#Texas Bluesmen

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"We're 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.... Hit it."

(More stuff I saw at the convention😗)

Have you heard of the Blues Brothers? You know Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi. Well, I saw the Texas Bluesmen perform there & MY GOD they did such a good performance & stayed in character so well like the OGs. The Texas Bluesmen are a tribute band based in Dallas, Texas & pays tribute to of course Elewood & Joliet Blues. They are very wonderful gentlemen & so funny too.

(IGNORE MY AWKWARD POSES I ALMOST PASSED OUT MEETING THEM & GETTING NEAR THE BLUESMOBILE)

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Jimmy Reed was the first blues artist I became aware of as a youngster. I’d sneak into my older brother’s room when he was out & listen to his records, being real careful to put them right back exactly where I found them. There were healthy doses of Elvis & Chuck Berry, “Hi-Heel Sneakers”, & a really cool song called “Baby What You Want Me To Do” by Jimmy Reed. 

Once I got a little older & I started idolizing British groups like The Rolling Stones & The Yardbirds, eventually I started delving a little deeper & discovered Bo Diddley & bluesmen like Muddy Waters & Howlin’ Wolf. 

Then I came back to Jimmy Reed, & after repeated listenings over the years, somewhere along the way I decided maybe Jimmy was my favorite. There was just something about those repeated rhythms & his nonchalant delivery that just felt right & spoke to me...

Wake Up at Daybreak · Jimmy Reed 

from Jimmy Reed Is Back

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The first time that Buddy Guy, quite possibly the greatest living blues guitarist, heard Stevie Ray Vaughan play, he couldn’t believe it. “He was hitting them notes and made me feel like I should go in the audience and watch so I could learn something,” says Guy in Alan Paul and Andy Aledort’s illuminating oral history, “Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan.”

Lots of people felt the same way. During his brief, blazing time in the spotlight — just seven years passed between the acclaimed debut album that gives this book its title and the 1990 helicopter crash that killed him at age 35 — Vaughan seemed to represent the culmination of the guitar hero era, absorbing the influences of masters from B.B. King to Lonnie Mack to (especially) Jimi Hendrix and spinning them into endlessly inventive, laser-sharp fretwork. “Stevie had the intensity of rock with the deep feeling of the blues,” says Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule. “That was a lethal combination.”

“He was probably the most fierce of the bluesmen I’ve ever heard,” says Bonnie Raitt. “He was playing as if his life depended on it, and it did.”

New York Times

Photo by Ken Hoge

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Saturday:) Some Seriously Awesome Artists and Musicians

Saturday:) Some Seriously Awesome Artists and Musicians

“We see art with our eyes and we feel music with our soul, and we need both for a happy heart.”

~Toni Armenta Andrukaitis

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So many awesome artists to visit at the MillHouse Art Fest today, and so little time. So, I’ll just show you some cool photos of what we saw today. Linda, Mercedes and I spent the afternoon at the Cotton Mill, checking out our talented local artists…

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Upcoming Movie: Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues

Upcoming Movie: Bonnie Blue: James Cotton’s Life in the Blues

The story of James Cotton, harmonica powerhouse, whose music shaped blues and rock. Orphaned at 9, Cotton’s life tracks America’s history—from the post-depression cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta to being mentored by the original Delta bluesmen, to Chicagoland’s artistic reinvention to the live music scene in Austin, Texas. Credits: TheMovieDb.

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Little Joe Blue - “Gonna Walk On” Jewel Spotlights the Blues, Volume 2 Song released in 1971. Compilation released in 1994.. Electric Blues / Blues

Little Joe Blue is one of blues’ lesser known entities, but he was a gifted musician who was able to find a modicum of success when he moved from Detroit to L.A. His biggest problem was B. B. King. LJB was often chided as a clone of King and that caused some people to write him off entirely, but his harshest critics seemed to be missing a crucial point: if you can make music that sounds like B. B. King, you’re definitely good at the blues. The Handbook of Texas Online lays it out best:

He is often unfairly described as a B. B. King imitator, but his records show a fine singer who was always able to find good songs to record. He never found it necessary to compromise his basic style to win a wider audience, and as a result his work has an integrity that more popular bluesmen have sometimes lost.  

