
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 *):
Artist | Title |
Year
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1 | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown* | She Walks Right In | 1989 |
2 | Johnny Copeland* & Albert Collins* | Lion's Den | 1985 |
3 | Long John Hunter* | Both Ends Of The Road | 1997 |
4 | W.C. Clark | Midnight Hour Blue | 2002 |
5 | Katie Webster* & Lonnie Brooks* | Those Lonely, Lonely Nights | 1991 |
6 | Phillip Walker* with Long John Hunter* | Street Walkin' Woman | 1999 |
7 | Johnny Winter* | Tin Pan Alley | 1986 |
8 | Floyd Dixon | 450 Pound Woman | 1996 |
9 | C.J. Chenier* | Richest Man | 1995 |
10 | Delbert McClinton | Standing On Shaky Ground | 1989 |
11 | Marcia Ball* | I'm Coming Down With The Blues | 2001 |
12 | Albert Collins* | Too Many Dirty Dishes | 1986 |
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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