Music On Vinyl - MOVLP2014 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl  

Includes "What'd I Say," and "My Feeling For The Blues"

Donny Hathaway as arranger, King Curtis as producer, and a rhythm section that included Jerry Jemmott and Cornell Dupree. The groove tempos are not too fast and not too slow; in other words just right. The horn arrangements are sublime and Freddie's performance is top-notch. My Feeling For The Blues is a one-of-a-kind blues album by the great Freddie King.

The first two songs, "Yonder Wall" and "The Stumble" set the tone for the whole recording. In fact, the album's opener is a laid back rendition of Elmore James's "Yonder Wall." King Curtis lays a great, soulful horn and Freddie's guitar sounds more upfront than on his previous LP.

From there, My Feeling for the Blues listens as a tribute to the giants of the blues genre: King tackles B.B. King's "I Wonder Why" and "Woke Up This Morning," T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday," Jimmy Reed's "You Don't Have to Go" and Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones classic "The Things I Used to Do," while upping the pace with a frantic, instrumental take on Ray Charles "What'd I Say."