Monday, July 1, 2019

Freddie King - My Feeling For The Blues

Year: 1970/2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:04
Size: 83,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Yonder Wall (3:22)
2. Stumble (3:36)
3. I Wonder Why (3:18)
4. Stormy Monday (4:24)
5. I Don't Know (3:06)
6. What'd I Say (2:55)
7. Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do (3:38)
8. You Don't Have To Go (2:28)
9. Woke Up This Morning (3:13)
10. The Things I Used To Do (3:50)
11. My Feeling For The Blues (2:09)

Donny Hathaway as arranger, King Curtis as producer, and a rhythm section that included Jerry Jemmott and Cornell Dupree. The groove tempos are not too fast and not too slow; in other words just right. The horn arrangements are sublime and Freddie's performance is top-notch. My Feeling For The Blues is a one-of-a-kind blues album by the great Freddie King.

The first two songs, "Yonder Wall" and "The Stumble" set the tone for the whole recording. In fact, the album's opener is a laid back rendition of Elmore James's "Yonder Wall". King Curtis lays a great, soulful horn and Freddie's guitar sounds more upfront than on his previous LP.

From there, My Feeling for the Blues listens as a tribute to the Giants of the Blues genre: King tackles B.B. King's "I Wonder Why" and "Woke Up This Morning", T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday", Jimmy Reed's "You Don't Have to Go" and Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones classic "The Things I Used to Do", while upping the pace with a frantic, instrumental take on Ray Charles "What'd I Say".

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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