"Guitar Lightnin' Lee" with New Orleans' Little Freddie King, Jr. on Frenchmen Street
Performing "Baby Don't You Want to Go?" - an old blues standard attributed to Robert Johnson; @ The Apple Barrel Bar (609 Frenchmen). The elderly cousin of Lightnin' Hopkin is jammin' on guitar with the Thunder Band of Leroy "Guitar Lightnin' Lee" Williams (vocals/guitar); Red Devecka (string bass), Paul Artigue (drums). Litttle Freddie's style had been based on Freddie King, although his own approach to country blues is original, Wikipedia points out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Freddie_King Here's a link about Little Freddie King's latest album: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Freddie_King#cite_note-King-3 and here's a link about Guitar Lightin' Lee: http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2012/04/guitar_lightnin_lee_and_the_th.html Here's a link about The Apple Barrel: http://www.yelp.com/biz/apple-barrel-bar-new-orleans http://www.mnblues.com/profile/little-freddie-king-ww.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_blues
About Little Freddie King
Little Freddie King (born Fread Eugene Martin, July 19, 1940) is an American Delta blues guitarist. Despite the name, his style is not based on that of Freddie King, but is more influenced by John Lee Hooker and his approach to electric blues is original.
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