Texas Blues Standards

Roadhouse members,

It would help me a great deal if you could suggest the songs that you consider to be the standards of the Texas Blues sub-genre of blues. Obviously there will be a lot of opinion on this subject. So please be respectful. We'll listen to everyone's suggestions and then try to boil the list down to a reasonable number.

I'd like this list to contain both new and old standards. So obviously Stevie Ray Vaughan is fair game. Likewise, so are all the old legends of Texas Blues.

Also, if you can find a video of a classic performance of that song, that would help as well so that we can add those to our video library for future reference.

Thanks,

Michael


Tags: Blues Standards, Texas Blues, Texas Blues Standard

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Permalink Reply by Pat Boyack on October 21, 2010 at 10:42am
Here is one of many..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBrE509Y40A
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on October 21, 2010 at 10:55am
Yeah man, that's what I'm talking about. That will make the list for sure. Thanks Pat.

I just added the video here: Walk Right In

And I tagged it with the tag "Texas Blues Standard" (use quotes to get all the words together in one tag). If anyone else adds a video, tag it the same way. Then we can just click the tag and see all the submissions.

I've got a lot that I want to suggest. I'll post some throughout the day and this weekend.

Michael
Permalink Reply by Jeffrey Brooks on October 24, 2010 at 11:57pm
Something from Lightnin Hopkins ought to be in there. Maybe "Cotton":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFN9lebEvF0
Permalink Reply by Scott Whigham on October 28, 2010 at 8:43am
The audio is not timed w/ the video but here's a classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Feq_Nt3nM

Big Joe!
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on October 28, 2010 at 3:18pm
As much as I love Big Joe Turner (and you know I do), he's a KC boy.


Scott Whigham said:
The audio is not timed w/ the video but here's a classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Feq_Nt3nM

Big Joe!
Permalink Reply by Scott Whigham on October 28, 2010 at 3:24pm
Ahhh - I think I didn't read the "rules" correctly!
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on October 28, 2010 at 3:25pm
Yeah, Jeffrey. How bout this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gr_l2gMuVE

Michael


Jeffrey Brooks said:
Something from Lightnin Hopkins ought to be in there. Maybe "Cotton":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFN9lebEvF0
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on October 30, 2010 at 10:09am
Ok, so I've added a TON of new videos. And I'm going to continue adding them. But at this point, you can see the candidates I've added to the list here:

http://www.texasbluesroadhouse.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Texas...

If there's one that you think shouldn't be on the list, just add a comment. And if there are ones I've missed, either add them yourself and tag them with "Texas Blues Standard", or just tell me and I'll add them.

One thing I've noticed as I'm doing this is that there are a lot of great songs out there by the early innovators that are really cool that many people haven't heard before. But the challenging part is ... are they standards? And, what I've been doing is if I've heard some of the local guys covering the tune, I make it a standard. If however, I just think the tune is a really cool piece of history that *should* be a standard, I make it a "Texas Blues Classic". It's debatable whether or not that's the best approach. But I welcome your input on all of this.

Keep checking back. More good stuff to come.

Michael
Permalink Reply by Gordon Malone on October 31, 2010 at 9:46am
What? No one has put up any Elmore James yet!

Dust My Broom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKo80b-QfK0

The Sky Is Crying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgsJZaHMj7s
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on November 1, 2010 at 9:42am
Great tunes. But Elmore was a Mississippi blues man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James



Gordon Malone said:
What? No one has put up any Elmore James yet!

Dust My Broom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKo80b-QfK0

The Sky Is Crying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgsJZaHMj7s
Permalink Reply by Scott Whigham on November 1, 2010 at 10:26am
Hmmmm - I'm confused. There are a bunch of Jimmy Reed tunes on here but he's a Mississippi boy too.
Permalink Reply by Michael Schaefer on November 1, 2010 at 8:20pm
Good point.


Scott Whigham said:
Hmmmm - I'm confused. There are a bunch of Jimmy Reed tunes on here but he's a Mississippi boy too.

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