Texas Blues – A 60-Second Primer

Here’s your Texas Blues primer in just 60-seconds…

• • Blind Lemon Jefferson
  • T-Bone Walker
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins
  • Janis Joplin
  • Johnny Winter
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan

Blind Lemon Jefferson

• Founder of the ‘Texas Blues.’
• Born in Coutchman, Texas, 1893. Died in Chicago, Illinois, 1929.
• Recorded from 1923 to 1926 (just 4 years).
• Songs: Match Box Blues, Black Snake Moan, Easy Rider Blues, Hangman Blue, See That My Grave’s Kept Clean.
• Inaugural member of Blues Hall of Fame, 1980.
• Blind Lemon Jefferson – Wikipedia
• Blind Lemon Jefferson Discography – Discogs

T-Bone Walker

• Born in Linden, Texas, 1910. Died in Los Angeles, California, 1975.
• Recorded from 1929 to 1973.
• Traveled and played with Blind Lemon Jefferson.
• Songs: Woman You Must Be Crazy, Stormy Monday, T-Bone Shuffle, Mean Old World, T-Bone Blues, Shufflin’ Blues, Wichita Falls Blues.
• Inaugural member of Blues Hall of Fame, 1980.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1987.
• T-Bone Walker – Wikipedia
• T-Bone Walker Discography – Discogs

Lightnin’ Hopkins

• Born in Centerville, Texas, 1912. Died in Houston, Texas, 1983.
• Recorded from 1946 to 1981.
• Songs: Baby, Please Don’t Go, Once Was A Gamble, Have You Ever Loved A Woman, My Baby’s Gone, Lightin’s Boogie, Rock Me Baby.
• Inaugural member of Blues Hall of Fame, 1980.
• Lightnin’ Hopkins – Wikipedia
• Lightin’ Hopkins Discography – Discogs

Janis Joplin

• Born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943. Died in Los Angeles, California, 1970 (drug overdose).
• Recorded from 1962 to 1970 (just 8 years).
• Songs: Piece Of My Heart, Me And Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz, Summertime, Down On Me, Maybe, Ball And Chain.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1995.
• Janis Joplin – Wikipedia
• Janis Joplin Discography – Discogs

Johnny Winter

• Born in Beaumont, Texas, 1944. Died in Zurich, Switzerland, 2014.
• Recorded from 1969 to 2014.
• Songs: Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo, Black Cat Bone, Still Alive And Well, Honky Tonk.
• Blues Hall of Fame, 2012.
• Johnny Winter – Wikipedia
• Johnny Winter Discography – Discogs

Steve Ray Vaughan

• Born in Dallas, Texas, 1954. Died in East Troy, Wisconsin, 1990 (helicopter crash).
• Recorded from 1983 to 1990 (just 7 years).
• Songs: Pride And Joy, Crossfire, Little Wing, The House Is Rockin’, Life By The Drop, Superstition, The Sky Is Crying.
• Blues Music Award (formerly the W.C. Handy Award), 2000
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2015.
• Stevie Ray Vaughan – Wikipedia
• Stevie Ray Vaughan Discography – Discogs

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