Freddie King - The Things That I Used To Do - Live In London.mpg

The Things That I Used To Do. Recorded in London in 1975 on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test. A real showman & a gentle giant of a man.
Freddie was a great influence on Eric Clapton and many others who have followed Clapton.
Freddie was born in Texas in 1934. His family moved to Chicago in 1950. In 1962 he moved to Dallas. He died December 28, 1976 - not long after th is was recorded. He was survived by his wife Jessie and seven children. He was only 42 year's old. Another to die young. Buy his CD's - try Hideaway or King of the Blues. There are many, many CD's & DVD's available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos.... Visit his web-site : www.freddiekingsite.com/ Keep the Blues Alive!

[@stevetessier6568]

Freddie King was, and shall always remain, my favorite electric blues artist. He was so powerful. My piano playing pal. The late David Maxwell, told me many story's. About being on the road, with Freddie King. The many many card games. And how competitive Freddie was about cards. It truly, must have been something to see first hand. Because David Maxwell had a strong reputation, as a cutthroat card playing professional. I'm an old man now. And I miss Both of them guys. Freddie King, was very kind to me. As his mentor, and teacher, Robert Lockwood Jr. Was my adopted father, my mentor, my teacher , my beloved Daddy Robert. May God bless their eternal souls, always......

[@JohnnyBoyBlues]

Awesome! Please share more stories about Freddie!

[@MyRobertallen]

I had the distinct pleasure of buying Mr. Lockwood a drink at Sullys in Dearborn, after watching him perform. My wife and I then chatted amiably with him for a few minutes. It was in the early '90s. I had seen him at Hart Plaza several years prior. Mesmerizing player: that night, he weaved the riff from Sitting on Top of the World into many of his numbers. It was akin to hearing a symphony's theme. His backing of Sonny Boy Williamson on his Chess recordings is exquisite. He was truly a great, great artist. Oh, and he autographed an album I still have: 1 side him; the other Johnny Shines. God bless America.

[@zalinabrooks1198]

I would love to hear more of your story Blues vocalist raised by musicians, this is pure medicine 🎼💙🥰

[@richardschauf7373]

Greg and Steve! Your right on! Freddie King was the best bluesman and guitar player. Stevie Ray had that mojo too!

[@frankrichards3089]

He should write a book

[@bornfedslaughter]

I was into punk rock first, somehow got lucky and found blues music.

[@cnh1710]

Because it all leads back to blues.... All the music we love leads back to these Blues Legends

[@jasoncurtis99]

same

[@donnabowen9983]

bless you baby

[@888jimm]

Sounds like the bones of a good song😂😂

[@caiobelo4857]

Let's take some time to appreciate that piano

[@whiteeagle652001]

Not only could he play a mean guitar the man could sing as well

[@billyclub56]

I don't have a favorite 'King'. Just depends on what mood I'm in. All 3 are great

[@jamesdorsijiuhjuh6151]

This guy had more talent in his little finger then most of these modern day pop stars combined!

[@flintlong2937]

Boy do I agree with you!

[@chingasofarkaso]

What a badass way to kick off a sultry jam. Fuck.

[@DEADHEAD712]

Googled the word SOUL and it led me here.

[@joshualessore7652]

DEADHEAD712 I did the same and the first entry was 'You have none. Now fuck off'. I cried for a week.

[@chriscnewman74]

The word SOUL definitely leads here!!

[@teiltje]

I saw Freddie King performing in Paradiso Amsterdam 1974 . It was the show of my life, the audience was so exited, I'll never forget this event. This man is still a great inspiration to me (when I pick up my guitar and play a blues or two). Thank you Freddie, say hello to Stevie.

[@gabrielcaetano1700]

The greatest bluesman of all time. The feeling that he expressed in each chord, his voice. Incomparable!

[@jackrucker6377]

Sang and played the blues like his life depended on it. Lots of Passion and heart.

