Freddie King Born September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976 in Gilmer, Texas, he became acquainted with the guitar at the age of six. He started learning the guitar from his mother and his uncle. He moved to Chicago when he was a teenager; there he formed his first band the Every Hour Blues Boys with guitarist Jimmie Lee Robinson and drummer Frank “Sonny” Scott. As he was repeatedly being rejected by Chess Records, he got signed to Federal Records, and got his break with single “Have You Ever Loved