Freddie King

Album of the Week 4-19-25

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 04/19/2025 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

Guess what, there's some blues here. Heh. First we've got one of two Luther Johnsons that played in the Muddy Waters band, Luther "Georgia Boy Snake" Johnson, not to be confused with Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, fronting the Muddy Waters band for his own album. After that blues harmonica player Junior Parker and jazz organist Jimmy McGriff contribute an album. Following that, it's blues guitarist Freddie King finishing off the blues section. Moving on to blues rock, there's an album from Johnny Winter and after that, in a more acoustic country blues vein is a fine album from Jorma Kaukonen and an album from the David Bromberg Band. Finishing off is my personal favorite album by Traffic.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the Week 3-23-24

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 03/23/2024 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

This week there are albums from all three Kings of the Blues, including one kinda goofy, kinda interesting album of one King doing the songs of "The King." After that we've got some soul from Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, some blues rock from Johnny Winter and some rockabilly from Wanda Jackson. In the diversity department we've got an album from Geoff Muldaur that I picked up at a used record store many years ago having heard one track on the radio and thinking the whole album might be a bit like that. Oops. Bonus points if anybody can figure out which cut that was.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the tunes!

Album of the Week - 10-1-22

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 10/01/2022 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

Well, here's another bunch of albums for you guys. There's blues albums by Freddie King (a compilation of early recordings) and John Lee Hooker. There's some zydeco with Clifton Chenier, some classic New Orleans r&b with Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns and some blues rock with Dave Edmunds. There's even a couple of bluegrass albums from Country Gazette. What's not to like?

Happy listening and have a great weekend!

Album of the Week 8-20-22

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 08/20/2022 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

This week there's some great blues, albums by Freddie King, Little Richard and a compilation of blues singles from Stax. There's also a few cuts from a Screamin' Jay Hawkins album that weren't axed by the gods of copyright. In the blues-rock category there are albums from Rory Gallagher and Savoy Brown.

Enjoy!

Album of the Week - 5-7-22

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 05/07/2022 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

This week I have a whole bunch of blues for you guys. Albums by Hubert Sumlin with James Cotton, Freddie King, also compilation albums featuring Earl Hooker and Magic Sam, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Eric Clapton with Powerhouse and The Lovin' Spoonful among others. There's an album by Taste, which was Rory Gallagher's band early on in his career and rounding out the week, there's a non-blues album by Peter Rowan with some of his best tunes on it.

Enjoy!

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