Two Texans-Texas Alexander & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
10/20/20 • 32 min
Our show today focuses on two Texans with vastly different styles. Texas Alexander was as deep and intense as a bluesman could be. An itinerant, details of his life are scant yet he recorded dozens of sides over a 25 or so year period. Eddie "Vinson was something else entirely. Called "Cleanhead" (for a process job gone horribly wrong), Eddie played alto sax and sang in that area of blues that walks the line between blues and jazz.
Our show today focuses on two Texans with vastly different styles. Texas Alexander was as deep and intense as a bluesman could be. An itinerant, details of his life are scant yet he recorded dozens of sides over a 25 or so year period. Eddie "Vinson was something else entirely. Called "Cleanhead" (for a process job gone horribly wrong), Eddie played alto sax and sang in that area of blues that walks the line between blues and jazz.
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Blues You Should Know - Two Texans-Texas Alexander & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
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While we’re accustomed to hearing and reading about the Mississippi Delta being the birthplace of the blues, the state of Texas makes it’s own good case for the same. A list of Texas blues players encompasses the genre from it’s earliest recorded form as personified by Blind Lemon Jefferson, who began recording prior to the electrical format, through to the many popular modern artists like the Vaughn Brothers, Gary Clark and Doyle Bramhall.
Between the earliest and most modern er
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