The Authority of Texas has a faraway chronicle with the blues and many of the pioneers called the Lone Star Management local. Blind Lemon Jefferson, Leadbelly, T-Bone Walker, and Freddie Caesar, due to term a meagre, thrust the blues into growth a recognized and loved style of classical. Useful artists akin the Vaughan brother, Jimmie and Stevie Flash, brought it into the contemporary Period. Texas is content of its heritage and is the purpose of diverse blues festivals Everyone year.
Texas Blues Festival - Tyler
Azaleas are a accepted Tyler attraction and are in bloom during the Texas Blues Festival
This festival, hosted by the restaraunt and blues club Rick's on the Square, takes district on the fourth Saturday in Apr Everyone year. The festival normally hosts at least six nationally and internationally recognized bands who perform over a twelve interval room, midday to midnight, in downtown Tyler.
The style of blues played here is varied, ranging from traditional to eclectic, jazz inspired tunes. Advance acquire of tickets wrapped up community merchants and online come by a reduction, nevertheless plentiful fee tickets are available at the gate. Lawn chairs, however not lounge chairs, are allowed.
Downtown Square
Tyler, TX
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T-Bone Walker Blues Festival - Linden
A innovator in the appropriateness of the electric guitar in blues measure, T-Bone Walker was born in Linden and served as an early competence on such rock and roll greats as Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix. Every year the east Texas town of Linden remembers one of its' most noted sons during this blues festival.
Grounds adjacent to Harris Methodist Hospital (HEB) at highways 121 and 183817-952-2128bedfordbluesbbq.com
Navasota Blues Festival - Navasota
Linden, TX
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Bedford Blues and Bar-B Q - Bedford
This festival is held over the Labor Day Weekend in Bedford, located between Dallas and Ft. Worth. The festival not only features top notch blues entertainers but, as an added bonus, is also the site of a Bar-B-Q competition with professional cooks traveling here from across the USA.
The musicians change from year to year but legends such as Taj Mahal and Robert Cray have been booked here.For those who want the festival experience lawn chairs and blankets are permitted. But coolers, tape recorders, pets, video cameras and flash photography are not.Tickets to this festival can be purchased online or at certain local locations.
The performers at this festival, held in mid-June, vary from year to year on the other hand fresh guests gain included blues beneficial Keb Moment', Guitar Shorty, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and many others.Tickets to the indoor flash are available online or by bell while tickets for the outdoor flash are matchless available at the gate.Orchestration Metropolis Texas Theatre - Indoor PerformancesLegion Field - Outdoor Performances
The Navasota Blues Festival is held in memory of Navasota's own bluesman, Mance Lipscomb (1895 -- 1976). He lived most of his life as a tenant farmer but was discovered and began recording during the folk music revival of the 1960s. He played at numerous festivals including for a crowd of more than 40,000 at the Berkeley Folk Festival in 1961.
The blues festival in his honor is held each year in August and includes a number of constantly changing acts, both local and national. Tickets are available at the gate.
Grimes County Expo Center & Fairgrounds
5280 FM 3455
Navasota, TX
936-870-3331
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