Since September 2010, this blog has recorded the journey of this music junkie as I attempt to listen to all the music in my CD collection. CDs revisited in their entirety from start to finish - no skipping tracks, no shuffle. Compact Discs only - no vinyl, no tapes, no files.

Monday, June 23, 2025

Various Artists - Crucial Texas Blues (2004)


From 2003 - 2007, the Chicago-based blues label Alligator Records put out a series of 9 Crucial Blues samplers (Crucial Guitar Blues, Crucial Harmonica Blues, etc.). This Texas blues compilation focuses mainly on musicians from the southeastern part of the state: Houston and the "Golden Triangle" of Orange, Beaumont, and Port Arthur. As such, you can hear influences of New Orleans R&B, Texas boogie, and zydeco music.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart

Tracks (artists from Houston or the Golden Triangle mark with an asterisk *):

ArtistTitle
Year
1Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown*She Walks Right In1989
2Johnny Copeland* & Albert Collins*Lion's Den1985
3Long John Hunter*Both Ends Of The Road1997
4W.C. ClarkMidnight Hour Blue2002
5Katie Webster* & Lonnie Brooks*Those Lonely, Lonely Nights1991
6Phillip Walker* with Long John Hunter*Street Walkin' Woman1999
7Johnny Winter*Tin Pan Alley1986
8Floyd Dixon450 Pound Woman1996
9C.J. Chenier*Richest Man1995
10Delbert McClintonStanding On Shaky Ground1989
11Marcia Ball*I'm Coming Down With The Blues2001
12Albert Collins*Too Many Dirty Dishes1986


Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None, although I have a distant connection to Orange, Texas. My mother was born and raised there and my grandfather served as both mayor and police chief in that coastal town. In 1959, my parents were married there at the Presbyterian church, reputedly the first structure west of the Mississippi River to have air conditioning and the only opalescent glass dome in the United States. For the most part, that side of my family has passed on or moved to other locations, but I believe one of my mother's first cousins still lives in the city.

Previously revisited for the blog:
Crucial Acoustic Blues (2007)

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