"Hideaway" is the biggest hist by Chicago blues guitarist Freddie King, co-written with Sonny Thompson, recorded first time at King Records, Cincinnati on August 26, 1960, with Sonny Thompson on piano, Bill Willis on bass, and Philip Paul on drums, produced by keyboard player Thompson.
"Hideaway" has been covered extensively by blues musicians, including such greats as Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The song received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999 and in 2007 was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame.
"Hideaway" has been covered extensively by blues musicians, including such greats as Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The song received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999 and in 2007 was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame.
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One of three blues giants with the surname King, Freddy (or Freddie) King, known as the “Texas Cannonball” was a Chicago blues legend, particularly on the city’s West Side. In 1959 he recorded his first single “Have You Ever Loved a Woman” and in 1961 recorded “Hide Away”, which would become his biggest hit.King’s way of improvising was more intense and creative than his peer B.B. King’s. He used a plastic finger pick on his thumb and a metal finger pick on his index finger.
Freddie King's death at 42 was untimely, yet his influence is still undeniable.