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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[nbnybeats4u]

thank you for teaching some of my countries history,music s history and good ole blues for my soul.

[randomandrare]

@nbnybeats4u You're very welcome

[Alvan5]

Excellent!

This is what YouTube, should have been for, not all the spam/Ad/misleading view traps.

Thanks.

[randomandrare]

@Alvan5 You're welcome and thank you for viewing

[LedHeadTillDeath]

You've got a true knowledge of music lovely.

[randomandrare]

@LedHeadTillDeath Thank you!

[CARLOSMORA71]

excelente trabajo

[coyotestalker01]

Anyone that lives in the Houston area should take advantatge and go see him before he's gone, very approachable for autographs, bummin your smokes, bullshittin and havin a cpl drinks before he goes on.

[coyotestalker01]

You can hang out with Little Joe Washington at the Boondocks bar on westheimer every Tuesday night. He does an hour set there starting at 10:00. I unknowingly sat by his drink this past Tuesday while waiting for the show and he came and sat down with me and my buddy and talked up a storm. We went up stairs and he burned the place down. Plays better with his feet than I do with my hands. Got a good group of guys that play with him to keep him on his feet, they deserve some credit for that.

[FatKidCookie]

damn ive been listening to blues for like 10 hours straight now, i tried to get my headphones off but..i cant