Although LJB made his official debut in 1963, it wouldn't be until 1972 that he'd finally release his first full-length album. Titled Southern Country Boy and released on Shreveport, Louisiana's Jewel Records, the debut LP showed Joe introducing himself to many by going back to his roots. See, even though he had migrated from Detroit to L.A. in order to make a name for himself, Little Joe Blue was never actually a Motor City or City of Angels guy; he was merely a product of Vicksburg, Mississippi and was just a man who appeared to be perpetually far away from his home. Joe wanted it to be known that no matter where he was physically, he was always a southern country boy at heart.

But in the year prior to his debut album, LJB released a pair of singles, and three of the four songs on those singles would make it onto Southern Country Boy. The b-side off of the second single, "Gonna Walk On," played as Southern Country Boy's blazing finale. And when the album was later released on the Japanese label P-Vine, the song was actually chosen to open up the album instead.

It's very difficult to determine which skill it was that Little Joe Blue possessed more of a gift for: vocals or guitar. And a song like this is not going to help you at all in making that decision. People called him ingenuine because he sounded a lot like B. B. King, but I can't sense any inauthenticity from this song that would lead me to think that Little Joe Blue was only in the game to make some scratch off of a King imitation. LJB really sounds like he's bearing his soul on this record, as he always did, and if he was faking it, then he was excellent at that, too. But I doubt he was. He just sounds so free on here, from his improvised guitar phrases to his singing that wanders off-beat. Dig his totally uninhibited vocal yowl in the final leg.

Anyone who rejected this dude for being derivative of B. B. King is a dang fool. Little Joe Blue's skills as both a blues vocalist and guitarist were incredible. He made blues that were head and shoulders above much of whatever else was coming out at the time. He deserves gobs of recognition based on that alone. 

What a talent.

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Kiwi Rebel. Texas Bluesmen ZZ Top and this is one of my fave pix of the boys.

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ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band From Texas (Official Trailer)

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Produced by the Emmy award-winning Banger Films, ZZ TOP: THAT LITTLE OL’ BAND FROM TEXAS tells the story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen - Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard – became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet, all while maintaining a surrealist mystique that continues to intrigue fans and entice onlookers 50 years after the band’s inception.   Buoyed by candid band interviews, never-before-seen archive, animation, celebrity fan testimonials (Billy Bob Thornton, Joshua Homme and more), and an intimate performance at the legendary Gruene Hall shot exclusively for this documentary, “That Little Ol’ Band” runs the gamut, from the absurd to the poignant, from squalid Texas bars to MTV heroics, all in celebration of this notoriously private, but larger than life, power trio. In the end, ZZ TOP: THAT LITTLE OL’ BAND FROM TEXAS unravels the extraordinary tale of a band whose image we know, but whose story we don’t.

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Freddie King was one of the most legendary bluesmen to ever exist. He checked every box: distinctive guitar style (a nuanced fusion of Texas and Chicago styles), a ragged yet powerful voice, a party-hard lifestyle, and an early death. His career expanded throughout the years to include rhythm and blues and rock music influences. No matter what he played, Freddie King always proved to be a massive performer.

A new manager led King to a contract for Shelter Records, rock pianist Leon Russell’s new label. King was flown to Chicago to record Getting Ready. This effort was his tenth studio album and features a lineup of incredible studio musicians, including Russell. Unfortunately, King would only go on to record four more albums before dying at 42 of acute pancreatitis and complications from stomach ulcers. 

“Going Down” was one of the tracks off of Getting Ready that had not been recorded before. It was written by Don Nix and provided and rock and roll departure from King’s usual interpretations of blues standards. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, and Joe Satriani would all later record the track. However, none came close to King’s screaming, wailing, driving version of it.

