The Lone 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. Alternately stark and celebratory, the Texas blues of these performances comprise a legacy as expansive as the Lone State's legendary vistas.

Contents / Song list

ICEMAN (Albert Collins)
LIGHTS ARE ON (Albert Collins)
BUT NOBODY'S HOME (Albert Collins)
HEAD RAG (Albert Collins)
BIG LEG WOMAN (Freddie King)
BLUES BAND SUFFLE (Freddie King)
GOING DOWN (Freddie King)
BABY, COME GO HOME WITH ME (Lightnin' Hopkins)
GOING DOWN SLOW (Lightnin' Hopkins)
BUNION STEW (Lightnin' Hopkins)
LET'S PULL A PARTY (Lightnin' Hopkins)
CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN (Mance Lipscomb)
NIGHT TIME IS (Mance Lipscombe)
THE RIGHT TIME (Mance Lipscomb)
GOD MOVES ON THE WATER (Mance Lipscomb)
WHICH WAY DO THE RED RIVER RUN (Mance Lipscomb)