'Blues' Category
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Lou Ann Barton: Steve Vaughan’s Muse
Lou Ann Barton: Steve Vaughan’s Muse Continues To Perform Lou Ann Barton is a legend on the local Austin scene and in Texas generally. Although she has never achieved mainstream success in the broader entertainment world, Lou Ann Barton is renowned among Texas roots music fans for her soulful vocals and powerful stage presence. Details [...]
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Toni Price: Austin’s blues rock goddess
Toni Price is Austin’s blues rock goddess There aren’t many singers who have been compared to both Patsy Cline and Bonnie Raitt. But Austin-based singer Toni Price hears that comparison nearly every time she sings. From her first album release in 1999, Price has embraced a compelling mix of influences from rock and blues to [...]
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Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Blues Revival
Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Blues Revival Stevie Ray Vaughan was responsible for the blues revival of the mid-1980s. Blues had slowly been fading as a popular music style until Stevie’s first album, “Texas Flood” came out on Epic Records. Stevie had been noticed by John Hammond, a legendary folk, jazz and blues talent scout [...]
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Jimmie Vaughan – Influential American blues-rock Guitarist
Influential American Blues-rock Guitarist Jimmie Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan is one of the most influential American blues-rock guitarists and singers performing today. The Jimmie Vaughan Stratocaster sound is so unique that many people can recognize his guitar playing upon hearing just a few notes. With a touch of bravado and swagger, this artist’s music is the [...]
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Karen Tyler Plays the Blues
Karen Tyler Karen Tyler is today one of the most lauded blues musicians in the West, and her love of acoustic blues music goes way back. She started listening to blues music when she lived in California in the 80s. She fell in love with the acoustic blues thanks to live performances from musicians like [...]
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Angela Strehli: Combining Talents with Lewis Cowdrey
Angela Strehli Born in Lubbock Texas, Angela Strehli grew up learning how to play a mean harmonica and strum the bass guitar before she invented her style through voice. Going to Chicago in 1966, she was given the opportunity to attend concerts of some of the greatest blues men known to the genre; Howlin’Wolf, Muddy [...]
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Lou Ann Barton: Legendary Austin Blues Musician
Legendary Austin Blues Musician Lou Ann Barton The golden era of the Austin blues scene began in the early 1970s and Lou Ann Barton was always at the center of it. With Antone’s, the legendary Austin blues club for a base, the early Austin blues scene was dominated by legendary players such as Stevie Ray [...]