Friday, May 21, 2010

Don’t mess with Texas

Characterized by more jazz-influenced swing, slide guitars, guitar "licks" and solos, another variation of the blues was born out of Texas. Although Stevie Ray Vaughn is probably the most famous representative of this genre, he’s pre-dated by decades by the likes of Freddie King, Lightnin’ Hopkins and T-Bone Walker.

Here’s Freddie King doing Hideaway, a song both SRV and Clapton covered:



One of my alltime favorite blues songs is Stormy Monday Blues originally written by T-Bone Walker. Although I like the Allman Brothers and Bobby Blue Bland’s versions much better, here's T-Bone doing it live:




Jeff
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