Little Freddie King at Chickie Wah Wah

Advance Tickets $15Day Of Show 18.28 after sales taxLittle Freddie King (Monarch of New Orleans Blues) Little Freddie King is an underrecognized giant of country-style blues. In a town filled with funk, R&B and jazz, Little Freddie King is a living link to the rough Delta style that is rare in Crescent City. The 83-year-old King moved to New Orleans from McComb, Miss. to live with his sister. He hoboed a freight train at fourteen and headed for New Orleans looking for work and seeking his musical interest. Little Freddie found his way upriver to a little community known as Shrewsbury – a black area of town with juke joints lining both sides of the street...

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Advance Tickets $15Day Of Show 18.28 after sales taxLittle Freddie King (Monarch of New Orleans Blues) Little Freddie King is an underrecognized giant of country-style blues. In a town filled with funk, R&B and jazz, Little Freddie King is a living link to the rough Delta style that is rare in Crescent City. The 83-year-old King moved to New Orleans from McComb, Miss. to live with his sister. He hoboed a freight train at fourteen and headed for New Orleans looking for work and seeking his musical interest. Little Freddie found his way upriver to a little community known as Shrewsbury – a black area of town with juke joints lining both sides of the street. There he met and performed with legendary musicians like Polka Dot Slim, Boogie Bill Webb, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, and Harmonica Williams. In 2005 he signed with Fat Possum Records, recorder “You Don’t Know What I Know”. Along with manager, “Wacko” Wade in 2008 he joined Made Wright Records and recorded 10 additional CDs, his 2022 being “Blues Medicine is the best yet.

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