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Jonathan Horsley

“These performances present him at his very best – and they’re thrilling to hear”: Blues gold unearthed as rare Freddie King live performance surfaces after 50 years

Freddie King wears a patterned western shirt and takes a solo on his Gibson ES-355.

A live performance from the late, great blues guitar maestro Freddie King has been unearthed and restored after 50 years, and will be released in its entirety for the very first time in a triple-vinyl special edition for Record Store Day.

Feeling Alright: The Complete 1975 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Concerts (Elemental) promises to be a triumphant document of the Texas Cannonball in full force, holding 50,000 French blues fans in the palm of his hand. This was King in his late-career glory. He would die the following year, aged 42.

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