
Texas blues were also eclectic, incorporating flamenco licks from Mexico and (after 1930) influences from white Western swing. The lyrics of singers like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and Lightnin' Hopkins tended to have a stronger narrative line than the Delta blues. Migrants like T-Bone Walker and Albert Collins kept the Texas blues tradition alive in California to influence young West Coast bluesmen. It has survived in Texas largely in the music of white musicians (most of them Austin-based) like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Marcia Ball, Delbert McClinton, Lou Ann Barton, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. The sample here is from the ill-fated L.C. Williams. Born in Millican, Texas, in 1924 Williams's addiction to cheap wine contributed to his early death in 1960. Here he sings "Black Woman," available on Arhoolie Records' Texas Blues: Bill Quinn's Gold Star Recordings. (AU Format) (Real Audio Format)