Track Listing

1. Introduction
2. That's All Right
3. Interview
4. Dust My Broom [Solo Acoustic]
5. Interview
6. Big Leg Woman (With a Short Short Mini Skirt)
7. Woman Across the River
8. Key to the Highway
9. Let the Good Times Roll
10. Ain't Nobody's Business
11. Sweet Home Chicago
12. Dust My Broom
13. Hide Away Medley
14. Interview

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #301038 in Music
• Released on: 1996-02-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Amazon.com
The least acknowledged of the Three Kings who ruled in the early '70s (B.B. and Albert rounding out the triumvirate), Freddy King nevertheless had a great sway on the blues that followed his death in 1976. His aggressive, stringing leads turned the heads of Eric Clapton and his blues-rock British peers, who, in turn, passed his legacy on to most of the bar-band jammers gnashing their way through "Sweet Home Chicago" to this very day. Live at the Electric Ballroom, 1974 is a collection of 10 songs (broken up here and there by brief interview segments) that includes the only two known acoustic recordings of King. "Dust My Broom" gets both the plugged and unplugged treatment from the Texan. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews

Hot, Hot, Hot!
Freddie King was a monster of the blues and this CD shows exactly why. His guitar playing is ferocious, explosive, incendiary, soulful, emotional, and beautiful all at the same time. Freddie does several of his best known tunes including Hide Away, Have You Ever Loved A Woman, Key To The Highway and Dust My Broom. These are just as great as Clapton's versions, though they sound a bit different. Buy this CD for Freddie's awesome singing and guitar-playing, but you'll also get some fascinating interviews with him and two acoustic performances. As good as Freddie sounds on an electric guitar, he sounds just as good on an acoustic. Highly recommended.

and you thought he was good in the studio!!!
this live CD perfectly depicts freddie in his prime. at an emotional and talent high freddie does a great preformance. the sound quality ain't perfect but aint bad it sounds like it was recorded with analog!!! (which is great) all in all i own alot of freddie king alblums but this one gonna stay in my CD player for a while!!!

Rare blues classic
This is as good a blues performance as you will ever get. The original album cover had a photo closer to the time of the concert (1974). The recordings were actually made from some old reel-to-reel tapes a King associate had laying in his closet. We are presented with Freddy King playing and singing a powerful, intense electric blues set. "Big Legged Woman" highlights the set, and the acoustic cuts are special because they are the only recordings of King playing acoustic, not to mention he played great. If you collect live albums, this one is a must-have.