Freddie King - Hideaway

Blues legend Freddie King performs Hideaway on The Beat, 1966.

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[screenpuller]

@J5MARLON, Albert King himself called Stevie Ray his "white godson"... MANY of the old-school blues guitarists have stated that people like SRV, Clapton & Page have taken the blues forward & their interpretations are just as valid & important. Being a "music snob" or "blues purist" only means to deprive one's self of a wealth of great music. ;)

[Seamus322]

I learned the SRV/Clapton version- with a pick-this is the first time I've watched Freddy himself play it-I didn't know he was a fingerpicker-he's amazing!

[superyoda2010]

beast

[device9]

Ted Nugent stole Hey Baby among other riffs from King

[HeySocialWorker]

That was AMAZING! This is the first time I recall listening to Freddie King. I have read about him influencing Clapton and others but I never treated myself to listening to his music. i am glad I finally did.

[skypanther1]

cool, thanks for the response :}

[selmerd]

Freddie didn't claim to have written it. There are interviews kicking around where he says it was just a thing that several people played in bars, of undetermined origin. He just had the opportunity to record before the others, as he stated. But, yes, years before SRV.

[Tomos Gruffydd Roberts-Young]

One of the three kings...Freddie King, Albert King and of course B.B. King!

[skypanther1]

Freddie King wrote it...SRV and Clapton (and everybody else) covered it...:}

[rascalferret]

Jimmy Vaughn told me to stop by.....