Sunday, June 23, 2013

WAS A REGULAR ON THE CHIT'LIN CIRCUIT.

by Dwight Quinn

Freddie King was Born in Gilmer, Texas, Sept. 3, 1934, King was six years old when his uncle taught him how to play a guitar.Lil Aaron said, that this is where Freddie got his style of guitar playing from his uncle teaching.
Still a teenager Freddie left Gilmer,Texas and moved to Chicago, where he got into the urban Blues scene, going to clubs, sitting in with bands and eventually forming his own band, The Every Hour Blues Boys.
He began working as a Studio musician,doing  sessions for than independent label Parrot Records.King auditioned for Chess Records, but was turned down, because it was said that he sounded too much like the then up coming blues artist Riley B. King a.k.a B.B. King.

He finally made his solo debut, as Freddy King in 1956 — he began spelling his name Freddie King in
1968 — with the single “Country Boy,” a duet with Margaret Whitfield, for El Bee Records.
Success was still a few years off. In 1960, he signed with Federal Records, a subsidiary of Syd Nathan’s
King Records label — a good omen, although his first single for the label, “Have You Ever Loved A Woman” (originally written by Billy Miles) made little impression. King began 1961 with “You’ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling,” which reached No. 93, then had his biggest pop-chart success with “Hide Away,” named after the Chicago bar Mel’s Hide Away Lounge. The swinging instrumental, partly drawn on other blues licks, was King’s sole Top 40 entry, peaking at No. 29 (and reaching No. 5 on the R&B charts); “San-Ho-Zay,” also released in 1961, just missed the Top 40 at No. 47 (No. 4 R&B). King alternated between releasing vocal and instrumental material, as evidenced by the albums he released in 1961: “Freddy King Sings” and “Let’s Hide Away and Dance Away With Freddy King: Strictly Instrumental.” King stayed with Federal until 1968.

A regular on the Chitlin’ Circuit, King landed a gig in 1966 in the The Beat Boys, the house band of the R&B TV show “The !!!! Beat” (the band was led by Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown). His stint with the show paved the way for a contract with Atlantic Records, which released the albums “Freddie King is a Blues Master” and “My Feeling for the Blues” in 1968. That same year, King did his first overseas tour to a warm welcome. There was a blues boom in Britain, and aficionados were already fans of King’s work.

“Hide Away” was covered by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers on the 1966 album “Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton,” and two other King numbers, “The Stumble” and “Someday After Awhile (You’ll Be Sorry)” were on the Mayall & The Bluesbreakers 1967 album “A Hard Road” (this time with Peter Green on guitar). “Have You Ever Loved A Woman” also would appear on Derek And The Dominos’ 1970 album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,” and became a live favorite of Clapton’s. It was then that King began crossing over into the rock market. He signed with Leon Russell’s label, Shelter Records. Russell was very involved with King’s Shelter albums; he produced, performed and wrote songs for “Getting Ready” (1971), “Texas Cannonball” (1972) and “Woman Across The River” (1973, which reached No. 54 R&B,
No. 158 pop). “Getting Ready” featured another of King’s signature songs, “Going Down.”

The rock influences were now on the forefront, and King began playing for more white rock audiences. Grand Funk Railroad, which toured with King, even name checked him in their song, “We’re An American Band”: “Up all night with Freddie King/I got to tell you, poker’s his thing.” King also toured with Clapton and shared the stage with Led Zeppelin.

There was no shortage of musicians who wanted to work with King; both Clapton and Bobby Tench of The Jeff Beck Group appear on King’s 1974 album “Burglar.” Tench also appears on 1975’s “Larger Than Life” (the last album released during King’s lifetime, which reached No. 53 R&B).
King was considered the most emotive of the “Three Kings.” His singing has a pronounced rawness, and his guitar work is distinctive thanks to his use of thumb and finger picks (in contrast to B.B. King’s single-string style).

King’s primary means of making money was through touring, and he spent most of his years on the road. As a result, his health began to decline, and in 1976, he began having problems with stomach ulcers. King died Dec. 28, 1976, at the age of 42, suffering complications from his ulcers and pancreatic.
Freddie King didn't become a big name like,Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and B.B. King. He got life with the young rockers such as George Harrison, Jimi Hendricks, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck they all displayed his influence in their playing and Freddie won a new audience.



Thursday, June 20, 2013

GET A SINGLE SONG OR AN ENTIRE ALBUM AT OUR DIGITAL MUSIC STORE..






The Quinn Digital Music Store has a large music library of the label's prerecorded blues, gospel,jazz and soul music all selected for your best musical enjoyment-- ensuring you that every one of our genre is catered for. You have the option to preview any music track before you buy via a 30-second music clip (for a track over 2:30 (U.S. only). The Quinn Digital Music Store is always being updated with new releases, keeping the selection fresh and up to date.So that you can keep your digital music collection spiced up with the newest and latest in blues,gospel,jazz and soul music
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Monday, June 17, 2013

HOW TO ORDER YOUR MUSIC FROM QUINN RECORDS TM.

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HOW TO ORDER YOUR MUSIC FROM QUINN RECORDS TM.

