Fredie King – My Feeling For The Blues

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Donny Hathaway as arranger, King Curtis as producer and a rhythm section that included Jerry Jemmott and Cornell Dupree. The groove tempos are not too fast and not too slow; in other words just right. The horn arrangements are sublime and Freddie’s performance is top-notch. ‘My Feeling For The Blues’ is a one-of-a-kind blues album by the great Freddie King. The first two songs, ‘Yonder Wall’ and ‘The Stumble’ set the tone for the whole recording. In fact, the album’s opener is a laid back rendition of Elmore James’s ‘Yonder Wall’. King Curtis lays a great, soulful horn and Freddie’s guitar sounds more upfront than on his previous LP. From there, ‘My Feeling for the Blues’ listens as a tribute to the Giants of the Blues genre: King tackles B.B. King’s ‘I Wonder Why’ and ‘Woke Up This Morning’, T-Bone Walker’s ‘Stormy Monday’, Jimmy Reed’s ‘You Don’t Have to Go’ and Eddie ‘Guitar Slim’ Jones classic ‘The Things I Used to Do’, while upping the pace with a frantic, instrumental take on Ray Charles ‘What’d I Say’. One of the top best blues albums was getting harder to find, but is now available on vinyl again.