated singer, in the early and mid-1960s King was one of the most influential blues musicians, particularly for British and European audiences.

This essential LP collector’s edition contains 19 remastered studio tracks, consisting of a selection of the fabulous early singles Freddy King made for Federal Records between 1960 and 1962, the material upon which Freddy King’s legend was built.

PERSONNEL:

  • FREDDY KING – (vocals and lead guitar)
  • plus:
  • Fred Jordan (rhythm guitar)
  • Bill Willis (bass)
  • Sonny Thompson (piano)
  • Philip Paul (drums)
  • Clifford Scott (tenor saxophone)
  • among others.

Recorded in Cincinnati and Chicago, between 1960 and 1962.