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A Tribute To Texas Blues Guitarists
I do not own the copyrights to the recordings used within this clip, so if it needs to be removed, I will remove it. This video is for historical and educational purposes only
Since YouTube has expanded it’s range to 15-minute clips, I decided to deviate from the norm and do something different. There are 50 Texas Blues guitarists featured here from 1925 to the present. There’s a few that I’m sure I missed but I have included legends from the past as well as some modern guitar slingers that’s out there playing the blues in the clubs, the joints, and the festivals today. I deeply regret the omission of Long John Hunter after I had saved a picture of him.
THE PHOTOS:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897-1929) (Coutchman, Near Wortham)
Blind Willie Johnson (1902-1947) (Marlin)
Willard “Ramblin’ Thomas (1902-1945) (Logansport, LA.)
Henry “Ragtime Texas” Thomas (1874-c. 1950′s) (Big Sandy)
J.T. “Funny Papa” Smith (c. 1890′s-c.1940′s) (Texas) (No photo available)
George “Little Hat” Jones (1899-1981) (Bowie County)
B.K. Turner aka Black Ace (1907-1972) (Hughes Springs)
Aaron “T-Bone” Walker (1910-1975) (Linden)
Sam “Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912-1982) (Centerville)
John Hogg (1912-?) (Westconnie, near Nacogdoches)
Melvin “Lil’ Son” Jackson (1915-1976) (Tyler)
Frankie Lee Sims (1917-1970) (New Orleans, LA.)
Andrew “Smokey” Hogg (1914-1960) (Westconnie, near Nacogdoches)
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (1924-2005) (Vinton, LA.)
Lowell Fulson (1921-1999) (Tulsa, OK.)
Connie “Pee Wee” Crayton (1914-1985) (Rockdale)
Lester Williams (1920-1990) (Groveton)
Texas Johnny Brown (?-) (Houston)
A.D. “ZuZu” Bollin (1922-1990) (Frisco)
Freddie King (1934-1976) (Gilmer)
Weldon “Juke Boy” Bonner (1932-1978) (Bellville)
Johnny “Guitar” Watson (1935-1996) (Houston)
Harding “Hop” Wilson (1922-1975) (Grapeland)
Oscar Wills aka T.V. Slim (1916-1969) (Houston)
Clarence Green (1937-1997) (Houston)
Cal Green (1937-2004) (Dayton)
Johnny Copeland (1937-1997) (Haynesville, LA.)
Clarence Holliman (?-?) (Houston)
Larry Davis (1936-1994) (Kansas City, KS.)
Albert Collins (1932-1993) (Leona)
Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976) (Navasota)
Joe “Guitar” Hughes (1938-2003) (Houston)
Little Joe Washington (?-) (Houston)
Johnny Winter (1944-) (Beaumont)
Bugs Henderson (1943-) (Palm Springs, CA.)
Billy Gibbons (1950-) (Houston)
Denny Freeman (1944-) (Orlando, FL.)
W.C. Clark (1939-) (Austin)
Jimmie Vaughan (1953-) (Dallas)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1955-1990) (Oak Cliff)
Anson Funderburgh (1954-) (Plano)
Mike Morgan (1959-) (Dallas)
Smokin’ Joe Kubek (1956-) (Grove City, PA.)
Gary “B.B.” Coleman (1947-1994) (Paris)
Hash Brown (?-) (Dallas)
Andrew “Blues Boy” Jones (1950-) (Dallas)
Chris Duarte (1963-) (San Antonio)
Mark May (?-) (Houston)
Wes Jeans (1981-) (Marshall)
THE RECORDINGS:
Black Ace-Black Ace (Composed by B.K. Turner) (1937)
Lightnin’ Hopkins-Someday Baby (Composed by Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon) (1947)
Pee Wee Crayton-Win-O (Composed by Pee Wee Crayton) (1954)
Cal Green-Green’s Blues (Composed by Cal Green) (1958)
T.V. Slim:Gravy Round Your Steak (Composed by Oscar Wills) (1960)
A special thanks to all of my friends and subscribers on YouTube, Broadband, answers.com, wikipedia.com, “The Blues Who’s Who” by Sheldon Leonard, Mountain Dew, Hill Country Fare Grape Drink, Pall Mall Red 100′s, and all of the musicians that’s out there keeping the blues alive!
