Nothing says “I’m hurtin'” like the wail of a mournful guitar. It’s a sound that melts the heart and pierces the soul. While the blues saw a resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s fallen off the ...

GALVESTON, Texas – An acoustic guitar that survived the wrath of Hurricane Ike only to surface years later was finally reunited with its owner, along with the story of a legendary Houston blues man.

The Texas Legislature designated the Grimes County Community as “The Blues Capital of Texas” in 2005 ...

PENDLETON — Blues music has a storied history in Texas with much of it originating in larger cities. One of the pioneers of gospel-tinged blues, however, was born in northern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmie Vaughan is still kicking at 74, but he's endured a few setbacks along the way, mostly in the form of three recent heart ...

Johnny Winter, the Texas blues guitarist who added his own unique current of electricity to songs like “Highway 61 Revisited,” “Johnny B. Goode” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” in the late Sixties and ...

Guitar Shorty, a blues great for more than six decades known for his stage antics and awesome guitar solos, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 87 and his death was attributed to natural causes by ...

The call from Moe”s Alley proprietor Bill Welch usually comes when he”s excited about an upcoming show and wants to make sure the word gets out. Sometimes it”s about a series of great acts coming down ...

Key: Texas-style blues is often played in the key of E so that open strings can easily be mixed in with riffs you play. Check out Stevie Ray Vaughan Pride And Joy. Carlos Santana on Miles and ...

Townes Van Zandt, who was a very blue singer-songwriter, is often quoted for stating "There are only two kinds of songs: There's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah." We'll save zip-a-dee-doo-dah ...

Local blues guitar legend Bugs Henderson, the fiery blues-rocker with the wicked and funky six-string sting, died Thursday night from complications of liver cancer. He was 68. Mr. Henderson died at ...

Nothing says “I’m hurtin'” like the wail of a mournful guitar. It’s a sound that melts the heart and pierces the soul. While the blues saw a resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s fallen off the ...