Freddie King - Look Over Yonder Wall-Live In LA 1970_3 .mpg

Look Over Yonder Wall - well what can I say? This is a funky version of Elmore James' song. King phrases just in front of the changes. I am told that this adds tension - a trick used by Clapton & Bloomfield in later recordings. My guitarist friends tell me that he sometimes races ahead by a full bar or more (I'm a drummer, so I have no idea!). He even plays behind his head - something we can see Stevie Ray Vaughan (Live @ The Mocambo) & Joe Bonamassa do much later on. And what about the 70's clothing! I remember it well because I lived through it. Freddie was a real showman & a gentle giant of a man.
Freddie was also a great influence on Eric Clapton(http://www.ericclapton.com/ ) and many others who have followed Clapton & were Clapton's contemporaries, such as Mick Taylor (http://www.micktaylor.net/Bio_aboutmt.html) & Lonnie Mack (http://www.lonniemack.com/). Clapton freely admits that Freddie King was the first guitarist he tried to copy (in the John Mayall & The BluesBreakers (http://www.johnmayall.com) years. As lovers of blues/rock music, we should be aware of where the influence for modern blues/rock came from.
(Freddie was born in Gilmer, in the east of Texas in 1934 (the oldest of nine children). His family moved to Chicago in 1950. In 1962 he moved to Dallas, Texas. He died December 28, 1976. He was survived by his wife Jessie and seven children. He was only 42 year's old). Another musician to die young. Buy his CD's - try Hideaway or King of the Blues. There are many, many CD's & DVD's available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywo... Visit his web-site : http://www.freddiekingsite.com/ Keep the Blues Alive!

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[dahriibrahim]

why do few pple know Freddie !!

[kevindlinc]

Man I love Freddie his singing equaled his guitar playing ,Texas Thunder from the Texas Cannonball!!!

[tomthefunky]

@JanEskildsen Yes, and every amateur band in Denmark were just that....amateurs.

[simplymrfingers994]

Nobody tore it up like Freddie, and by the way, that's a Gibson 345.

[traslomita]

@TnTKid54 no it looks like gibson xxx10-666

[SupaDucta]

*faints*

[milowagon]

Freddy was a giant in every respect. The Gibson looks like a toy in his hands. What attack! when he plays. Timeless.

[strandwolf]

@sinfuldavy0 Gibson ES ("electric Spanish") 345 or 355 probably. Not a 335...

[sinfuldavy0]

@TnTKid54 Thanks mate

[TnTKid54]

@sinfuldavy0 That's a Gibson es 335

But on him it looks more like a Gibson ES 339 ( same guitar but the size of a les paul )

[sinfuldavy0]

Can anyone identify the guitar?

[Vhac1987]

only one man