Peace,
Mike
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Blues Guitar Lessons – “Sweet Home Chicago” Genealogy
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Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of teaching at various workshops in the company of some fabulous blues guitarists, including Paul Rishell, Steve James and Duke Robillard, among others. I’ve always soaked up as much as I could from these experiences, realizing early on that as long as no one who was paying me to teach realized just how much I was actually learning myself, I was pretty much sitting on so much velvet. The thing I’ve always envied about these guys is their hands-on connection to the past. Steve’s got stories about backing up Furry Lewis onstage in Memphis in the early ’70s. Duke told me once how he got called up to sit in with Muddy Waters, while Freddie King was already onstage too, and Freddie proceeded to glower at Duke the entire time for messing with his own Muddy moment. “And Freddie was a big guy!” laughed Duke. But the best of all are Paul Rishell’s stories about backing up Howlin’ Wolf in Boston, also in the early ’70s. After one session, one of the other musicians asked Wolf if he had any words of wisdom for a young, up and coming bluesman. Wolf looked the afro’d and dashiki’d guitarist up and down and growled, “Yeah! Throw them pedals in the river on the way to the barber shop!”
So I wish the things I am about to tell you, I learned from hanging with Robert Lockwood Jr., sitting in with Roosevelt Sykes, and catching Magic Sam at his incendiary Ann Arbor Blues Festival appearance in the 1960s. But I didn’t. I learned them on Youtube, and from Wikipedia. Also from Elijah Wald’s fantastic book, Escaping the Delta. More on that in a future post. For now, on to the Robert Johnson tune, “Sweet home Chicago.”
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Jamorama-the Ultimate Guitar Learning Kit
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Learning The Guitar Fretboard
I never cease to be amazed at the number of guitar players who
cannot name the notes on their fretboard. Little do they know that by
devoting a little time to unlocking the neck of their guitar they will
improve their playing, and enjoyment of the instrument, ten fold!!
During my time at the Guitar Institute in London, and Sandown
College Of Performing Arts in Liverpool, I met many guitarists who had
been playing for 10, 15 or even 20 years, and yet, unbelievably,
couldn’t show me where to find an A# on the 2nd string or a B natural
on the 5th string. My amazement prompted me to write the “Fretboard
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The “Fretboard Master” ebook contains all you need to know in order
to become a master of the fretboard. What do we mean when we say master
of the fretboard? Well, it doesn’t mean that you will suddenly start
sounding like Steve Vai, Segovia or Jimi Hendrix! A fretboard master is
somebody who feels comfortable with their guitar, Somebody that can
find any note on any string within a second and somebody that can
transpose a piece of music on the spot. That is a fretboard master.
Many guitar players are usually only interested in learning hot
licks or funky chords. That is good, as long as they also take time out
to study the layout of the fretboard. The old saying “The proof is in
the pudding,” is so true when it comes to stating the importance of
fretboard mastery. Once you start familiarising yourself with the notes
on the neck of the guitar you will quickly discover how important it
is. It will be like somebody has switched on a big musical light that
shows you exactly what you have been missing. You will feel like a
better player, look like a better player, inevitably sound like a
better player and more importantly…..WILL BE a better player!!
Imagine learning a really cool chord progression, a red hot lick or
a head turning funky guitar riff. You have spent hours practising it
and you are now ready to unleash it on your band members. You play it,
and they are all amazed at your stunning technique. They shake your
hand, ruffle your hair, maybe even give you a shoulder lift around the
rehearsal room. You feel great! Then when the fuss dies down, the bass
player asks “Can you play that again in F#?” What? F#? You begin to
sweat, your palms itch, your head races. Where’s F#? you ask yourself.
Too late! The drummer drops you from the shoulder lift and you hit the
earth with a bang!! Ouch!! You blew it! You should have learnt your
fretboard.
Take a tip from me. Whether you are just starting out or have been
playing for a number of years, you need to learn you fretboard. There’s
no way round it. Do it today and who knows, maybe the next time you
learn a cool guitar lick your drummer want drop you on the floor!
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