‘Texas Blues’ Archives
T-Bone Walker – The Electric Guitar Pioneer
You could be forgiven for not looking into T-Bone Walker if you're not a Texas Blues or early Chicago blues fan. The time of his appearance on the blues scene and name could easily have you lumping him in with others who you may have listened to and maybe [...]
Albert King – King of the Blues Guitar
Musicians who were influenced by Albert King include Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall and Mike Bloomfield but, no where is the influence more apparent than when listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn. As a matter of fact one of the most enjoyable CD's to [...]
Johnny Winter Interview
Thanks to Sean over at Livebluesworld.com for bringing this to my attention. I'm a big Johnny Winter fan. As a matter of fact Johnny Winter was the opening act at the first concert I ever went to. I'll write more on Johnny later but for now here is a [...]
SRV – Stevie Ray Vaughan
Nobody, in my humble opinion, rocked the blues like Stevie Ray Vaughan! Thats all I really need to say about that. Check solo performance out and see if you don't agree. Best known for his performances on electric guitar with his band Double Trouble [...]
My Johnny Winter Blues Experiment
In 1969 Johnny Winter released a blues album called "The Progressive Blues Experiment". It was probably my first experience where I realized I was listening to a genre of music rather than just music. Later Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer [...]