Name: Blues Hero
Brand: Ace (Label)
SKU: 160423
Price: 12.46 GBP
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Blues Hero

Rating

Album: Blues Hero
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hide Away	More Info...	0:02
2)	Lonesome Whistle Blues	More Info...	0:03
3)	San-Ho-Zay	More Info...	0:02
4)	I'm Tore Down	More Info...	0:02
5)	See See Baby	More Info...	0:02
6)	Christmas Tears	More Info...	0:02
7)	You've Got To Love Her With Feeling	More Info...	0:03
8)	Have You Ever Loved a Woman	More Info...	0:03
9)	You Know That You Love Me	More Info...	0:02
10)	I Love the Woman	More Info...	0:03
11)	It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough	More Info...	0:03
12)	Sen-sa-shun	More Info...	0:03
13)	If You Believe In What You Do	More Info...	0:03
14)	Takin' Care of Business	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Stumble (Live 1995)	More Info...	0:03
16)	Sittin' On the Boat Dock	More Info...	0:03
17)	Side Tracked	More Info...	0:03
18)	What About Love	More Info...	0:02
19)	Come On	More Info...	0:03
20)	Just Pickin'	More Info...	0:02
21)	I'm On My Way to Atlanta	More Info...	0:03
22)	In the Open	More Info...	0:02
23)	Turns It Back On You (THE WELFARE)	More Info...	0:02
24)	She Put The Wammy On Me	More Info...	0:03

Album: Blues Hero
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hide Away	More Info...	0:02
2)	Lonesome Whistle Blues	More Info...	0:03
3)	San-Ho-Zay	More Info...	0:02
4)	I'm Tore Down	More Info...	0:02
5)	See See Baby	More Info...	0:02
6)	Christmas Tears	More Info...	0:02
7)	You've Got To Love Her With Feeling	More Info...	0:03
8)	Have You Ever Loved a Woman	More Info...	0:03
9)	You Know That You Love Me	More Info...	0:02
10)	I Love the Woman	More Info...	0:03
11)	It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough	More Info...	0:03
12)	Sen-sa-shun	More Info...	0:03
13)	If You Believe In What You Do	More Info...	0:03
14)	Takin' Care of Business	More Info...	0:02
15)	The Stumble (Live 1995)	More Info...	0:03
16)	Sittin' On the Boat Dock	More Info...	0:03
17)	Side Tracked	More Info...	0:03
18)	What About Love	More Info...	0:02
19)	Come On	More Info...	0:03
20)	Just Pickin'	More Info...	0:02
21)	I'm On My Way to Atlanta	More Info...	0:03
22)	In the Open	More Info...	0:02
23)	Turns It Back On You (THE WELFARE)	More Info...	0:02
24)	She Put The Wammy On Me	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

BLUES GUITAR HERO: THE EARLY YEARS contains King label tracks from the 1960s.
Personnel: Freddie King (vocals, guitar).
This has 24 sides that King did for Federal in the early 1960s, all but two of them from 1961 and 1962, and all but one released on singles. Half of this appears on Rhino's King retrospective Hide Away: The Best of Freddy King, which has a slightly more astute track selection, so if you have that and feel like that's sufficient Freddy King for your library, you'll probably give this a pass. If, however, you want more King from his best period, this is certainly worth checking out. Included is a moderate 1961 R&B hit, "Christmas Tears," that doesn't appear on the Rhino comp, and is slower and more piano-based than much of his output during the era. As for the other items on the disc that are on the obscure side, they tend to be more derivative of non-blues R&B trends, like black vocal groups and New Orleans rock & roll, than King's best and most smoking sides were. On the other hand, cuts like "Takin' Care of Business" and the instrumental "Side Tracked" deliver the stinging King guitar licks that were his best assets, and his blues guitar is in fact present to some degree on everything. "(The Welfare) Turns Its Back on You" is an unusual stride into socially conscious material, and after listening to King's high vocal phrasing on "What About Love," it wouldn't be at all surprising to learn that it might have influenced the young Stevie Winwood. ~ Richie Unterberger