Never been to Texas. Dead honestly, i could probably die happy without ever going there. Nothing against it, i just don’t get on with hot weather and flat landscapes. But they sure can do some blues. Must be something in the water.
Stumbled on the Janis Joplin track on the tube of you. No idea where this version is from. But she sure doesn’t like her hometown (Port Arthur). There’s a version of Ego Rock on the In Concert Album, this one isn’t it. There’s a bootleg out with Johnny Winter (Beaumont) on guitar from a concert in Boston, this isn’t it. There’s another version with Johnny Winter on a compiliation called Blow All My Blues Away. This might be it. Johnny also joined her onstage at a concert at MSG a week after the Boston concert. Maybe this is it, and maybe the one on that compiliation album. That’s all the info i can find. But anyhoo, the tune is awesome.
I’ve probably posted the Winter bros doing Tobacco Road too many times on the mothership already, so here’s a different tune -
Another pair of Texan brothers (Dallas) -
(WARNING – Axe Wank!)
More Stevie Ray – who is generally more my preferred style of blues than his brother.
I do love the T- birds though, and Jimmie is a fantastic guitarist. –
Have to say that i never was a big ZZ Top fan (Houston). No arguing with this one though -
No doubt Spotted Rich knows a whole lot more than i do!
How could i forget (Houston) -
Great choices there, Amylee. The blues seems to have bypassed San Antonio. T Bone Walker is from up near Texarkana near the Louisiana border. His shuffle seems to have that perfect Texas Blues sound (at least to my uneducated ears).
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMSnUDgMhw]
That was great. I knew the name but not the music. I left out Austin too, but although the Vaughans hail from Dallas, the T-birds were really an Austin based band.
That’s actually kind of weird, i wonder why. there’s no https in your link, that’s what the usual problem is.
My link!
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMSnUDgMhw]
Hmmm. Still not working for me today
see if i can make it work -
um, you have to paste the link, amy, dumbass -
Thank you. It’s not happening for me today!
I meant to add, I do prefer Stevie, too, and do like ZZ Top, even when they are being silly.
There are some wonderfully hilly parts of Texas (The Hill Country!) which runs east from SA. It’s gorgeous with some wonderful ranchlands, caves and caverns, mesquite trees, scorpions, snakes and stuff.
oh, my comment ended upthread at 4:29. batting 1000 so far today.
But it’s still really hot there, right? Pass.
And I forgot to post this too. Love it. Fingers crossed!
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J077xYGpngw]
I’m here for you. Gott fly out the door so don’t have time to fix it internally –
Oooh, will enjoy later this evening. I’m kind of on a Johnny kick lately. He really is the shit. Makes it look so easy too. Should be on my shortlist of best cover artists ever.
I really am dumb today. Been up since 4 am.
That was really lovely, i don’t think i’ve heard that one before.
Eric Johnson is from Austin, but he falls under much respect for me, but a long way from love.