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Getting Ready...
Studio album by
Freddie King
Released1971
StudioChess
GenreBlues, rock
LabelShelter
ProducerLeon Russell, Don Nix
Freddie King chronology
My Feeling for the Blues
(1970) 		Getting Ready...
(1971) 		Texas Cannonball
(1972)

Getting Ready... is an album by the American musician Freddie King, released in 1971.[1][2] It was the first of three albums he recorded for Shelter Records.[3] King supported the album with a North American tour.[4]

Production

Recorded at Chess Studios and mixed at Ardent Studios, the album was produced by label head Leon Russell and Don Nix.[5][6] King was backed by Russell on piano, Duck Dunn on bass, Chuck Blackwell on drums, and Don Preston on guitar.[6] King played a Gibson Les Paul; he thought his instrument sounded similar to a violin, as he often bended notes and avoided chords.[7][8] The studio version of "Key to the Highway" was performed in a more casual, groove-oriented style, rather than the rock style of most of King's live versions of the song.[9] "Dust My Broom" is a cover of the Elmore James song.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Los Angeles Times[11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[12]

The News-Chronicle noted that King "is only an average vocalist ... slurring some of the lines to the point of indistinction, but what you are able to hear is good."[13] The Reading Evening Post called the album "good solid blues that pushes along rather than rolls along."[14]

In 1989, the Los Angeles Times stated that the songs "provide a respectable showcase of King's feel for both rock and blues."[11] In 1997, Guitar Player said that "Freddie is comfortable and in total command".[6] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings opined that the Shelter albums reflect "the awkward phase blues was going through in the early '70s."[15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Same Old Blues" 
2."Dust My Broom" 
3."Worried My Life Blues" 
4."Five Long Years" 
5."Key to the Highway" 
6."Going Down" 
7."Living on the Highway" 
8."Walking by Myself" 
9."Tore Down" 
10."Palace of the King" 

References

  1. ^ Komara, Edward, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of the Blues. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 573.
  2. ^ O'Neal, Jim; van Singel, Amy (2013). The Voice of the Blues: Classic Interviews from Living Blues Magazine. Taylor & Francis. p. 360.
  3. ^ Fox, Darrin (August 2004). "Freddie King". Guitar Player. Vol. 38, no. 8. p. 186.
  4. ^ "Bluesman to Perform in Concert". The Bradenton Herald. August 3, 1971. p. 9A.
  5. ^ Ellis, Bill (July 1, 2000). "Old Folks and Newcomers Give the Past Its Props". The Commercial Appeal. p. F8.
  6. ^ a b c Forte, Dan (October 1997). "The essential Freddie King collection". Guitar Player. Vol. 31, no. 10. p. 75.
  7. ^ Thompson, Art (December 1998). "Legends of the Paul". Guitar Player. Vol. 32, no. 12. p. 117.
  8. ^ McMahon, Peg (August 4, 1971). "Freddie King—Blues from Within". The Kansas City Star. p. 14A.
  9. ^ Friedland, Ed (April 2015). "The Eight-Bar Blues". Bass Player. Vol. 26, no. 4. p. 52.
  10. ^ Bevan, Bev (November 24, 2024). "Albums of the Week". Weekend. Sunday Mercury. p. 3.
  11. ^ a b Hilburn, Robert (September 15, 1989). "3 Shelter Albums Released in Joint Venture". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 20.
  12. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 398.
  13. ^ Bob, Baker (July 2, 1971). "Gimmicks, tricks don't make this King a 'B.B.'". News-Chronicle. p. 9.
  14. ^ Butterfield, Pete (July 23, 1971). "Pop". Reading Evening Post. p. 10.
  15. ^ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 363.
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