Hideaway Guitar Lesson (Freddie King Blues Guitar) – Part 2

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When the clock struck 9:55 P.M. every Friday night for six years, I played the same song.

"Wait, what!" you may be asking. "You played the same song at the same time every week for six years?"

"Yes!"

"What song is it that you may be wondering?" Well, the answer is "Hide Away" by Freddie King. While this may sound a little crazy, let me fill you in on the backstory. Decades ago, I was sitting in a private guitar lesson with a great teacher I had at the time. In the lesson, he started playing this really cool blues in the key of E. I heard it and was immediately hooked.

I thought, "Wow," and asked my instructor, "What is that?" He said, "That's the Hide Away riff." He didn't really explain it; he just played the riff and said, "Yeah, it's a blues break tune I've been playing for decades."

Then I said, "Awesome, what's a blues break tune?" And he said, "Well, it's a song you play at the end of your set when you are going to take a break. You know it's the one where the leader gets on the mic and says something like, 'Hope you all are enjoying the music tonight. We're gonna take a quick break, but don't go anywhere because we've got a lot more music coming your way. Grab a drink and we'll see you in a few minutes.'"

I thought, "Wow, that's interesting," and then I heard the opening melody again. "Yeah, that would work well for that." Fast forward a few years later, and I had an evening gig by the beach in Santa Monica, California every Friday for six years. At this gig, I used "Hide Away" as my break tune.

"Hide Away" is a 12-bar blues chord progression, and 12-bar blues songs are perfect for break tunes because you can just keep looping the chord progression. You can play it over and over until it's time to take it out, at which point you drop in a blues ending, and that's it.

In this post, I am going to take you through an essential “Hide Away” guitar lesson and share with you deep insights into playing in the style of Freddie King.

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