As usual, King’s guitar takes center stage. It’s impeccable despite its gritty tone. It’s emotional despite its incredible power. And it’s some of the best rock and roll ever despite being played by a bluesman. Set alongside Freddie King’s growling voice, the song is primal and moving. It’s no wonder why “Going Down” became a staple in the repertoires of rock and blues musicians alike. 

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Review Roundup: Colin Linden and Ana Egge

For yet another week, the slate of worthy new Americana and roots music releases is larger than my opportunity to write full-length reviews. Add in to that preparations for my trip to the Americana Music Festival (watch for a recap here at Concerthopper and follow our socials for pics all week long!) and it's time for another roundup of two albums for your consideration.

Colin Linden- bLOW (Sept 17) Let's face it. Lucinda Williams could have signed almost anyone as the first artist to represent her new label Highway 20. The Americana icon is so revered in the scene that she likely had her choice of worthy candidates. So it's telling that the artist she chose to represent her entry to label ownership is a name few people outside the industry know... Colin Linden.

If you work in Nashville's music scene or pay attention to album credits (remember when we used to have those inside the CD or vinyl jacket? Good times), Linden is not a stranger to you. The prolific producer, consultant, and session player has spent four decades making Nashville's most successful artists sound good, having played on over 500 albums and producing 140 others, for artists like John Prine, Gregg Allman, Rhiannon Giddens, and Keb Mo, who he won a Grammy with in 2020 for his Oklahoma album. While his new album bLOW isn't the first album with his name on it, it's the first with the promotional muscle of Lucinda Williams behind it.

Coming about when Linden was commissioned to write some Texas/Louisiana blues for a television show, he discovered that the extra songs that didn't make the project were worth fleshing out. And boy was he right. As straightforward an electric blues rock album as has come about in years, Linden channels the best of the Texas bluesmen. “Ain't No Shame” features a guitar tone as close to that of Stevie Ray Vaughan (in this reviewer's opinion, the best to ever pick up a guitar) as anyone has come. “Angel Next to Me” throws back to the early days of Texas electric blues, with a Freddie King vibe. “Boogie Let Me Be” even touches on the rock and roll vibe of Billy Gibbons.

If you're a fan of unvarnished blues rock, well played, well sung, and immaculately produced, then bLOW is an album you'll love digging into.

Ana Egge- Between Us (Sept. 17) Ana Egge's new album Between Us couldn't be more different than Linden's. Where Linden does a deep dive into a specific genre, Egge refuses to be bound by such conventions. Between Us contains element of the soulful, sometimes fragile, folk music fans have come to expect, but also brings horns, synth, and even some effects to stretch Egge into territory previously uncharted.

The album's good time highlight is also its most out of left field. “Want Your Attention” could be passed off as a Prince deep cut without too much trouble. There's the pop groove, the catchy lyrics, the falsetto, and the r&b counter vocals. It's so unexpected nestled among the ballads that it's a shock to the system the first go 'round but one that quickly gives away to the song's ability to worm its way into your brain and travel down to your booty, which unconsciously begins shaking in time.

But Between Us isn't all party songs. “Lie, Lie, Lie” is a topic that will familiar to many in these divisive times, the desperation and disappointment of watching a loved one succumb to the constant diet of hate and intolerance dished by politicians and “news” outlets to divide by race, economic status, ethnicity, or even something as mundane as whether or not to wear a mask.

For fans of Egge's past work, the stretch should be a welcome thing, the sign of an artist spreading her wings, finding enough comfort in her own skin, and her own voice, to branch out while maintaining the core of herself.

