Texas blues
music genre
Texas Blues is a type of blues. Musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughan played it by using various types of guitar sounds like southern slide guitar and different melodies of blues and jazz.
| Texas Blues | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Blues, British Blues, Blues-Rock Country Blues, Swing, Jazz |
| Cultural origins | Circa 1920s, major revival in 1980s, Texas, United States |
| Typical instruments | Electric guitar - Bass guitar - drums - Keyboards |
Important artists
change- Albert Thunderbirds
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Billy Gibbons
- Freddie King
- Leadbelly
- Delbert McClinton
- Guitar Shorty
- Big Mama Thornton
- Jimmie Vaughan
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- T-Bone Walker
- Johnny Winter
- Canned Heat
