Texas Alexander was a short man with a deep, bellowing blues voice. He may have had connections with Lightnin' Hopkins and Frankie Lee Sims.

Texas Alexander was from a small town in Texas called Jewett, in between Dallas and Houston. It was here that he first started to sing on the streets and in church. He started to build a reputation through doing gigs. He is known for his personal and unique tenor voice and hollering style which is very reminiscent of field singing. He was very difficult to accompany because he had a freeform style.
'He was a very difficult singer to accompany; he was liable to jump a bar, or five bars, or anything. You just had to be a fast thinker to play for Texas Alexander. When you been out there with him you done nine days work in one! Believe me, brother, he was hard to play for. He would jump-jump keys, anything. You just have to watch him, that's all.'

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Track Listing

• Range In My Kitchen Blues
• Long Lonesome Day Blues
• Cornbread Blues
• Section Gang Blues
• Levee Camp Moan
• Mama I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home
• Farm Hand Blues
• Evil Woman Blues
• Sabine River Blues
• Death Bed Blues
• Yellow Girl Blues
• West Texas Blues
• Bantam Rooster Blues (Take A)
• Bantam Rooster Blues (take B)
• Deep Blue Sea Blues
• No More Women Blues
• Don't You Wish Your Baby Was Built Like Mine?
• Bell Cow Blues
• Sitting On A Log
• Mamma's Bad Luck Child
• Boe Hog Blues
• Work Ox Blues
• The Rising Sun

Additional Details

Label: Document Records

Genre: Blues

Language: English

Run Time: 60 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/01/22

UPC: 714298200126