USA Blues
Show 90: USA Blues, Pt. 15: Texas to Virginia
This is a broad-jawed survey chapter that keeps Texas in view while making room for less expected states farther out on the map. The thesis is plain: once you start listening by birthplace and lineage, the blues tradition turns up in places the shorthand histories barely mention.
35Tracks
35Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags
This is a broad-jawed survey chapter that keeps Texas in view while making room for less expected states farther out on the map. The thesis is plain: once you start listening by birthplace and lineage, the blues tradition turns up in places the shorthand histories barely mention.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wasted Days And Wasted Nights | Freddy Fender | 1 | - | |
| 2 | Papa Ain't Salty | Doug Sahm | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Travelin' Blues | T-Bone Walker | 1 | - | |
| 4 | I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man | Billy Preston | 1 | - | |
| 5 | I Want To Take You Higher | Sly & The Family Stone | 1 | - | |
| 6 | The Lone Prairie | King Curtis | 1 | Yes | - |
| 7 | Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down | Kris Kristofferson | 2 | Yes | - |
| 8 | Talkin' Karate Blues | Townes Van Zandt | 2 | - | |
| 9 | Talking Birmingham Jam | Phil Ochs | 2 | - | |
| 10 | Blues Man | Stephen Stills | 2 | - | |
| 11 | I'm Tore Down | Freddie King | 2 | - | |
| 12 | Got My Mojo Working | Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Honey Bee | Stevie Ray Vaughan | 2 | - | |
| 14 | Dengue Woman Blues | Jimmie Vaughan | 2 | Yes | - |
| 15 | Turtle Blues | Big Brother & The Holding Company;Janis Joplin | 3 | Yes | - |
| 16 | Lone Star Blues | Edgar Winter;Keb' Mo' | 3 | - | |
| 16 | Lone Star Blues | Delbert McClinton | 3 | - | |
| 17 | Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo | Johnny Winter | 3 | - | |
| 18 | Mushmouth Shoutin' | ZZ Top | 3 | - | |
| 19 | Lovesick Blues | Wayne Hancock | 3 | - | |
| 20 | Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills | Red Steagall | 3 | - | |
| 22 | Rye Whiskey (Jack of Diamonds) | John Lomax, Jr. | 3 | Yes | - |
| 23 | Motherless Children Have A Hard Time (Previously Unreleased) | Blind Arvella Gray | 4 | Yes | - |
| 24 | A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues | The Osmonds | 4 | - | |
| 25 | Be-Bop-A-Lula | Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps;Gene Vincent | 4 | - | |
| 26 | In Care Of The Blues | Patsy Cline | 4 | - | |
| 27 | Flowers On the Wall | The Statler Brothers | 4 | - | |
| 28 | Salty Dog Blues | Roy Clark | 4 | - | |
| 29 | Ridin' That Midnight Train | The Stanley Brothers | 4 | - | |
| 30 | Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? | Pearl Bailey | 4 | - | |
| 31 | Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean | Ruth Brown | 4 | - | |
| 32 | Under The Spell Of The Blues | Ella Fitzgerald;Chick Webb | 4 | Yes | - |
| 33 | Doin' The New Low Down | Bill "Bojangles" Robinson;Don Redman | 5 | Yes | - |
| I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) | Billy Joe Shaver | - | |||
| Medley: Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On) / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / Red Sails In the Sunset / Walkin' My Baby Back Home / It's Only a Paper Moon | Johnny Mathis | - |