[@finallybrainunderstood479]

Found Mr. King hidden on my Goddaughter"s playlist, now THIS be someone to fall asleep singing along with.. Oh my.... 👋👋👋😆🎸🎶🎤🎵👋

[@IndependentGeorge76]

it ain't what you play, it's how you play it. simplicity is genius...

[@bbnatedogg]

The most UNDERRATED bluesman of all time!!!!!!!!!!

[@haydenmccasland9992]

THE Texas Cannonball...one and only

[@cuznrichallison5285]

Freddie played the "old school"style of blues pickin'.Thumb pick and fingers. Awesome!!

[@euromarquee]

Whew! Freedy King was all balls, man! All command! All deep fried soul! I mean, he squeezes out every emotion on that thang, don't he? Yes, m'am, she sho'ley do.

[@YaoEspirito]

That intro was so badass, I laughed outloud. Damn, what a master!

[@ash-productions8661]

The best intro I've heard in my life. Only had like three notes but damn the power he had.

[@mkilner]

very happy to see that clapton nicked some of freddies attributes, keeps the man alive, what a great bluesman!...long live Freddie!

[@socrates1818]

Wow what a solo @ 4'04"...!!

[@hunterwest54]

As good as it gets.. who knows which King was the better... they are all such treasures to me.. Thank God we had these guys around.. I wish I could've been around to see them. Theyve taught me everything I know. Rock In Peace brothers ✌🖤🤘🌹

[@goldtop68]

Dear Lord..this guy and his voice gives me chills. Love him,one of the greatest

[@jerrymcgeorge4117]

I grew up near Chicago and am blessed to have heard all of the Chicago greats in the 60s. I heard Freddie at a club in Ft Worth about a year before he passed away. It was an amazing experience, by the end of the evening we were drenched in the blues. RIP Texas Cannonball....

[@littlecrow6484]

OMG What on earth ? There is no peer to Freddie King !

[@murph5438]

Incredible---- as a blues vocalist he had no equal---- he had that Grit--- at the same time -- such a beauty to voice--- he could shout the blues --- and get low down as well --- I think he was indeed the greatest blues singer their ever was ---- RIP Freddie thank you my brother

[@shaserv]

+Murp h Um, he was a pretty good blues guitar player too.

[@Jalapablo]

He was a blues genius. He had it all. The full package, and an energy no one else had. He's my favorite bluesman of all time, the true 'king' of the three kings.

[@Poppafunkband]

Murp h agreed. Also the greatest blues player

[@robbiefrantz8170]

I agree, the best blues singer. He had it all!

[@frankrichards3089]

Murp h Agreed. i loved Albert singing those ballads but Freddie had that damn power man..and finesse....what a talent

[@ashleyrizzo4169]

The three kings: Freddy, Albert, BB, no one better...

[@MrMate6]

Ashley Rizzo SRV ???

[@simonsmith2642]

+MrMate6 He stole every lick from those above.....

[@mrmapegothe13th]

+Simon Smith Stole? No. He took them and altered them as his own, just as BB, Freddie, and Albert took licks from those who came before him and altered them as their own. Pretty sure B.B and especially Albert wouldn't have liked SRV as much as they did had he simply been ripping them off.

[@simonsmith2642]

M. Goetz That's right I should watch everything I type on here, because people cant see facial expressions in text. I also take my favorite licks from my favorite players and adjust them to fit my own personality and needs. Sorry I used the wrong verbiage.

[@mrmapegothe13th]

Simon Smith You're fine, it's just hard to tell when people are being serious or not, especially when there are a good few people who just say Vaughan was a rip off of all those above. Most of those people don't realize that most guitar players take their favorite licks and phrases and change them as their own. It's just how it's always been.

[@lildouche731]

Freddie always makes me holler ❤️ can't nobody lay this blues down like Freddie. I mean I got my hands up like the church ladies.

