FREDDIE KING

La vidéo tournait sur le net depuis pas mal de temps avec différents extraits. La lettre hebdomadaire de Bob Corritore a remis sur le devant de YouTube cette incroyable vidéo de Freddie King jouant pour des détenus texans, explications de Ric Sternberg :

This is an excerpt from a 13.5 minute piece I produced, shot and edited over 33 years ago. From this footage, at least 4 other YouTube clips have been uploaded without permission or credits. I don't know how those people got the video but here's the story behind the original: Freddie was in Austin to play at the Armadillo World Headquarters. Richard Halpin (Jail Arts & Education Project) got Freddie and his brother Bennie to play for the inmates at the Travis Co. Jail. The prisoners loved it. So did the musicians. I shot it with help from William McLellan & Linda Evans. It was shot with a single tube camera and recorded on a 1/2" reel-reel portapack. It is funky old video but a record of a terrific performance and selfless act by the late great artist, Freddie King.