Freddie King
January Sound Studios
Dallas, TX
31 Mar 75

Source: FM Broadcast KZEW 98FM / Soundboard > Cassette tape > Dime

  1. KZEW Intro (Ken Rundell)
  2. Big Legged Woman
  3. Woman Across The River
  4. Hey Baby
  5. Ain't Nobody's Business
  6. Key To The Highway
  7. Hideaway
  8. Goin' Down
  9. Early One Morning
10. Come On (Part III)
11. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
12. KZEW Outro > Lone Star Beer Commercial

Freddie King - vocals, lead guitar
Unknown - rhythm guitar
Benny Turner - bass
Deacon Jones - keyboards
Unknown - drums

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Loosely translated text from the original seeder (thx) -

This is a smoking hot set of absolutely scorching hot Texas style Blues recorded at January Sound Studio with at best, ten people or less in the audience (recording studios don't normally have huge listening rooms do they?). This recording is clean clear and powerfull stuff but it is from 1975. The sound gets better as the show goes on.

This top notch rock & roll station (KZEW 98FM - The Zoo) would routinely book various bands to record a set at January Sound. The station did this all time but we've seen only a few of these fine shows surface over the years.

Freddie King never played a bad show and this evening was no exception. Local guitar aces, Bugs Henderson and Johnny Nitzinger, were there for this show but that may have only further inspired Freddie. Legend has it that Freddie never gave an encore because his shows were so intense they weren't necessary.

Several slight nuances can be heard if you listen in headphones as he does quite a bit of talking away from the mic between songs. What always gets me about this particular evening are his guttural-like moans right before he rips off an incredible lick. More so than anyone else, he and Stevie do that and I truly believe it comes from the heart. It's not a staged bit or something contrived just for the folks in the audience.

The Willie Dixon tune 'Early One Morning' is probably the standout song on this collection and it wasn't performed very often. It's sung with his longtime bass player and brother, Benny Turner. Again, listen clearly before the song starts and you can hear Freddie not only call out the tune but the key that he wants to play it in (B flat). Then, a few seconds in, after it sounds as if he and Benny quarrel for a moment, Freddie shouts out in jest, "that's a $25 fine!". The best moment however is the sledgehammer guitar lick that comes after the soft vocal intro.