[@SeaMonster111]

BB and Freddie are both cool, but this is the King!

[@jonwanrocks]

what about albert

[@TheShaveButler]

Did you see that voice "first attack" on beginning?! That's Art!!

[@rifftipton7709]

My favorite of the 3 Kings. Here's just one reason why.

[@MrCaribbean]

SWEET!, Man was born with soul!

[@user-gz3ix2gi3s]

The true blues master ispiration of several Mr Freddie King 🎸🎸🎹🥁

[@rdkg2]

Saw him once live in Dallas at a small club in the early 70's. He was the real thing...…...

[@JellyrollHorton]

A great cover of a great song. One of Freddie’s best, and the piano hpgets it just right.

[@77signguy]

Saw Freddie in a small club in 1974 in E. Lansing Mich. He tore it up...RIP Freddie, The Texas Cannonball

[@elevageeasysoul]

Freddie King is the truth

[@jackspry9736]

RIP and long live Freddie King (September 3, 1934 - December 28, 1976), aged 42 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@jkrzton]

Dont forget about SRV! His version of this song is one of my favorite covers of all time

[@Fallat]

the king of the kings

[@borudza]

Freddie, the greatest KING.

[@mwood1992]

There is plenty of complexity in blues music, it all depends on how narrow your vision of the blues is. People like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton took the blues into new territory with the experience and cream.

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

omg!

[@paulraleie987]

King of blues

[@elc1960]

Awwwww hell YEAH!!! That's some cold ass blues right there! Freddie was a major influence on Clapton, SRV, Gary Moore, Walter Trout, "Smokin' " Joe Kubek, Tab Benoit, and too many others to count.

[@christophermarshall]

This song "The Things I Used To Do" has been for over four decades one of my all-time favourite blues favourites. Freddie King's version does very well when compared to Buddy Guy's record-breaking rendition on his "live" album "This Is Buddy Guy". But especially, thanks to you - the original composer of this masterpiece - Guitar Slim!

[@murph5438]

Goodness --- he was and is so great--- he could sing the blues better than any one --- king Freddie !!

[@AndrewMarrisett]

Loved the blues than, love them now, and always love 'em. #BLUES!

[@windswepttwigg]

Ledgend! Can't stop listening to this, amen. 🙏

[@christosthomasraounas2761]

Thank u God for giving us legends like this to listen to whatever our moods....happy or sad thank u😌

[@Bob76075]

Damn few. Freddie did more with 3-5 notes than today's so called "Bluesmen can do with 50.

[@aloisemason3044]

Freddie King..a guitar legend..a singer and song writer..an ole time GREAT...r u with me?

[@marjoryrainey73]

Freddie is Love!

[@LWStephens]

Nice clip. Here are the band members. Alvin Hemphill - Hammond, Calep Emphrey - Drums, Benny Turner - Bass, Ed Lively - Guitar and Lewis Stephens - Piano.

[@gtrDan1963]

Freddie King... For my money,he's really the man who invented what's come to be known as "Power Blues", and one of the major reasons I bought a Gibson ES-355. The "power wasn't strictly limited to his guitar playing...what a robust, passionate vocalist he was, also ! We lost him WAY too young... Great post !

[@raphaeldavilla7131]

Albert king is the originator of blues power no disrespect to freddie king

[@markbosch2495]

The three kings! It’s a subjective choice that changes every week!

[@leonleon3773]

how can 44 people dislike this great man this video is brilliant

[@marions.120]

They just don’t understand and probably never will?

[@redmaxy]

That's some sweet tickling of the ivories right there.....Freddie could sing couldn't he...man could he belt it out. Oh..nearly forgot...sweetest blues player ever. Love his picking style.

[@sdboltspadres2226]

Awesome blues awesome Freddy. RIP

[@ciprianokritzinger3636]

Freddie is amazing, a pity he left us so early.

