Tore Down Tuesday -- Freddie King

Lee Baker of Moloch couldn't rest until he got Freddie King to Memphis to play the Overton Park Shell.  Actually, Lee dreamed of the "Three Kings" show: Albert, B.B., and Freddie on the same bill.  He never pulled that off, but Freddie's show at the Shell was one I can remember, despite it being the 60's (or early 70's, same thing).  The first video below is from 1972, in that same time frame.  I'll have a bit more to say after you watch it.



Freddie is probably worshipped most of all for "Hide Away":



Don Nix hooked up to produce an album on Freddie and got Freddie to cover a couple of Don's songs first recorded  (track samples) by the legendary Memphis blues-rock band Moloch for Stax Records' subsidiary label Enterprise. Now a lot of people think they're Freddie King songs. But that's another post.