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Lyr Req: freddie king

18 Oct 01 - 12:21 PM (#574900)
Subject: freddie king
From: GUEST,bluespoppa@yahoo.com

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.


18 Oct 01 - 12:42 PM (#574914)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Sorcha

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.


20 Oct 01 - 02:55 AM (#576153)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: GUEST,bluespoppa

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


23 Oct 01 - 02:33 PM (#578224)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Jim Dixon

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."


23 Oct 01 - 10:32 PM (#578477)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Stewie

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.


06 Nov 01 - 10:26 AM (#586703)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: GUEST

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.


30 Dec 11 - 10:33 AM (#3281951)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: freddie king
From: Jim Dixon

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