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SharBaby’s Country Blues

I first ran into SharBaby on Myspace and knew I liked the sound. But then SharBaby ran into me on livebluesworld.com and that just blew me away. I was still really enjoying the sound, and reading up on SharBaby’s livebluesworld.com page I was intrigued by her statement “They call me Queen of the Jukes”. Having sadly only recently discovered Willie King myself I was intrigued by Juke Joint Style playing and the respect anyone who reads about Willie King will instantly develop for him. I did a wee blog about Willie King you can see here to see what I mean. So while listening to SharBaby’s tunes I was watching the following picture show (play the tunes on SharBaby’s Livebluesworld.com page while viewing the pictures to have the effect I had):

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I thought I saw a few people I recognized and in one picture the person looked particularly familiar. When the songs ended I went on to see SharBaby’s video:

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Thats when it hit me - that’s from Willie Kings Freedom Creek Blues Festival in Alabama and that picture I thought I recognized was none other than Willie King himself posing with SharBaby showing a thumbs up. I just went back to that page and there they were again. It’s a great picture of Willie and SharBaby and it’s a great sound SharBaby had and that Freedom Creek Blues Festival right on Willie’s farm well, that’s a great thing and a great name for a blues festival.

Thanks SharBaby for the fine tunes and for being a friend of WorldofBlues.com. Hope you have a great time in Spain!


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Willie King - Country Blues (1943-2009)

Wille King - For LoveWillie King - Jukin' at Bettie'sWillie King - I am the Blues
Willie King started to tour later in life and only recorded 6 CD’s. His Freedom Creek CD was critically acclaimed and won several awards. To really a appreciate him you have to watch a video of him playing in a Juke Joint.

Willie King played Sunday dance night at Bettie’s for almost 15 years and I think this is just the beginning in an explanation of who Willie King was. People close to Willie King said he didn’t like touring much. He held the Freedom Creek Blues Festival at his home in Alabama. Willie King started The Rural Member Association to foster music, woodworking, food preservation and other African-American traditions.

Willie King’s style has been compared to the Voice of Howlin’ Wolf and I think maybe he had a similar outlook on life. Howlin’ Wolf was known for his stance in speaking out against injustice against African Americans and his no nonsense approach for stating his position. Willie King took a similar approach in his songs singing about Martin Luther King and unfair treatment of blacks in rural south. He followed that up with a John Lee Hooker style of guitar which always seemed to say to me “you know what we’re talkin’ about”. Willie King left us a few clear messages of what he thought was important: The Rural Association, Freedom Creek (his critically acclaimed first Album and hopefully his blues Festival of the same name will live on) and his band name, The Liberators. ’nuff said - I don’t think so but I did my best. Willie King died March 8, 2009.
Wille King and The LiberatorsWillie King - Freedom Creek


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