Can You Play This Riff? Ep.4 "Freddie King" 

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I'm a simple man. I see Freddie King and I click like

One of the backing guitarists in the dark red jacket (and who looks to be the band leader) is the great Clarence Gatemouth Brown.

Red guitar is an ES 345, not a 355. I can verify because I had one. And it looks to be mid ‘60s vintage. Freddie also played the ES 355 but not here.Freddie King really made his bones on that Gold Top Les Paul, though.

Freddie King was a monster on guitar! That almost has some Mary Had a Little Lamb vibes! Great video again Pilgrim!

Another great video. You really do blues with a feeling. But you need a background dancer like Freddie.

I saw Freddie King live when he was living. One of my favorite blues players. Love" Rather be blind" written by Leon Russell. Freddie does a version with Leon on his " Texas Cannonball" album. Guitar Pilgrim , you nailed it!

Love how you go back to the origins of these licks and break them down oh so well.

Very similar to buddy guy and later srv copy of mary had a little lamb. This one slipped by me...i assumed we were going to learn hideawy when i came here. Never heard this. Very cool

He's playing a Gibson Es345 in the video you showed...... Albert Collins played with his guitar slung over his shoulder also..

Your bad ass dude!! I love your teaching skills, selections of different varieties of music. But the best thing is you're enthusiasm keep on rocking man!!⚡

Freddie King has such a present, in-your-face-but-still-groovin' style. He grabs your ear but doesn't let it go like some guitarists do.

Looks like your enjoying that new guitar. It's a beauty.

Albert Collins wears the strap on the right shoulder too. I would like your opinion about him. Or a video of the master of telecaster!

Freddie King is the best of the Blues "Kings", in my opinion.

Someone is enjoying their recent Gibson acquisition!!! Go hard! Love your work!

Yes, I can, and did on my yellow Les Paul DC after watching this a couple of times. Quite a lot of fun! Cheers.

You can't be a bluesman without worshiping the Three Kings: Albert, B.B., and Freddy.

Terrific video Thom! There were many great Blues men but FK was definitely at the top of the list! He was not only an amazing guitar player but also an incredible singer as well. Take a listen to "Someday After Awhile" & "Have You Ever Loved A Woman"! He was great. Thanks for this video.... 👍😉

Great lesson !! and great point regarding the joy in his playing ! You do an amazing job of getting the essence of the musicians music you teach !! Love the channel Thank You

Also similar to 'Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)' Earl King covered by Hendrix. Check out Billy Cox over Freddy's shoulder on bass.

Lots of the great players of the 60's and 70's including The Beatles freely admit stealing from or being influenced by these great pioneers of Blues/Rock n'roll. Please do more of these, a great way to increase my guitar vocabulary.

Simple blues but great power 🎸😊💪

How about the fact that he has the great Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown playing rhythm guitar behind him!

Great video again GP - thanks. Albert Collins also used the guitar strap like that!

The only thing missing from this video is the profuse amount of Freddie King sweat.

Again a very cool tutorial... Thanks Sir!

I love your interpretation and feeling that you show.... Great job!

Albert Collins held the guitar on his right shoulder too

Freddie King, Albert King, Marcus King, BB King, all the KIngs are very wellcome, Thanks!

Just woke The Day of the Dead down here in Mexico. Respect.

actually the guitar he was playing was actually an es-345 but good guess it is a bit hard to know which one because this particular guitar that Freddie was playing had gold hardware which is what es-355s have. but you can tell a 345 from a 355 because the 355 has a bound headstock and 345s have split parallelogram inlays

The Three Kings in order Albert, Freddie and BB in my opinion...

This is one of your Best! really Great

You could dedicate the next year to amazing Freddie King licks

thank you mate, special, we need to learn it step by step

Albert Collins always had guitar strap over right shoulder too.

this is great! more of this kind of stuff please

Best guitar I seen you play. I like that sound.

J'aime vraiment beaucoup cette chaine,ce mec,super musicien ecoute et propose toujours de la bonne musique

Just great Thom, definately more Freddie!!

It's a 1960 ES345, you can tell by the split parallelogram inlays and long pickguard, unbound headstock. Gibson reissued the guitar in 2016.

Carrying the guitar "gunslinger" way helps for not unbalancing those big guitars with one button on the back instead of on the side.

Fantastic breakdown! Always a pleasure to watch!

damn i'm so excited when i saw "freddie king" , my favorite king of all!

The Master Mr. King.

