Showing posts with label Texas blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas blues. Show all posts

Friday, August 26, 2016

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Texas, United States
Blues rock, Texas blues, Southern rock


Girls Go Wild (1979)
What's the Word (1980) 2013 Rem.
Butt Rockin' (1981) 2013 Rem.
T-Bird Rhythm (1982) 2013 Rem.
Tuff Enuff (1986)
Hot Number (1987)
Powerful Stuff (1989)
Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk (1991)
Roll of the Dice (1995)
High Water (1997)
Live (2001)
Painted on (2005)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds (2009)
On the Verge (2013)
Strong Like That (2016)

Friday, April 08, 2016

Floyd Dixon

Floyd Dixon
Marshall, Texas, United States
R&B, Texas blues, Blues

Floyd Dixon (February 8, 1929 – July 26, 2006) was an American rhythm-and-blues pianist and singer.


His Complete Aladdin Recordings (1996) 1950-1952
Wake Up and Live! (1996)
Hey Bartender! His Very Best 1949-1959 (2016)

Friday, February 05, 2016

Johnny Winter

Johnny Winter
Beaumont, Texas, US
Blues, blues rock, rock and roll, Texas blues


The Progressive Blues Experiment (1968)
Johnny Winter (1969)
First Winter (1969)
Second Winter (1969) 2004 Rem.
Johnny Winter And (1970) Johnny Winter And
Live (1971) Johnny Winter And
Still Alive and Well (1973)
John Dawson Winter III (1974)
Nightrider (1974) Comp.
Saints & Sinners (1974) 1996 Rem.
Captured Live! (1976)
Together (1976) Live, with Edgar Winter
Nothin' But the Blues (1977)
White, Hot and Blue (1978)
Raisin' Cain (1980)
Guitar Slinger (1984)
Serious Business (1985)
3rd Degree (1986)
The Johnny Winter Story, Vol. 1 (1988) '59-'67
The Winter of '88 (1988)
Back in Beaumont (1989) rec.'81, with Uncle John Turner
The Johnny Winter Story, Vol. 2 (1989) '59-'68
A Lone Star Kind of Day (1990) Comp.
Let Me In (1991)
Hey, Where's Your Brother? (1992)
Brothers in Rock 'n' Roll (1993) with Edgar Winter
Blues to the Bone (1995) with Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson
Cryin' the Blues (1995) Live '71, with Willie Dixon
Liberty Hall Sessions (1996) '66-'69, with Jimmy Reed
Live in NYC '97 (1998)
I'm a Bluesman (2004) Jap.Ed.
Breaking it Up, Breaking it Down (2007) Live '77, with Muddy Waters & James Cotton
Live Bootleg Series Vol.1 (2007)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.2 (2008)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.3 (2008)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.4 (2009)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.5 (2009)
The Woodstock Experience (2009)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.6 (2010)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.7 (2011)
Roots (2011)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.8 (2012)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.9 (2013)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.10 (2013)
Step Back (2014)
Live Bootleg Series Vol.12 (2016)

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Blues rock, electric blues, Texas blues

In Session (1999) Live '83, with Albert King
The Fire Meets the Fury: The Radio Broadcasts 1989 (2012)

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble:
Texas Flood (1983) 2009 Rem.
Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) 2010 Rem.
Soul to Soul (1985) 2005 Rem.
Live Alive (1986)
In Step (1989) 2005 Rem.
The Sky Is Crying (1991)
In the Beginning (1992) Live '80
Greatest Hits (1995)
Live at Carnegie Hall (1997) rec.'84, 2009 Rem.
SRV (2000) BoxSet
Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 (2001)
A Legend in the Making: Live at the El Mocambo 1983 (2014)

The Vaughan Brothers (with Jimmie Vaughan):
Family Style (1990)

tribute albums:
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (1996)
Pickin' on Stevie Ray Vaughan: A Bluegrass Tribute (2001)
Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute: Lenny (2009)
The House Is Rockin': A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (2015)

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins
aka: Lightning Hopkins *
Centerville, Texas, U.S.
Electric blues, country blues, Texas Blues

Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".


Lightnin Hopkins (1959)
Autobiography in Blues (1960)
Country Blues (1960)
Lightnin' (The Blues of Lightnin' Hopkins) (1960)
Lightnin' and the Blues (1960)
Lightnin' in New York (1960) Live
Blues in My Bottle (1961)
Last Night Blues (1961) with Sonny Terry
Lightnin' Strikes (1962) 2003 Rem.
Lightnin' Strikes Back (1962) Live
Mojo Hand (1962)
Sings the Blues (1962) rec.'46/'48, 2016 Rem.
Walkin' This Road By Myself (1962)
Blues Hoot: Live Recording at the Ash Grove (1963) with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Goin' Away (1963)
Smokes Like Lightning (1963)
Hootin the Blues (1964) Live '62
Soul Blues (1965)
Free Form Patterns * (1968)
Houston Gold * (1968)
California Mudslide (and Earthquake) * (1969)
The Great Electric Show and Dance (1969)
A Legend in His Own Time (1970) rec.'50/'51
Double Blues (1972) rec.'64
Dirty Blues * (1973)
Po' Lightnin' * (1983) rec.'61/'69
Lightnin' Hopkins (1989) rec.'46-'60
The Texas Bluesman (1989) rec.'61/'65/'67
From the Vaults of Everest Records (1990)
Blues Train * (1991) rec.'50/'51
Joel, Lightnin' & John Henry (1991) rec.'65, The Hopkins Brothers
Sittin in with Lightnin' Hopkins (1991) rec.'53
It's a Sin to Be Rich (1992) rec.'72
Morning Blues (1992) rec.'65/'69
The Swarthmore Concert (1993) Live '64
Lightning Hopkins - Texas Blues (1994) rec.'61-'69
Forever: Last Recording (1996) Live '81
Lightnin' Hopkins (1996) Comp.
Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me (1996) rec.'64, with Barbara Dane
The Remaining Titles, Volume 1 (1998) rec.'50-'61
Straight Blues (1999) rec.'61/'64
Live! At the Berkeley (2000) rec.'66, with Clifton Chenier and Mance Lipscomb
Lightning Hopkins and the Blues Summit (2001) rec.'60, with Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Big Joe Williams
In the Key of Lightnin' (2002) rec.May 20,'69
Live at Newport (2002) rec.'65
All the Classics 1946-1951 (2003)
The Sonet Blues Story (2005) rec.'74
The Acoustic Years 1959-1960 (2014)

