If you've spent any time in a Texas blues club, you've heard Freddie King, whose influence goes beyond notes, style and material. "The Texas Cannonball" is there in the stinging leads that pierce ...

Little Freddie King’s October calendar is packed. Because the 81-year-old bluesman has so many gigs, his drummer and manager, “Wacko” Wade Wright, is worried about overdoing it. “Freddie ain’t no ...

We’re live at Marigny Studios with Little Freddie King, an old school bluesman from McComb, Mississippi who lives in New Orleans’ 9th Ward. Little Freddie is a great teller of tales. During the ...

The Texan, whose biting guitar sound influenced artists from Eric Clapton to Jeff Beck, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this... Freddie King: Rock Hall Inductee, Patriarch Of ...

Freddie King, aka "The Texas Cannonball," has been honored on a new tribute album produced by guitarist Popa Chubby. Credit: Photo by Lionel Decoster. Creative Commons. Most blues fans can name the ...

Tracing its origins back to enslaved Black people’s ingenuity, the humble cigar box guitar led to the development of early blues and jazz. Even the recently passed Walter “Wolfman” Washington first ...

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An ambitious list of singles will be released in advance of the album date: January 31 – “I'm Going Down” (featuring Joe Bonamassa); February 21 –“Big Legged Woman” (featuring Christone “Kingfish” ...

Early one morning in October, local blues guitarist and singer Little Freddie King left his 9th Ward home on his bicycle, bound for a grocery store. The sun had not fully risen, so he didn't see the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. B.B. King. The man born Riley B. King had every right to play the blues. Revered by peers such as Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Albert ...