Little Freddie King

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Little Freddie King
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Freddie King at French Quarter Festival in 2012
Background information
Birth name Fread Eugene Martin
Born (1940-07-19) July 19, 1940 (age 84)
McComb, Mississippi, United States
Genres Electric blues, Texas blues[1]
Occupation(s) Guitarist, vocalist
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active Mid 1950s-present
Website http://www.littlefreddieking.com/?cp=1

Little Freddie King (born Fread Eugene Martin,[2][3] July 19, 1940, McComb, Mississippi) is an American Delta blues guitarist. His style was based on Freddie King, although his own approach to country blues is original.[1]

Biography

The cousin of Lightnin' Hopkins, King learned guitar from his father, but in 1954 moved to New Orleans at the age of 14.[1][3] He played in many juke joints with his friends Babe Stovall, Slim Harpo, and Champion Jack Dupree, playing both acoustic and electric guitar.[4]

He recorded the first electric blues album in New Orleans with Harmonica Williams in 1969. In 1976, King undertook a European tour alongside Bo Diddley and John Lee Hooker.[5] His next recording opportunity came some twenty seven years after his first in 1996, with the release of Swamp Boogie. King's Sing Sang Sung (2000) was recorded live at the Dream Palace in Faubourg Marigny.[1]

King is a charter member and has played the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for 42 years.[1] He is a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Three times selected Blues Performer of the Year in New Orleans, King was presented with a Mississippi Trail Marker in McComb, Mississippi.[6]

His 2012 album Chasing tha Blues won Best Blues Album at the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards.[7]

King's most recent album, Messin’ Around Tha Living Room was released in 2015.[8]

Discography

  • Harmonica Williams and Little Freddie King (1969) - Ahura Mazda Records
  • Swamp Boogie (1996) - Orleans Records
  • Sing Sang Sung (live album) (2000) - Orleans Records
  • FQF Live (2003) - WWOZ (Library of Congress Recording)
  • You Don't Know What I Know (2005) - Fat Possum Records
  • Messin' Around tha House (2008) - Madewright Records
  • Gotta Walk With Da King (2010) - Madewright Records
  • Jazzfest Live (2011) - MunckMix, Inc.
  • Back in Vinyl, LP (2011) - APO Records
  • Chasing tha Blues (2012) - Madewright Records
  • Messin’ Around Tha Living Room (2015) - Madewright Records[9][3]

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