Need assistance placing an order? Need to track an existing order?
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That's 3 easy ways to contact us. When you call Quinn,you will
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Happy Fathers Day To The Fathers Who Helped Made Us, Quinn Records TM

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FATHERS DAY WEEKEND - Happy Fathers Day To The Fathers Who Helped Made Us, Quinn Records TM
From: Dwight Quinn,Founder/Quinn Records TM
I often think about the guys who came along during my earlier years in the business, who had the faith in my idea,enough so, to lend me their talent,knowledge and prudence that I still uses today. Starting with late Lil Aaron Mosby, through him I picked upon the humbleness that he presented also his deep undivided care and concerns that he had for other people. Those who knew Lil Aaron, while he was a live couldn't help from recognizing and picking upon , how polite and manner-able this man was, it just came natural for Lil Aaron to be polite. Lil Aaron never thought that he was a great Blues singer, he would always tell me Quinn,I don't get up there and sing,but instead I get up there and I talk to my audience. I learnt something new. The Late great Gospel singer,Reverend Anderson Sparks,a great motivator he believe in what we were trying to accomplish in the early days of our existence  and Rev. Sparks  jumped right into the business side of the company and things just flourish. Rev. Anderson Sparks is the person that was responsible for single-handily building the Gospel side of Quinn Records TM.  Until this day, I would had never have thought that a great Gospel singer as the late Rev.Anderson Sparks knew so much about the Record business as he did, he  taught me a lot about, the what and the way we do business today. Rev. Sparks understood the pros and cons of  marketing,promoting and the importance of artists in this business,keeping themselves highly visible,with the purpose of building huge fan bases the key necessity needed in order to build a stable career in the Entertainment business. And all the way up until his death, Rev. Sparks would always make it a practice to hand carry our promo records to Radio Stations all across the country between, pastoring his Church,recording and performing live shows. Because of that " don't ease up-until the job is done"mentality of Rev. Anderson Sparks we have little patient for sleepers. Other great Fathers like the late Terry"Dewey" Williams,"Jimmy Jones and my mentor and former coffee buddy the late Leroy Crisp, I credit these men with all the wisdom,faith helping hands that they reached out to me and Quinn Records TM and made us what we are today. We're not a big Company in size, we're  just a Company that do big things. And I say,Happy Fathers Day to them all. And thanks for their faith and support and as promised we will keep the fire a burning.....



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Sunday, June 9, 2013

NEWS UPDATE: RADIO TALK-GO SLOW-Blues Crossing CD Compilation

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RADIO TALK-GO SLOW-Blues Crossing  CD Compilation
From: Ronnie Ray,Promotions Manager/Quinn Records TM

Below is a fantastic Radio interview with our own Rockin' Blues Artist James Gilbert.
GO SLOW-Blues Crossing got introduced to the Nantwich, UK Blues scene by way of James Gilbert's informative radio interview with Nantwich radio personality's  Kev " Legs" Walker anfd Jen Van Cauter,host of "The Monday Morning Blues Show on The Cat Community Radio, Nantwich, UK. The interview took place in April 28th, 2013. James is a native of Kansas City,Missouri. James was invited to the show by Kev to let his fan know how his musical career was moving along and that he has the number one song on Quinn Records TM's  new Go Slow-Blues Crossing album,titled, "Blues This Morning," while at the same time his other fan favorite titled ,It's A Real Good Sign," has been dominating Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart for the past eleven weeks. Kev and Jen  told James in the interview that they liked his music they hope to see and meet him in the UK,soon. So, listen while James Gilbert give Kev, Jen and their Nantwich UK listeners the highlights of his career as an established Blues Artists.



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Friday, June 7, 2013

IT'S RADIO TALK TODAY!

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RADIO TALK-GO SLOW-Blues Crossing  CD Compilation
From: Ronnie Ray,Promotions Manager/Quinn Records TM

Below is a fantastic Radio interview with our own Rockin' Blues Artist James Gilbert.
GO SLOW-Blues Crossing got introduced to the Kansas City Blues scene by way of James Gilbert's informative radio interview with Kansas City's  ever-popular radio personality  Mike Lytle,host of "The Real Deal Blues Show on station KKFI 90 FM radio. The interview took place last Friday night May 31st, 2013. James is a native of Kansas City and for some he's a hometown legend. James was invited to the show by Mike to let his fan know how his musical career was moving along and that he has the number one song on Quinn Records TM's  new Go Slow-Blues Crossing album,titled, "Blues This Morning," while at the same time his other fan favorite titled ,It's A Real Good Sign," has been dominating Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart for the past eleven weeks. Mike told James in the interview that this is some good stuff. So, listen while James Gilbert gives his home-town nesting place, Kansas City, Missouri some good information as well as a touch of the Blues. 




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Sunday, June 2, 2013

MAKING DOING BUSINESS WITH US EASIER......

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We have upgraded our Radio Servicing Program, now Radio Station Programmers, DJ's,and Press can get  FREE  Promo CD's and/ or Digital MP 3 Tracks online by going to our website(www.quinnrecords.net) sign in,create an account and click on the Radio/Press/Media link at the button right hand side of our Homepage, then choose to Download Broadcast Quality tracks using our new digital delivery system or you can select the Promo CD Copy of your choice and we will snail-mail  the Promo CD's right out to you, absolutely FREE, we pay the postage, it fast and it's easy. Your can request a  Promo CD's to sent to you  or you can Download Broadcast Quality Digital tracks of your choice any time,day or night, holidays or weekends it doesn't matter. All we are trying to do is make things easier. It's Fast and It's FREE!
-Now it's "Permanent; we ship Free with any order of $99.99 or more!.
-We've made New Updates to our Quinnrecords.net  Shipping Policy,