Geographic
Show 5: Texas Blues Guitar Tradition
Texas blues has room to roam: sharp guitar lines, open rhythm, and a lot of songster blood still in it. This show makes the case that Texas produced one of the broadest blues traditions in the country, from country picking to sleek electric leads.
33Tracks
28Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags
Texas blues has room to roam: sharp guitar lines, open rhythm, and a lot of songster blood still in it. This show makes the case that Texas produced one of the broadest blues traditions in the country, from country picking to sleek electric leads.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rambler Blues | Blind Lemon Jefferson | 1 | Story | |
| 2 | Dark Is the Night | Ry Cooder | 1 | - | |
| 3 | It's Nobody's Fault but Mine | Blind Willie Johnson | 1 | - | |
| 4 | John the Revelator | Blind Willie Johnson | 1 | Story | |
| 5 | Two Timin' Woman | Melvin Lil' Son" Jackson" | 1 | - | |
| 6 | Bring Me My Shotgun | Lightnin' Hopkins | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Boogie Chillen | Mance Lipscomb | 1 | - | |
| 8 | Blue Yodel (T for Texas) | Jimmie Rodgers | 1 | - | |
| 9 | I Am the Black Ace | Black Ace | 1 | - | |
| 10 | Muscat Hill Blues | Buddy Woods | 1 | Yes | - |
| 14 | Mean Old World | T-Bone Walker | 2 | Story | |
| 15 | Call It Stormy Monday | T-Bone Walker | 2 | Story | |
| 16 | T-Bone Blues | T-Bone Walker | 2 | Story | |
| 17 | Have You Ever Loved A Woman | Freddie King | 2 | - | |
| 18 | Going Down | Freddie King | 2 | Yes | - |
| 19 | Ease My Pain | Johnny Winter | 3 | Yes | Story |
| 20 | Ice Pick | Albert Collins | 3 | - | |
| 21 | Gangster Of Love | Johnny Guitar" Watson" | 3 | - | |
| 22 | Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night? | Zuzu Bollin | 3 | - | |
| 23 | Low Society | Lowell Fulson | 3 | - | |
| 24 | Loud Mouth Lucy | Roy Gaines | 3 | - | |
| 25 | Texas Flood | Stevie Ray Vaughan | 3 | - | |
| 26 | Just Got Back from Baby's | ZZ Top | 3 | - | |
| 27 | Lone Star Shootout | Long John Hunter | 3 | Yes | - |
| 28 | A Blue Song | Joe Guitar" Hughes" | 4 | Yes | - |
| 29 | Somebody Loan Me A Dime | Fenton Robinson | 4 | - | |
| 30 | Sweet Little Angel | Big Mama Thornton | 4 | - | |
| 31 | Ball N' Chain | Big Mama Thornton | 4 | - | |
| 32 | My Woman Has a Black Cat Bone | Hop Wilson | 4 | - | |
| 33 | Shakin' Dem Bones | U.P. Wilson | 4 | Story | |
| Driftin' Blues | Charles Brown | - | |||
| Let Me Go Home, Whiskey | Amos Milburn | - | |||
| You're My Man - Slick Chick Blues | Victoria Spivey | - |