Texas Blues
15 Greatest Blues Guitarists of All Time: The Definitive List
Ranking the greatest blues guitarists of all time invites argument, and that is exactly the point. However, any honest list has to…
Blues Music Timeline: African Roots to Today
Blues Music Timeline: 25 Moments That Built America’s Most Powerful Sound This blues music timeline tracks the key moments that forged one…
Laura Chavez: Latina Blues Guitarist Breaking Barriers
Laura Chavez walked into JJ’s Blues in San Jose at eighteen years old. She was too young to legally be there. She…
Gary Clark Jr: 4 Grammys and a New Generation of Blues
Gary Clark Jr: Austin’s Four-Time Grammy-Winning Blues Revolutionary In 2017, a neighbor walked up to Gary Clark Jr outside his fifty-acre ranch…
Freddie King: ‘Hide Away’ and the Texas Sound He Defined
Freddie King: The Texas Cannonball Who Bridged Two Blues Worlds On a summer night in 1961, a young guitarist from Texas walked…
10 Amazing Essential Blues Records You Need to Know Now
10 Essential Blues Records That Belong in Every Collection In 1961, a Columbia Records producer pulled together twenty-nine songs by a Mississippi…
Ally Venable: Texas Teen Signed by Buddy Guy Himself
Ally Venable: The Texas Blues Guitarist Rewriting the Rules Ally Venable was twelve years old, riding in her father’s car in Kilgore,…
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Amazing Hidden Fire of Texas Blues
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Blazing Texas Blues Guitar Legend On a July evening in 1982, a skinny Texan named Stevie Ray Vaughan…