KING, FREDDIE. Bluesman ( in Gilmer, Texas; in Dallas, Texas). He began playing guitar at the age of six, studying with his mother and an uncle, Leon King. He moved to Chicago when he was sixteen; there he developed his style under the influence of Sam (Lightnin
) Hopkins,
Riley (B. B.
) King
(not a relative), Aaron (T-Bone
) Walker,
Muddy Waters
(née McKinley Morganfield)
, and Howlin’ Wolf
(née
Barclay Disques
). He credited
Eddie...
KING, FREDDIE
(1934–1976)> BLUESMAN