Texas Alexander Frost Texas Tornado Blues 1934

[deewilki]

if it was recorded in 1934 then its 1934 thats like suggesting you have super powers that know he sat and wrote it in 1930 many people make tunes retrospectivly about deeply hurting things as to do it instantly may inflict to much pain the tornado hit in May 6, 1930 leaving 41 dead alas a fine tune it is

[preservationhall01]

@deewilki We do know from biographical researchers trying to understand and interpret the hardscrabble and many times severely depressed lives of Texas Alexander and his cousin Lightnin Hopkins that this song was performed as early as the fall of 1930.I certainly wasn't there but do put a lot of faith in the accuracy of the biographers. If the biographers are wrong, the song nevertheless, gives some insight into the sad life of Alger. Thanx for your comment and hope you enjoyed the vid.

[deewilki]

@preservationhall01 i get what your saying but you can not put relitivness into the argument, many tunes were wrote before the got recorded , infact most tunes id say were well established tunes before the got recorded. the shieks for instance were playing throughout the 20s but didnt record untill the 30s, in those days popularity was figured out by touring with the tunes and playing them to see if they were liked . take the marx bros they toured for years with each film score on stage

[deewilki]

On April 9th 1934 Texas Alexander was backed by the Mississippi Sheiks on eight numbers. The lineup featured Bo on violin, Sam Chatman and Walter Vinson on guitars. Lonnie seems to be absent from this session. Highlights include “Seen Better Days”, “Texas Troublesome Blues”, “Last Stage Blues” and “Frost Texas Tornado Blues”, a topical blues dealing with a tornado which destroyed the tiny town of Frost, Texas on May 6, 1930 leaving 41 dead.

[deewilki]

ahhh texas alexander back by the mississippi shieks 

[mugwamp4]

the shot at 1.34 wtf!!!thats scary.

[mugwamp4]

the shot at 1.34 wtf!!!thats scary

[melgaskate]

Fuck.!! Fucked.!!

Blues <3

[fngrpkn06]

Fantastic video!

[h8jf1]

In the video, it says that the tornado hit in 1930. It would seem more plausible that this was written then and not 4 years later and yes, it is all about the music, but accuracy is okay too!! Great post, thanks, he is way too forgotten and underrated.

[preservationhall01]

@h8jf1 The song was definitely written in 1930-he just didn't record it until the 1934 San Antonio sessions. He actually didn't record anything between 1930 and 1934

[dz8p8n]

Photos of the actual damage were copied from the Navarro County TXGenWeb. Visit our site to learn more about the Frost Tornado and view even more images and news clipping. You will just have to google the site since we cant post links here.

[dz8p8n]

The actual damage photos used in this video were copied from the Navarro County TXGenWeb to learn more about the Frost Tornado, visit our site. Lots of news article and more photos.

[busessuck1]

Roots!

...I'm trying to find his recordings made in the 1950 because it says on the document records' biography that he made them for an audition... but then decided not to inlcude them on the cd itself

if you've got them i'd appreciate the upload

[katie4424]

lol- I live in frost texas...it hasnt improved much

[chuchungo1]

Alger "Texas" Alexander (12 de septiembre de 1900 - 16 de abril de 1954) fue un cantante de blues estadounidense nacido en Jewett, Texas.

Fue un hombre de baja estatura con una gran y profunda voz, iniciando su carrera musical en las calles, fiestas locales y picnics de las zonas bajas de Brazos River

[DancingOwl]

Fantastic music! Brings back great memories of seeing Sam Chatmon in the early 70's playing at the San Diego Blues and Folk Festival....love the Shieks!

[lskorecki]

i'm real sorry ... IT'S GREAT MUSIC, YOU EVEN MANAGED TO GET GREAT IMAGES ... BUT IT's not 1934 ... i'ts four years before ... when texas alexander recorded these fabulous violin blues with the mississippi sheiks ... great job anyway ...

[preservationhall01]

I agree FTTB could have been cut at a 6-9-30 SA TX session with Texas and the Chatmon boys. Problem-the OKEH discography internet site was researched by Brian Rust. Matrix 8890 for the disc didn't make sense. Rust later changed the recording date to 4-34 on his Redhotjazz site. I used the '34 date because it seemed to be a date revised for accuracy, who knows?-we'll probably never know for sure. Its all about the music anyway. Thanks for your comment.

[deewilki]

@lskorecki wrong