My Feeling for the Blues [PA] (CD - 1969)

Personnel: Freddie King (vocals, guitar); Cornell Dupree (guitar); Hugh McCracken (harmonica, tenor saxophone); Willie Bridges, Trevor Lawrence (saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Frank Wess, George Coleman (saxophone, tenor saxophone); King Curtis (tenor saxophone); Ernie Royal, Martin Banks (trumpet); George Stubbs (piano); Jerry Jemmott (bass guitar); Kenneth "Spider Webb" Rice, Kenneth Rich (drums).

Audio Remasterer: Joe Reagoso.

Liner Note Author: Jim Delehant.

Recording information: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY.

Authors: Freddie King; Johnny Winter.

Arrangers: Donny Hathaway; King Curtis.

Blues guitar giant Freddie King became a star in the early 1960s with tunes like "Hideaway" on the King label (no relation), but this 1969 album marks his move to Atlantic, where he updated his sound just a little. The King Curtis-produced set employs heavyweight NYC session cats and adds a very slight tinge of contemporary rock tonality (the occasional wah-wah guitar and electric piano) and funk rhythm to King's classic blues sound, lending a fresh feeling to the likes of Willie Dixon's "I Don't Know" and Ray Charles's "What'd I Say." minimize