Rolling Stone ranked him the #15 greatest guitarist of all time. His sharp treble tone, hooky melodic licks and innovative fingerpicking style—using metal banjo picks on electric guitar—were a profound influence on such British guitar gods as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. And his live performances were so incendiary, so unstoppable—and his build so imposing—that he was nicknamed “The Texas Cannonball.” Have You Ever Loved A Woman Hideaway Key To The Highway I'm Tore Down The Stumble Further On Up The Road Big Leg Woman The Sky Is Crying Stormy Monday Going Down ..... These are the songs I’m used to FREDDIE KING playing. By strange coincidence I ran a light show with a friend at The End Of Cole Ave. club for 2 nights in a row back in north Dallas. The 2nd night THE Freddie King showed up for his gig. The club had no dance floor, just standing room only with a pile of pillows for the front people to sit on . At midnight everyone was kicked out and I came running down from the tiny projection loft booth and planted myself in front of the stage. After a few minutes they stopped & Freddie asked what I wanted to hear. I said “ I’ve got my guitar in the car.” HE stopped and waved his arm at the band & said “ White Boy’s got his guitar!” Go get it ! I ran out to my trunk and brought in an electric guitar. I’m primarily a BLUES player and getting ready to jam with THE MAN that wrote lots of the tunes Clapton , Beck , Page etc made into British Blues. CAN’T WAIT. *** But , this is the week that Johnny Rivers new album Realization came out & his song Summer Rain is all over the radio. Freddie shows me the rhythm part of the song while he noodles out the lead/melody on his guitar. NO BLUES just Summer Rain for 15+ minutes before the band started to give him a hard time to go. You don’t tell a guitar GOD no. You roll with it and enjoy.... This was one incredible moment in my musical history .... Next month JOHNNY WINTERS