Texas blues

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Texas blues
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsc. 1900s, Texas, U.S.
Other topics
Blues rock, Southern rock

Texas blues is blues music from Texas. As a regional style, its original form was characterized by jazz and swing influences. Later examples are often closer to blues rock and Southern rock.

History

Stevie Ray Vaughan was the most prominent figure in one style of Texas electric blues in the late 20th century

Texas blues began to appear in the early 1900s among African Americans who worked in oilfields, ranches and lumber camps. In the 1920s,

Lil' Son Jackson, and T-Bone Walker were influenced by these developments.[1] Robert Johnson's two recording sessions both took place in Texas, although he was from Mississippi
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first rock and roll record" title.[2]

The state's

R&B recording industry was based in Houston with labels such as Duke/Peacock, which in the 1950s provided a base for artists who would later pursue the electric Texas blues sound, including Johnny Copeland and Albert Collins.[1] Freddie King, a major influence on electric blues, was born in Texas, but moved to Chicago as a teenager.[1] His instrumental number "Hide Away" (1961), was emulated by British blues artists including Eric Clapton.[3]

In the late 1960s and early 1970s the Texas Blues scene began to flourish, influenced by country music and blues rock, particularly in the clubs of Austin. The diverse style often featured instruments such as keyboards and horns with emphasis on guitar soloing.[1] The most prominent artists to emerge in this era were the brothers Johnny and Edgar Winter, who combined traditional and southern styles.[1] In the 1970s, Jimmie Vaughan formed The Fabulous Thunderbirds and in the 1980s his brother Stevie Ray Vaughan broke through to mainstream success with his virtuoso guitar playing, as did ZZ Top with their brand of Southern rock.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra, S. T. Erlewine, All music guide to the blues: the definitive guide to the blues (Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2003), pp. 694–5.
  2. ISBN 0-8223-1265-4
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  3. ^ M. Roberty and C. Charlesworth, The complete guide to the music of Eric Clapton (Omnibus Press, 1995), p. 11.
  4. ^ E. M. Komara, Encyclopedia of the blues (Routledge, 2006), p. 50.
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