I have just notice your new guitar , nice ! Freddy king is so good , really like this instrumental album with that gold top p90, and the other Freddy king sings

Genio genio, no entiendo inglés pero pude sacar el tema 🥂🥂🥂🥂🍾🍾🍾🍾

Never been a Les Paul fan but that one is sharp!

Thanks GP, I do believe I'll queue up some Freddie today.

You know how to pick them Pilgrim,,, No pun intended,,,, TY Bro. !!!! 😎✌✝💕

Chris Simmons owns Mr. Kings guitar now.

Gosh, so many people beg, borrowed, and stole from Freddie King. I'm hearing not only SRV and Clapton, but Jimmy Page too. So much of the Moby Dick riff is here as well as The Ocean. Not just in the blues context but in the simplicity and phrasing.

I didn't know that riff... sounds great!

i am from Brazil love all your videos

You really are the dude brov, should have a million subscribers, keep em coming

Gran trabajo. Gracias

Thanks a million!! This is so educational!! I just love Freddie King instrumentals... Only one minor unrelated thing if I may add (please take no offence)... when you say "lamb" or "thumb", remember that the final "b" should be silent, it sounds as if you're pronouncing it a bit or maybe it's a Dutch thing (and I apologize if I'm being pedantic, which I probably am). P.S.= For the record, otherwise your English is excellent

A little beat sound of “Merry have little lamb” by SRV

Amazing lesson. Thanks.

Plz make a video of "Southbound Again" from Dire Straits. Such an underrated song of them

Good lesson

Freddie King is great. That background dancer though is true 60ies spirit. Love it. Do something on Lonnie Mac he‘s one of Stevies inspiration.

I saw a video on here, where a young Lady (am I allowed to call her that?) Played a crisp, super clean 'San Ho Zay!'

Got the same guitar 2013 model with the coil taps. Does yours have them? Also the 2013 model used Granadillo wood for its fretboad.The 409R and 498T pickups are great. Sadly, I feel the Chinese have now copied them in 400 Dollar and up price range guitars. Oh, and by the way, in 2013 the hard shell case ( made in Canada ) with the white fluff cushion came with the guitar. These day, hmm gig bag ?

Awesome history, lesson, and more.

If you really want to play Freddie King, use your ears and transcribe yourself 😇. This is how you know you are on the right journey to become an accomplished guitarist.

Albert Collins used to wear his guitar strap that way too

Gold.......!

Listen to Peter Green playing 'Uranus' with Brunning Sunflower Blues Band from late '60s. album. Peter obviously borrowed the melody. 🎸😎

Yes you can sound like Freddie King, but it's even better if you're playing it on a early 1950s Les Paul gold top with those sweet P90 pickups. Freddie was a tone monster!

Awesome licks! Love it!

Do some Freddy hideaway!

Great job as usual Thom, I still have my Freddy King instrumentals album, we used to do my version of the soul number years ago, you have great energy and I love your piano playing. Do you like Monk? A great piano number is "Ashokan Farewell" which was on the soundtrack for Ken Burns' Civil War series. Greetings from Port Orchard. WA.

I think Alvin Lee of Ten years After was a Freddie fan too.

So cool!!!

I hear that Mary had a little lamb in there

Can you do one on Freddie king going down

T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker and Albert Collins also weared guitar strapped on right shoulder.

Awesome! Thanks for this!👌

wow that's great

Any chance you could post a second video of you doing the whole song (Funny Bone) and not just a "small part"? You were really smoking on that song!

I love this and have admired that "Beat!!!!!" videos for decades. Can't listen to your buzzy rock sound though.

Would love to some a lonnie mack very similar style

Fabuloso

Albert Collins wore his guitar like that too.😝

Sweet

I want that there geeetaaar....😁👏🏻👏🏻

3:35 I was about to say that

Cool 👍👍

BB King also played with the strap over his right shoulder. I think he and Freddie did that so it was not resting on their big bellies. Also, you get a great sound out of that Les Paul. What amp were you using?

Kinda like it sounds like SRV "Mary had a little lamb"..way way later after SRV..

It looks like Freddie actually slaps the guitar, not just gives a swing by it!

Thanks god now I can play some of his stuff… sorry more please this I can learn 😁

Please can you make a video too on John Scofield ?!!

If you ever wanna do a video on Peter Green, you can use my Les Paul for the out of phase sound. Freddie is of course King !

Je préfère la reprise de SRV mais evidement le jeu du monstre de la guitare qu'est Freddie King est super bon

Can somehow hear a Fogherty voice over this

Thank again! Enough to try in this video. Btw: like your shirt! Wij houden van oranje!😀

Freddie King a beast (underrated)