Tag: freddie king

zzvo | Mary had a little lamb

In this column: Mary had a little lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale, Tisket-tasket, nursery rhymes, Ella Fitzgerald, Freddie Spruell, Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Earl Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Thomas Edison On the Kokomo Blues pages one of the verses reads: ... Listen now, Mary had a little lamb, I mean, its fleece was white as snow …

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zzxg | Iconic guitars: the Kings (2)

In this column: Lucille (B.B.King), lucy (Albert King), Gibson ES-345 Cherry Red (Freddie King), Gibson Flying V, Gibson L-30, Gibson ES-355, Gibson Memphis 1964 ES-345 In 1949, BB King was playing a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. The hall was being heated by barrels which were half full of kerosene. A fight broke out, knocking …

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