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Texas Blues

 
 

Description of Texas Blues

 
Texas Blues developed in the 1920s, drawing heavily from country, but leaving out the twang. It has a laid-back rhythm known as the Texas shuffle, which swings and lags a little behind the beat. Lyrically, Texas Blues veers away from cryin'-in-my-beer themes. Its accompaniment was traditionally melodic, and more likely to be a single acoustic guitar than an ensemble. However, Texas Blues went electric after World War II, influenced primarily by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, who played solo electric guitar over a horn section. T-Bone Walker and Stevie Ray Vaughan later carried the torch for the shuffle beat and the relaxed Texas tradition.
 

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Texas Blues Key Artists

 
Albert Collins

Texas and Electric Blues
god Albert Collins was an
explosive lead player and
knock-down-drag-out
shouter.

Bobby "Blue" Bland

From the mid-1950s on up to
the present day, Bobby
"Blue" Bland has been a
major figure in soul blues.

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Brown was given the
"Gatemouth" nickname by a
teacher in high school who
said he had "a voice like a
gate." Guitar, bass, drums,...

Frankie Lee Sims

Freddie King

King greased up the sweet
sounds of B.B. King and
added some flash to
become a premier guitar
player in Electric Blues.

Jimmie Vaughan

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Watson was a ferocious
guitarist whose blues, R&B
and Funk chops were
never in doubt. He died
onstage in Japan in 1994.

Johnny Copeland

Johnny Winter

Blues devotee whose
authoritative vocals and
explosive guitar work
characterized '70s Blues
Rock. Johnny Winter's wi...

Juke Boy Bonner

Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins was one
of the most important
figures in Texas blues. A
prolific and masterful
songwriter, Hopkins was j...

Long John Hunter

Alternately smoky and
nasty guitarist Hunter
covers the common ground
that stretches from T-Bone
Walker to Albert Collins. F...

Lowell Fulson

Mance Lipscomb

Pee Wee Crayton

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Sorely missed guitarist
Stevie Ray Vaughan revived
the blues during the 1980s.
He played with an
unmistakable, piercing to...

T-Bone Walker

A stylistic influence that
cannot be measured,
Walker played smoky
Electric Blues and
practically spawned Urba...

The Vaughan Brothers

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