Texas blues
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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 |
Mainstream popularity: | Peaked in the 1980s |
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.
[change] Important artists
- 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
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Subgenres | Boogie-woogie - Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Electric blues - Fife and drum blues - Jump blues - Piano blues |
Mixes | Blues-rock - Jazz blues - Punk blues - Soul blues |
Regional genres | British blues - Canadian blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - East Coast blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - New Orleans blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues |
Related topics | Blues genres - Blues musicians - Blues scale - Jug band - Origins |