Product Code: WET30290802
Original price was: $27.00.$16.20Current price is: $16.20.Freddie Kings Texas Oil: Federal Recordings 19601962 gathers the electrifying Federal sides that cemented his legend at the dawn of the 1960s. Across instrumentals and vocal cuts alike, his stinging leads, nimble hooks, and economy of phrasing showcase a guitarist and bandleader who could be both dance-floor ready and devastatingly expressive. Its a snapshot of the fertile Cincinnati and Chicago sessions that produced enduring staples while capturing the raw spark of a Texas player shaping modern electric blues in real time.
Sequenced from prime singles and B-sides, the set highlights signature moments such as Hide Away, San-Ho-Zay, The Stumble, and Im Tore Down, balancing taut shuffle grooves with soulful vocals and Sonny Thompsons slick arrangements. For collectors and new listeners, it functions as a definitive doorway into Kings foundational erawhere concise riffs, crisp tone, and unshowy virtuosity laid a blueprint that British and American players would chase for decades.
Reviews:
Texas-based blues guitarist whose clean picking style and tuneful instrumentals made him a star in the 1960s and 70s. AllMusic
Nicknamed The Texas Cannonball for his imposing build and incendiary live shows, King had a unique guitar attack. Rolling Stone
Though unrelated-by-blood, Freddie King, BB King and Albert King were known as the Three Kings of the Blues Guitar, amping up their instruments and thus playing louder and harder than the generations before. NME
A1 See See Baby
A2 You'Ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling
A3 Have You Ever Loved A Woman
A4 Hide Away
A5 I Love The Woman
A6 Lonesome Whistle Blues
A7 If You Believe
A8 It'S Too Bad
A9 I'M Tore Down
B1 Texas Oil
B2 Sen-Sa-Shun
B3 The Stumble
B4 San-Ho-Zay
B5 You Know That You Love Me
B6 Sittin' On The Boat Dock
B7 Let Me Be
B8 Takin' Care Of Business
B9 You Can'T Hide
B10 What About Love
