Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound

Contents

contents Foreword, Paul Oliver vii Acknowledgments xi Prologue xiii Introduction 1 east texas 27 Osceola Mays 28 John T. Samples Sr. 32 Mance Lipscomb 36 Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins 42 Frank Robinson 50 Clyde Langford 56 Henry Qualls 62 K. M. Williams 66 electrifying the blues 69 Introduction 71 Eddie Durham 72 Robert Lee Dunn 76 Charlie Christian 78 Aaron “T-Bone” Walker 80 dallas 83 Introduction 85 Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter 92 Herbert Cowens 94 Alexander H. Moore Sr. 97 Big Bo Thomas 101 Willie Willis 108 Vernon Garrett 111 Al “TNT” Braggs   115 Z. Z. Hill 120 Joe “Little Joe Blue” Valery 123 R. L. Griffin 125 Ernie Johnson 128 Anson Funderburgh 132 Mike Morgan 136 Memo “The Lone Wolf” Gonzalez 139 Robin “Texas Slim” Sullivan 142 Bnois King 147 Andrew “Junior Boy” Jones 153 Gregg Smith 156 Tutu Jones 159 Freddie King 166 Wanda King 168 fort worth 175 Introduction 177 Robert Ealey 182 Sumter Bruton 185 Ray Sharpe 190 Delbert McClinton 201 the saxophone in texas blues 203 Introduction 207 Henry “Buster” Smith 213 Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson 216 Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet 219 Don Wilkerson 221 Henry Hayes 223 Dewey Redman 225 Grady Gaines 229 Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff 233 houston 241 Introduction 243 Milton Larkin 258 Beulah “Sippie” Wallace 260 Big Walter Price 262 Evelyn Johnson 265 Riley “B. B.” King 269 Calvin Owens 274 Harrison D. Nelson (“Peppermint” Harris) 279 Lester Williams 282 Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton   283 Johnny Brown 284 Goree Carter 287 Albert Collins 289 Teddy Reynolds 295 Roy Gaines 297 Clarence Green 299 Joe Hughes 303 Pete Mayes 305 Johnny Copeland 307 Sonny Boy Terry 313 Gloria Edwards 321 Lee Audrey Roberts (Trudy Lynn) 325 Shemekia Copeland 328 zydeco 333 Introduction 335 01FRONT MATTER.indd 5 7/8/08 10:23:48 AM John H. Nobles 336 Clarence Gallien 338 Anderson Moss 340 Cleveland Walters 344 Alfonse “Lonnie” Mitchell 352 Clifton Chenier 358 Ashton Savoy 360 Alcido “L. C.” Donatto Sr. 362 L. C. Donatto Jr. 364 beaumont, port arthur, & orange 365 Introduction 367 Clarence Garlow 368 Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown 374 Long John Hunter 380 Tom Hunter 386 Johnny Winter 390 Barbara Lynn 396 Alfonso R. “Little Ray” Ybarra 398 Joe Jonas 403 the move to california 409 Introduction 411 Bob Geddins 413 Lowell Fulson 416 Connie Curtis “Pee Wee” Crayton 419 Percy Mayfield 424 Charles Brown 431 Ivory Joe Hunter 438 Lloyd Glenn 440 Floyd Dixon 442 Amos Milburn 444 L. C. “Good Rockin’” Robinson 446 Clarence Edward “Sonny Rhodes” Smith 450 Little Frankie Lee 455 Katie Webster 458 san antonio, corpus christi, & the rio grande valley 461 Introduction 463 Mariellen Shepphard 466 Ildefonso “Sunny” Ozuna 467 Adrian Trevino 478 Baldemar “Freddy Fender” Huerta 480 austin 485 Introduction 486 Alfred “Snuff” Johnson 491 Robert Shaw 495 Lavelle White 497 Lavada Durst 501 W. C. Clark 505 Angela Strehli 511 The Fabulous Thunderbirds 516 Doyle Bramhall II 521 Stevie Ray Vaughan 532 List of Illustrations 541 Selected Discography 549 Selected Bibliography 555 Index 557 vi contents 01FRONT MATTER.indd 6 7/22/08 12:28:00 PM ...