Is A Blues Master

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Born in 1934, Freddie King was nicknamed "The Texas Cannonball," and his powerful guitar playing could certainly knock you out. In the late 1960s, a fan and fellow king of music—King Curtis—brought Freddie to Atlantic Records for a pair of excellent albums. Freddie King Is A Blues Master is the first of these, and it demonstrated that the performer's mastery of the blues extended to singing as well as string bending. The dozen tracks delve into deep soul on a mix of strong originals ("Play It Cool") and well-chosen covers ("Today I Sing The Blues" by Curtis Lewis). With Curtis's saxophone accompaniment and James Booker's piano work complementing the explosive solos of the axe-slinger, Freddie King Is A Blues Master shows the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer at the peak of his art.