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YOU GOTTA WALK WITH FREDDIE, YOU GOTTA WALK WITH DA KING, aka "DR.BONES"
photo: Erika Goldring
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LITTLE FREDDIE KING
We first cottoned onto Fread Martin, a.k.a. Little Freddie King, a few years back when he released his GREAT "You Don't Know What I Know" disc for Fat Possum, the great Mississippi label dedicated to overlooked older bluesmen who play gutsy, lo-fi blues. A hard-living character who has been playing the rural electric blues of his native Mississippi in the lowest bowels of NEW ORLEANS' now-devastated Ninth Ward for years, King and his band have a penchant for hard-hitting, minimalist chords and lyrics, delivered by a cracked, heavily lived-in voice. Much of King's material has an old-style R&B feel, but he is at his most charming when he strips it down to just guitar and vocals as depicted on his 2008 MadeWright Records, "Messin Around tha House" disc.
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"BIG EASY" Award 2008 & 09
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Dr. John
BLUES PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Dr. Bones
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MISSISSIPPI BLUES TRAIL MARKER
SUMMIT ST. FREDDIE RECOGNIZED BY
CITY OF McCOMB, MISS. (SEE PRESS CLIPS)
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2010 NEW RELEASE "GOTTA WALK WITH DA KING"
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BURNSIDE DISTRIBUTION WILL RELEASE 16 MARCH 2010 - INTERNATIONAL AND U.S. GOTTA WALK WITH DA KING ---- is a down and dirty straight forward, no-frills CD that captures real juke joint blues on a festival stage. Recorded LIVE at the Annual Thirsty Ear Festival in New Mexico, you can feel the soul of Freddie's music.
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MADEWRIGHT RECORDS (indie label)
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Keith Spera's, Music Writer
Top 10 favorite CDs from 2008
(Times Picayune, Music Writer)
Italy, Rome - Listed at 8 for Top 10
Poland - Listed as 5 for Top 10
JPF Nominee for 09 Blues Album of the Year
JPF Nominee for 09 Song of the Year
Argentine- Listed at 5 Top 10
www.louisianamusicfactory.com
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---- A KING'S LIFE --------
by Michael Hurtt
OffBeat Magazine (Jun '08)
(click cover for article)
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MANAGEMENT: "Wacko" Wade Production, LLC
P.O. Box 13453, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70185
wackowade@yahoo.com (504) 914-7282 cell
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