Tag: freddie king

zztm | American Blues Standaards (part 2)

In this column: blues standards, The Thrill Is Gone, Henderson/Brown, Hawkins/Darnell, B.B.King, Everett Marshall, Sweet Home Chicago, Robert Johnson, The Blues Brothers, Stormy Monday, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, T-Bone Walker, Bobby "Blue" Blond, Greyhound Blues Band feat. Julius Green, RTVDrenthe, Café 't Keerpunt, Hound Dog, Big Mama Thornton, Buddy Guy, Elvis Presley, I'm Tore Down, …

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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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