Artist	Song
T-Bone Walker	Stormy Monday Blues
from Blues Legends (1994)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Texas Flood
from The Real Deal - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (2006)
Albert Collins	Frosty
from Blues - Gold (2006)
Freddie King	I'm Tore Down
from Getting Ready... (1996)
Lowell Fulson	Reconsider Baby
from Blue Shadows (1997)
Lightnin' Hopkins	Short Haired Woman
from Mojo Hand (2008)
Bobby "Blue" Bland	Farther up the Road
from Bobby Blue Band: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - The Duke Recordings (2007)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Okie Dokie Stomp
from Blues Classics (1996)
Johnny Copeland	Texas Party
from Boom Boom (1989)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Why Get Up
from Tuff Enuff (1986)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Gangster of Love
from 16 Super Hits (2007)
Johnny Winter	Mean Town Blues
from Progressive Blues Experiment (Remastered) (2005)
Janis Joplin	Ball and Chain
from Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (1996)
Blind Lemon Jefferson	Match Box Blues (4446)
from Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol. 2 (1927) (2005)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Pride and Joy
from The Real Deal - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (2006)
Freddie King	Hideaway
from Blues Masters: Freddie King (2004)
Pee Wee Crayton	Blues After Hours
from Early Hour Blues (1999)
Juke Boy Bonner	Struggle Here In Houston
from Blues Roots (2005)
T-Bone Walker	Strollin' With Bone
from Complete Imperial Recordings, 1950-1954 (1991)
The Vaughan Brothers	Good Texan
from Family Style (1990)
Joe "Guitar" Hughes	Texas Guitar Slinger
from Texas Guitar Slinger (1995)
Texas Alexander & Willie Reed	Easy Rider Blues
from Southern Country Blues, Vol. 2 (Box Set) (1999)
Jimmie Vaughan	Dengue Woman Blues
from From Dusk Till Dawn (Music from the Motion Picture) (1996)
Angela Strehli	Two Bit Texas Town
from Blonde and Blue (1993)

Comment:

There's no better starting point to our playlist than T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday Blues," the sophisticated horns only adding to the resigned mourning in his voice and the bitter bite of his guitar. T-Bone synthesized country blues pioneers (Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Match Box Blues") with post-war jump swing, influencing generations in the process, from Lowell Fulson (the horns on "Reconsider Baby") through Albert Collins (the stinging "Frosty") and Stevie Ray Vaughan (the snap of "Pride and Joy"), from the versatile Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (the big-band swing of "Okie Dokie Stomp") to Janis Joplin (the volcanic pain of "Ball and Chain").

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