Out of Texas & Louisiana

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Of course, my fav Texan lady vocalist (together with Grace Slick, who is from Cali).

 

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Roky Erickson from Dallas TX

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Also cool to post any song about Texas, like this one....

 

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Lead Belly was born in Louisiana but was raised in Texas, I have seen him on CD;s about Texas music.

What an interesting story he actually sung his way out of prison (murder)

 

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If talking old Texas blues (pre 1940)

Blind Lemon Jefferson the first male "star:" of the genre, 1926
Henry Thomas a wandering hobo and the oldest to record, was born in the 1870;s.
Willie Reed
Little Hat Jones
Texas Alexander
Blind Willie Johnson
Funny Papa Smith
The Black Ace
Coley Jones
Ramblin' Thomas
Whistlin' Alex Moore

And................

 

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When Lightnin' Hopkins first recorded it was in 1946 in LA, he came from Houston with a piano player calling himself Thunder, so..................

 

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Of course, my fav Texan lady vocalist (together with Grace Slick, who is from Cali).

Guess she was a Texas A&M Aggie just not sure for how long.

 

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Guess she was a Texas A&M Aggie just not sure for how long.

Well, Janis was born in Port Arthur I think, but later left the Lone State for the hippier San Francisco

 

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Starting right now going to add.....It came from Louisiana......in this thread instead of more clutter.

Oscar Woods is on Texas music CD's, but......from Louisiana.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Well, Janis was born in Port Arthur I think, but later left the Lone State for the hippier San Francisco

I read her book but long ago so.......

Huge fan of old blues icon Bessie Smith.

 

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The best blues harmonica ever heard.

 

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Former governor of Louisiana

 

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Very sad story best googled.

 

[ricc505]

I thought Skynyrd were from Fla. !!!.....Jacksonville to be exact !!

You are probably correct I was thinking of songs about texas. Jimmie Rogers and Cash weren't from Texas either.