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Believe it or not, the original master tape of this show laid in a closet
for over twenty years! The sound quality is great for a live recording
made in 1974, but that is not all. Included at the beginning of the disc,
are two numbers performed by Freddie on solo acoustic guitar and vocals.
The only known recording of the Texas Cannonball on acoustic guitar. Of
course, he played it amazingly well. There are also snippets of an
interview with a Dallas DJ, Jon Dillon, that are quite enlightening, as
they show Freddie to be very much a fan of Jimmy Rogers and Elmore James,
who wrote the two acoustic tunes.
At the time of this recording, Freddie had just released his 12'th album,
but the best he ever did on the charts was when, in 1963, he released the
classic song "Hideaway". It reached #5 on the R&B charts and made the top
30 on the pop charts, breaking through to a white audience before the other
two Kings, B.B. and Albert. Sadly, Freddie was to live only two more
years. He passed away at a young 42 and that only adds to how great it is
to have this rare concert performance on CD to add to the collection.
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