appears on:
American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965 (1995)

Friday, April 09, 2004

Smokey Hogg

Smokey Hogg
Westconnie, Texas, United States
Texas blues, country blues

Andrew "Smokey" Hogg (January 27, 1914 – May 1, 1960) was an American post-war Texas blues and country blues musician.


Midnight Blues (2004) 1947-1952

Friday, September 12, 2003

Charles Brown

Charles Brown
Texas City, Texas, United States
Blues, Texas blues, R&B, soul, soul blues, rock, blues rock, jazz, soul jazz

Tony Russell "Charles" Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999) was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced blues performance in the 1940s and 1950s. He had several hit recordings, including "Driftin' Blues" and "Merry Christmas Baby".


One More for the Road (1989)
All My Life (1990)
Someone to Love (1992)
Cool Christmas Blues (1994)
Just a Lucky So and So (1994)
These Blues (1994)
Live (1995) '70-'80
Sings the Blues (1995) rec.'64
Snuff Dippin' Mama (1995) '46-'49, with Johnny Moore's Blazers
Walkin' in Circles (1995) '45-'47, with Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers
Honey Dripper (1996)
The Chronological (1997) 1946
So Goes Love (1998)
Since I Fell for You (1999)
Blues and Other Love Songs (2000)
A life in the Blues (2003) Live 1990

Wednesday, June 03, 1992

Larry Davis

Larry Davis
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States
Texas blues, soul blues, electric blues

Larry Davis (December 4, 1936 – April 19, 1994) was an American electric Texas blues and soul blues musician. He is best known for co-writing the song "Texas Flood", later recorded to greater commercial success by Stevie Ray Vaughan.


Live at J.B. Hutto's (1979)
Funny Stuff (1982)
Sooner or Later (1992)

Tuesday, May 05, 1992

Ramblin' Thomas & The Dallas Blues Singers

Ramblin' Thomas & The Dallas Blues Singers
Logansport, Louisiana, United States
Texas blues, country blues

Willard Thomas, better known as Ramblin' Thomas (c. 1902–c. 1945), was an American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best remembered for his slide guitar playing and for several recordings he made in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Blues scholars seem undecided if his nickname referred to his style of playing or to his itinerant nature. He was the brother of the blues musician Jesse Thomas.


Complete Recorded Works (1992) 1928-1932

Tuesday, April 07, 1992

Black Ace

Black Ace
Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States
Texas blues, Country blues

Black Ace was the most frequently used stage name of the American Texas blues musician born Babe Kyro Lemon Turner (December 21, 1905 – November 7, 1972), who was also known as B. K. Turner, Black Ace Turner, Babe Turner and Buck Turner.


Texas Slide Guitars (1992) rec.1930-1938, split with Oscar Woods

Oscar Woods

Oscar Woods
Hughes Springs, Texas, United States
Texas Blues

Oscar "Buddy" Woods (born c. 1900–1903, died December 14, 1955) was an American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Woods, who was an early blues pioneer in lap steel, slide guitar playing, recorded thirty-five tracks between 1930 and 1940. He recorded solo and as part of a duo, the Shreveport Home Wreckers, and with a six- or seven-piece group, the Wampus Cats. Early in his career he backed Jimmie Davis on some of his recordings. Woods's best known song was "Lone Wolf Blues", from which came his billing as 'The Lone Wolf'.


appeared on:
Texas Slide Guitars (1992) rec.1930-1938, split with Black Ace

Sunday, May 05, 1991

Bessie Tucker

Bessie Tucker
Rusk, Texas, United States
Classic female blues, country blues, Texas blues

Bessie Tucker (c. 1906 – January 6, 1933) was an American classic female blues, country blues, and Texas blues singer and songwriter. Little is known of her life outside the music industry. She is known to have recorded just twenty-four tracks, seven of which were alternate takes. Her songs include "Penitentiary" and "Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues".


Complete Recorded Works (1991) 1928-1929

Friday, June 01, 1990

T-Bone Walker

T-Bone Walker
Linden, Texas, U.S.
Blues, electric blues, Texas blues, Chicago blues, jump blues, West Coast blues

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was a critically acclaimed American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who was an influential pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 67 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".


Sings the Blues (1959)
Singing the Blues (1960)
Feelin' the Blues (1969)
Good Feelin' (1969)
Every Day I Have the Blues (1970) 2014 Rem.
The Complete Recordings (1990) 1940-1954

appears on:
American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965 (1995)
American Folk Blues Festival '72 (1972)