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From Texas To The Delta - Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons

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From Texas To The Delta - Acoustic Blues Guitar Lessons

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    Are You Ready To Learn real Acoustic Blues? Download The Lessons Right Now, and try them for yourself within the next 60 DAYS. If you are not happy, I’ll give you back your money. Simple as that – no hassles or questions. 100% Money-Back Guarantee.

by Fred Solokov, a month ago

Well organized and clear instructions

The format Jim Bruce uses is like sitting in your living room and having a good friend show you lick by lick how to play a song. This is how I learned to play many years ago, as I expect many of you did, too. The tabs are simple and accurate, and he combines them with close ups of the left and right hands so there is no guessing. And the songs are classics, a very nice study of fingerstyle blues. Thanks, Jim.

by Michael Swift, 10 days ago ·

Improved my music

I have been playing fingerstyle guitar for years. I signed up for this class already knowing some of the songs, but wanting different twists. I have been most pleasantly rewarded. Jim’s approach has improved my playing, and his breaks are a welcome addition. I find that I take his input, mix it up a bit with my own style, and end up sounding better. A highly recommended course for seasoned players, and likely a godsend for those who haven’t played much at all. thanks!

by Richard William Hulett, 19 days ago 

Learning Ragtime

We are so lucky to have the guidence from Jim to learn this old style of music. He gives us the foundation needed to play ragtime. I am thankful for his blind blake lesson collection, he teaches complete complicated songs from start to finish and breaks it down making learning easier. Go Jim! Highly recommended!

by SAIDJI Ali, 28 days ago

A true lover of blues and a very accurate teacher

Jim Bruce not only succeeds in making you sharing his love of blues by his simplicity and obvious kindness but teaches you as well the accurate technics of the old masters of blues. He makes you discover some bluesmen who have unfortunately not the fame they deserve and show you how exactly they played.

A thousand thanks to Jim

by Angus MacLeod, 26 days ago

Jim Bruce acoustic blues maestro

A great player and a great teacher. This man loves the guitar and the music it makes. Breaking the licks down to easily learned sections will let you learn to play the music you love better than ever. It has for me. Keep teachin’ that pickin’ Jim. You truly are the man.

by David Ng, 8 days ago ·

Great lessons!

Jim is a great teacher. Straightforward, clear and clearly passionate about the blues. The lessons are well tabbed and essy to follow. Jim often gives alternative versions or licks – ones he plays on the street which are also helpful in finding other ways to play the song. Great value. Great course!

by Randy Paulson, 29 days ago ·

Dedicated bluesman

The Brits have had a long love affair with American blues. As a lifelong resident of Chicago, I was startled to discover in the 60s at 13 years of age the music I was listening to from England (primarily electric blues as played by Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Eric Clapton) was originally from my hometown, albeit the “other side of the tracks.”

Jim clearly has a love affair with all forms of acoustic blues, and it shows with these easy to follow transcriptions. I only wish they were also transcribed into standard notation as well as the tab he provides. A small nit, but don’t let it stop you from making the investment in his course. It’s worth every penny. The tune selection is extensive and outstanding.

Thanks for keeping indigenous American music alive Jim.

by Kenneth Sweet, 1 month ago ·

Love the course

Thanks Jim,for putting this course together. I have purchased several ,guitar instructional dvd’s and your course is the best. Really like the way you explain each bar and lick and the singing really helps on the timing.

Thanks again

Tennessee HillBilly

by Sean Rosewarne, 2 months ago ·

Great value to learn acoustic fingerstyle Blues

Thanks Jim for a comprehensive learning tool to study acoustic blues guitar. Awesome range of material to choose from. Good instruction and well broken down to easy to learn sections. Good examples of how the songs should sound – and obviously a seasoned performer. This is for the intermediate player though, but if you know your basic chords and are prepared to put the effort in, I’m sure you will get there. Video is polished and while not shot in a studio, is very good. Easy to see everything he does. If you only learn one song from this course it is money well spent, but I’m sure if you get this, you will learn more than one song.

by Darrell Taylor, 1 year ago ·

It’s not what you play but how you play it. And here you learn how to play it right.

I’ve seen finger style guitar made to hard by many teachers, but this course gets you playing and doesn’t leave you frustrated because you will get results and have fun.

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FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA

Songs Of and By Charles Brown

Charles Brown (1922-1999) was both an outstanding dulcet-toned blues singer and a superlative pianist who was a key figure in the 1940's development of the style known as west coast blues. 