[@raymondlang]

Sheer class.Time BBC blockheads released all the OGWT music shows on to DVD, or simply repeat them in full.

[@paulcooper5748]

This is gold.

[@pault.9842]

His voice alone is one in a million eh!

[@SilvioManfredDante85]

My Favorite ''King''

[@user-je8md6fg1y]

The Best Ever!!

[@eviegill7071]

God this takes me back to Grapevine and drivin to Dallas to listen to the blues. Love him.

[@RockmotherFilms]

Yes I agree - blues is punk in a way. Loud, raw, emotional, hard!

[@geoffreyhughes9979]

Freddie The King.

[@donkqdonkq1747]

M.A.G.I.C.!

[@aethelwulf8753]

Oh man that voice had so much power, awesome, and he had the guitar to match, love Freedie

[@JohnDupuyintegralrecovery]

It don't get any better.

[@Flaaaaanders]

That start !!!

[@robtog]

that's it, nothin' better

[@sheilabarron7206]

Thank you Freddie Awesome Blues 🖤💙🎸

[@MikeV1961]

The great Freddie King.

[@sickfitjaw]

Just bleeding it out on stage with every note!

[@selmonb921]

Long time B.B.King drummer in one of his early pro gigs!! One of my top blues drummers ever!!...Calep Emphrey Jr. Also played with Little Milton and a short time with Albert King

[@barbaravanwhy4564]

His voice awesome

[@laylalinquinto6600]

A True Legend Play Those Blues !

[@ernestrivera1898]

I was luck enough to see Freddie King many times, the first time double billed with BB King.The real fun was watching him cut heads with the major rock stars,including Clapton. Loud as all hell, he would just kill.

[@guitarzen]

King of Kings!

[@patcoughlin3104]

freddie,, The Texas Cannonball!

[@richard7408]

Thanks for posting......SMOOTH!

[@sherylsmith4905]

LOVE ME SOME BLUES BABY. GOOD OLD DAYS.

[@LANEBarrett]

King Freddie -- LOVE YOU FOREVER !

[@adalbertodorneles4470]

Yes, Blues Man....

[@macaholic100]

He should have written a book on ultimate guitar slingin' and nothin" but cool 101.

[@fintanoclery2698]

The greatest ever, I'm sure that's up for debate but I'm not sure I'm willing to concede that.

[@wolfelmor]

el que mas me gusta de los king!!!!!!!! gracias freddieee!!!!

[@composerinthedark2207]

J'adore!! ça c'est du blues!!! la classe tout simplement.....

[@SuperRaysanchez]

What felling with Freddie King this song.

[@belasgirl6]

R Sanchez Heart and soul....amazing!

[@ericcrapton8275]

Best video ive seen in a long time. Freddie is a huge inspiration to me.

[@fasteddiews1969]

Chills 🎸🔥

[@oker59]

I have Freddie King's "Sings", I've listened to his "Getting Ready" album, and I've watched lots of great Freddy King live youtubes; I've also grown up with John Mayal, Peter Green Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, you name it, but this is such a great blues power live performance . . . oh wow;

[@blueschick9545]

Freddy your one of my top five thank you for the dancing and feel good music wish I saw you live RIP

[@despinaluigini7991]

Great !!!!

[@gangnamstylegrandpa6352]

Always amazed , and sad that he has left us . Freddie was the greatest Bluesman ever , and he is the one I was influenced by the most ! His quirky stops and starts , always tell a story , and his voice had no equal ! He is my hero , and I miss him !

[@donellis2491]

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[@davidbawden8305]

them pipes....

[@cristianofacchini4201]

Amo quest'uomo ❤️ 🎸 🔥

[@99looky]

The "Texas Tornado". Greatness.

[@olafbigandglad]

The Texas Cannonball. Doug Sahm was the Texas Tornado.

[@DavidNewlandz]

What a giant, love the mans music, saw him way back at the Crystal Palace extraviganza