Lyr Req: freddie king

Subject: freddie king
From:
Date: 18 Oct 01 - 12:21 PM

hi all,

pls help me find the lyrics of "I'd rather be blind" by Freddie King.if there is not I'll believe that only I heard it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Oct 01 - 12:42 PM

I found references to it; is this the same as Etta James "I'd Rather Go Blind"? If so, I found lyrics for that and can post them.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: GUEST,bluespoppa
Date: 20 Oct 01 - 02:55 AM

hi Sorcha, Thanks very much for your reply.AIthough I have the lyrics I'd rather go blind by Etta James They don't fit to Freddie King's lyrics. His lyrics are completely different from Etta's. See you later

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 02:33 PM

I was only able to find out this much: It was written by Leon Russell, and it contains the line "I'd rather be blind than to see you go."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Stewie
Date: 23 Oct 01 - 10:32 PM

Evidently, it was on the 1972 album 'Texas Cannonball' Shelter LP SW-8913. I have a weird CD reissue of that album with bonus tracks: Freddie King 'The Texas Cannonball' Possum POSCD 6890 [Licensed from Shelter]. Although 'I'd Rather Be Blind' and another, previously unreleased 7-min intrumental from the same sessions, 'Pulpwood', are listed on the back of the CD as tracks 5 and 13, neither are actually on it. I had to renumber the tracks after number 4. I never bothered to send the CD back to the supplier because I assumed they were all like that, and there was ample great music on it anyway. Leon Russell was pianist and co-producer at the sessions (Feb 1972 in Memphis and Los Angeles).

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Nov 01 - 10:26 AM

Stewie and all, Thank you very much .At the end I learnt the secret song for me.Also Do you have any link in your hands that I can reach this song's lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 30 Dec 11 - 10:33 AM

Nearly complete lyrics have been posted in this thread: Lyr Req: I'd Rather Be Blind (Freddie King).