He began his recording career as a member of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers whose memorable line-up was Charles on vocals and piano, Johnny Moore on guitar and Eddie Williams on bass. 

Their first real success was with DRIFTING BLUES also known as 

DRIFTIN' BLUES and WALKING AND DRIFTING. 

https://youtu.be/fUyC2l--fSw 

The song was written by Charles but credited not only to him but also Messrs. Moore and Williams. Recorded in September 1945, it became a #2 R&B hit in '46 on Philo, Eddie and Leo Mesner's Los Angeles-based label, the name of which was swiftly changed to Aladdin. Johnny Moore was the brother of Oscar Moore, guitarist with The King Cole Trio.  

DRIFTIN' BLUES remains one of the most revived blues songs and among other artists who released their own versions over the years were Chuck Berry, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Ray Charles, Boozoo Chavis, Eric Clapton, Clifton Chenier, Sam Cooke, Snooks Eaglin, Billy Eckstine with Count Basie, Lowell Fulson, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, B.B. King, Little Walter, John Mayall, The Steve Miller Band, Della Reese and Pete Townshend.

Other successful songs recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown included NEW ORLEANS BLUES (in 1947 on Exclusive Records and written by Leon Rene, Exclusive's owner) https://youtu.be/EvZe6RSBqQY and MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY, also on Exclusive in '47, written by Charles but officially credited only to Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore.  https://youtu.be/FCVjY4qAiy8  MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY is another major copyright boosted by cover versions by such as Otis Redding, Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Rod Stewart, Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteen.  

 In 1948, Charles was signed as a solo artist on Aladdin and logged up a series of R&B best-sellers including GET YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL (Edward Mitchell) (#4 in '48), https://youtu.be/sYVIyA9Z7Ds   TROUBLE BLUES (Charles Brown) (#1 in '49) https://youtu.be/cZWs_dUqIrI , IN THE EVENING WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN (Traditional) (#4 in '49), HOMESICK BLUES (Charles Brown) (#5 in '49), MY BABY'S GONE (Charles Brown) (#6 in '50), BLACK NIGHT (Jessie Mae Robinson) (#1 in '51), https://youtu.be/-71jfEwX-xQ  and SEVEN LONG DAYS (Jessie Mae Robinson) (#2 in '51). Another important Charles Brown copyright is PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (Charles Brown/Gene Redd) which he first recorded for King in 1960.   

The Door To Yesterday is proud to present a new podcast containing an interview that I recorded in 1991 with Charles which was edited by Andrew Mackenzie as a promotional sampler for EMI Music Publishing. 

Charles had been appearing at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and I invited him to help me put together a sampler to promote both his own compositions and recordings that he made over the years of other writers' songs. The interview took place in EMI Publishing's studio on Sunset Boulevard with Charles seated at the piano. In addition to the extracts that I play from original records, he sang and played live.  

 The sampler includes the following songs: DRIFTIN' BLUES (Charles Brown/Johnny Moore/Eddie Williams), IF I HAD YOU (Ted Shapiro/James Campbell/Reginald Connelly), AGAIN (Lionel Newman/Dorcas Cochran), PLEASE DON'T DRIVE ME AWAY (Charles Brown/Jesse Ervin), HONEY SIPPER (Charles Brown/Linda Woodward), THAT OLD FEELING (Sammy Fain/Lew Brown), I'M SAVING MY LOVE FOR YOU (Charles Brown), BLACK NIGHT (Jessie Mae Robinson), TROUBLE BLUES (Charles Brown), SEVEN LONG DAYS (Jessie Mae Robinson/Charles Brown), BAD BAD WHISKEY (Amos Milburn), THE MESSAGE (Clarence Landry) and DRIFTIN' BLUES (Charles Brown/Johnny Moore/Eddie Williams).

