This is one of my favorite guitar DVDs for sure - it's a collection of appearances that the great blues giant Freddie King did on a local Dallas television show in the 1960's called "The!!! Beat".
He plays a ton of his hits accompanied by the show's rocking band - a band led by Gatemouth Brown and also having Jimi Hendrixes' old bass playing friend Billy Cox in it. WHOA! Talk about some serious star power players.
The clips/songs include:
Funny Bone (2 versions)
Have You Ever Loved A Woman
San-Ho-Say (2 versions)
I'm Tore Down
Hide Away (2 versions)
I Love The Woman
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag(!)
See See Baby
Sitting On The Boatdock
Shuffle
She Put The Whammy On Me
Freedie's playing is top notch and he obviously enjoys himself on the show. He plays his cherry-red Gibson 345 the whole time and really rips it up. He's even joined by some local highschool girls doing go-go dances while he plays on a few numbers (remember it was a local TV show, so many people from the Dallas area were in the audience). The production is good and the audio is pretty clean. You can hear his voice and guitar nice and clear.
The disk also includes 3 bonus tracks from a gig he did in Sweden just before his death in 1973. Those songs are:
Have You Ever Loved A Woman
'Blues Band Shuffle
Big Leg Woman
His playing has matured a bit here, but to me, it looks like he's not having a very good time. Might be the passive faces of all the REALLY white Nordic kids in the crowd just kind of sitting there as he jams it out.
If you love Freddy King or just great guitar instrumentals GET THIS DISK!
It's put out by Vestapol and can be ordered via Amazon on this page (dvd # vestapol 13014).
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