Title: Texas Music, Vol. 1: Postwar Blues Combos Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 1994 Label: Rhino Album Type(s): Various artists collection UPCs: 081227178123, 081227178147 Genre: Blues Styles: Early R&B, Soul-Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Piano Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Texas Blues, West Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Juke Joint Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Year Type Label Catalog # 1994 CD Rhino 71781 ------ CD Rhino 71781

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Texas blues is harder to define and pigeonhole than, say, Chicago electric blues, or Mississippi Delta country blues. In general terms, the Texas blues of the immediate post-war era often featured hard-driving, jazzy guitar lines, a jump blues influence, occasional brass, and a generally lighter, sunnier attitude than its more famous Chicago cousin. This is a fine 18-song survey of Texas blues from the late '40s to the early '70s, including both giants (T-Bone Walker, Bobby Bland, Freddie King, Albert Collins) and names that are known only to blues collectors (Frankie Lee Sims, Goree Carter, Zuzu Bollin). Some of the selections, even by some of the more well-known names, are damned rare; there are mighty hard-to-find '50s singles by Collins, Gatemouth Brown, and Johnny Copeland (as well as one very well-known single, Ivory Joe Hunter's "Since I Met You Baby"). There are a good variety of styles here, encompassing both bluesy ballads and boogies; the thrilling instrumental string-benders by Clarence Green, Albert Collins, and T-Bone Walker may be the highlights. Whatever your preference, it's a fine survey/introduction to vintage Texas electric blues, and it's a good bet that even listeners with big blues collections won't have a lot of the rarities here. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Albert Collins Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) Allison Tucker Drums Amos Milburn Vocals, Piano, Performer Art Slave Design Arthur Blake Bass Big Mama Thornton Vocals Big Tiny Sax (Tenor) Big Walter Vocals, Performer Bill Johnson Bass, Bass Bob Fisher Remastering Bobby "Blue" Bland Vocals, Performer Bobby Simmons Trumpet Buddy Woodson Bass Carl Adams Trumpet Carl Lott Bass Charles Brown Piano, Vocals Charles Brown and Band Performer Charles Myers Drums Charlie Morgan Piano Chuck Blackwell Drums Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Performer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Guitar Clarence Green Guitar (Acoustic), Piano, Guitar Clarence Green & The Rhythmaires Performer Clifford Burks Sax (Tenor) Connie McBooker Piano Conrad Johnson Sax (Alto) David "Fathead" Newman Sax (Alto) Don Preston Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Donald "Duck" Dunn Bass Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Sax (Tenor) Eddie Davis Sax (Tenor) Eddie Hutcherson Trumpet Eddie Williams Bass Edward Hale Sax (Alto) Ferdinand Banks Sax (Tenor) Floyd Arceneaux Trumpet Frank Mitchell Trumpet Frankie Lee Sims Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Guitar, Performer Freddie King Guitar, Performer, Vocals George Alexander Trumpet Goree Carter Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Guitar Grady Gaines Sax (Tenor) Hamp Simmons Bass Harold Bennett Sax (Tenor) Harold Easton Drums Henry Diltz Photography Henry Hayes Sax (Alto) Herbert Henderson Drums Herman Hopkins Piano Ike Smalley Sax (Alto) Ivory Joe Hunter Vocals, Piano, Performer Jack White Sax (Tenor) James Austin Compilation Producer James Moseley Bass Jimmy Mullens Drums Joe Scott Trumpet John "Jabo" Starks Drums John Gallie Organ John Laboe Sax (Baritone) John Morthland Liner Notes, Compilation Producer John Starks Drums Johnnie Mae Brown Piano Johnny Board Sax (Tenor) Johnny Copeland Performer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Guitar Johnny Moore Guitar (Acoustic) Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Guitar Johnny Perri Drums Johnny Perry Drums Johnny Prejan Drums King Curtis Sax (Tenor) L.A. Hill Sax (Tenor) L.D. MacKintosh Drums Leon Russell Piano Leroy Cooper Sax (Baritone) Lester Williams Guitar, Performer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals Lonnie Lyons Piano Louis Pitts Bass Maxwell Davis Sax (Tenor) Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson Trumpet Melvin Daniels Piano, Performer, Vocals Nathaniel Douglas Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) Nelson Mills Trumpet Odie Turner Piano Pee Wee Crayton Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) Pluma Davis Trombone Rachel Gutek Design, Artwork Ralph Morgan Bass Ray Ellis Conductor Rayfield Davers Sax (Baritone) Rob Skinner Sax (Tenor) Robert Sims Drums Sam Williams Sax (Tenor), Sax (Tenor) Sylvester Morton Drums T-Bone Walker Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Performer Ted Reynolds Piano, Organ Teddy Reynolds Piano, Organ Wayne Bennett Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Willard McDaniel Piano Willie Taylor Piano Wilmer Shakesliner Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) Yogi Bass Zell Kindred Piano Zuzu Bollin Vocals, Guitar, Performer, Guitar (Acoustic)