Here's a link to the complete podcast: 

https://we.tl/t-nKKAWgBFic

 EMI Music Publishing is now part of Sony/ATV and Capitol Records is now owned by Universal Music Group; the references I made during the interview both to EMI and to Capitol reflect the ownership of those companies in 1991.  

 Charles was just one of a number of highly influential Texas-born bluesmen.

Here are a few tracks reminding us of some of the others...

 BLUES AFTER HOURS 

(Pee Wee Crayton)

by Pee Wee Crayton 

(Modern: 1948) 

https://youtu.be/IXaAcPFLozY

CALL IT STORMY MONDAY (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) 

(Aaron Walker) 

by T-Bone Walker 

(Black And White: 1947)  

https://youtu.be/98MeVUjqyTo

FROSTY 

(Albert Collins)

by Albert Collins (Hall: 1965) 

https://youtu.be/wrfOpXApxYQ

HIDE AWAY 

(Freddy King/Sonny Thompson)

by Freddy King 

(Federal: 1961)

https://youtu.be/eEuvfM9c3yY

I QUIT MY PRETTY MAMA 

(Ivory Joe Hunter/Lois Mann)

by Ivory Joe Hunter 

(King: 1950)

 https://youtu.be/5ihiTrYRQDU

ROOMIN' HOUSE BOOGIE

 (Jessie Mae Robinson) 

by Amos Milburn 

(Aladdin: 1949) 

https://youtu.be/5UMHjn1Gr70

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Freddie King - Christmas Tears (Federal Records 1961)

"Christmas Tears" is a Christmas song written by: Z. Bridge (A), S. Thompson-R.C. Wilson (B). 

 Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist and singer. He has been described as one of the "Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert King and B.B. King. He was an influential guitarist with hits for Federal Records in the early 1960s. His soulful and powerful voice and distinctive guitar style inspired countless musicians, particularly guitarists (Eric Clapton is a notable example). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. 

 King based his guitar style on Texas and Chicago influences. His best-known recordings include the singles "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" (1960) and his Top 40 hit "Hide Away" (1961) and albums such as the early, instrumental-packed Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King (1961) and Burglar (1974), which displayed his mature versatility as both a guitarist and a singer in a range of blues and funk styles. He was one of the first bluesmen to have a multiracial backing band at live performances. 

 I hear sleigh bells ringing But I haven't heard a word from you in years I hear sleigh bells ringing But I haven't heard a word from you in years Ooh I hear a choir singing And I'm just sitting here crying Christmas tears Everybody's singing Merry Christmas As they watch the starry skies fill with reindeer 

Everybody's singing Merry Christmas As they watch the starry skies fill with reindeer Ooh I'm smiling on the outside But on the inside I'm crying Christmas tears 

 Oh you've been gone for a long long time It's Christmas and I can't get you off of my mind It seems that you've been gone like one-hundred years or more But if you were here with me I could hang Merry Christmas on my door 

 I need you darling to hold me tight I need you dear on this Christmas night As I sit and think of the lonely years I can't help but cry Christmas tears Woo Christmas tears

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i2wypLkWkY)

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ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas 2019 The story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet. #shelterinplace #selfquarantine #coronavirus #covid_19 #zztop #staysafe #stayhome #netflix #netflixandchill #thatlittleolbandfromtexas / on Instagram https://ift.tt/3bbl1Rk

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The Texas Bluesmen Live at The Hub 121

The Texas Bluesmen Live at The Hub 121

“Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.” Billy Gibbons ************* Last night, the awesome Texas Bluesmen performed at the new Hub 121 venue in McKinney. It was a free concert in a beautiful new outdoor concert arena. I haven’t been down that way in quite some time. Wow! They have all kinds of restaurants and shops and homes that must have popped up while I wasn’t…

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ZZ Top - La Grange (Live From Gruene Hall) March 15, 2020 at 10:32PM

Pre-order your copy here: https://ift.tt/2vHOtyU Produced by the Emmy award-winning Banger Films, ZZ TOP: THAT LITTLE OL’ BAND FROM TEXAS tells the story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen - Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard – became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg9cNGHl-bg