Two Texans-Texas Alexander & Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Blues You Should Know
English - October 20, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsArts blues music old-time Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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.