The Lone Star State boasts many cultural riches, and its gifts to the blues tradition are among its most exemplary treasures. The range of Texas blues guitar styles, both rural and urban, is captured in this collection of fourteen performances by four legendary Texas bluesmen. Blazing 1991 performances by the great Albert Collins generate a heat which belies his Iceman moniker. Freddie King cooks at full boil in a 1972 set which includes his signature song "Going Down". Rare 1960 footage of Lightnin' Hopkins shows how intense the downhome acoustic Texas blues could be. A 1968 performance by Mance Lipscomb traces the blues tradition to its work song taproot with "Captain, Captain". Alternately stark and celebratory, the Texas blues of these performances comprise a legacy as expansive as the Lone Star State's legendary vistas.
Albert Collins (1991)
Iceman/ Lights Are On But Nobody's Home/ Head Rag
Freddie King (1972)
Big Leg Woman/ Blues Band Shuffle/ Going Down
Lightnin' Hopkins (1960)
Baby, Come Go Home With Me/ Going Down Slow/ Bunion Stew/ Let's Pull a Party
Mance Lipscomb (1968)
Captain, Captain/ Night Time Is the Right Timeú God Moves On the Water/ Which Way Do the Red River Run