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TEXAS BLUES DIRECTORY
50 YEARS DOING THE RIGHT THING
Clifford Antone (1949–2006) opened Antone’s club in the city of Austin in July 1975. Twelve years later, in 1987, he founded Antone’s Records & Tapes (known simply as Antone’s Records since 1993) to record the musicians who played on his stage. After Clifford Antone’s death in 2006, the label filed for bankruptcy, and its entire catalog was acquired by New West Records. The club remains active to this day.
From Austin, Antone’s Records has written one of the most important chapters in the history of modern blues in the United States. Since the mid-1970s, the club became a key gathering place for the Texas blues scene. The very first artist to perform there was Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band. The venue brought together musicians such as The Fabulous Thunderbirds, featuring Kim Wilson and Jimmie Vaughan, as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, OMAR KENT DYKES, RONNIE EARL OR THE TAILGATORS, all of them in their early days. Legends like Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, and James Brown, among many others, also graced the club’s stage.
In 2025, the club celebrates 50 years since its opening in 1975, and to mark the occasion, this special collection of songs is being released, featuring artists who over the decades have performed at the club and recorded for the label. A true gem for any blues fan.
AN ILLUSTRATED BOX SET
CELEBRATION
NEW WEST RECORDS
RELEASE DATE : AUGUST 22, 2025
(USA)
CD 1
CD 2
CD 3
The Last Real Texas Blues Album
Tell Me One More Time
We Went Live In '75
Listen to samples - The Real Texas Blues Album
01 Going Down
Vocals, Harmonica - Bobby Rush
Guitar - Jimmie Vaughan, Derek O’Brien
Bass - Benny Turner
Organ - John Deas
Drums - Rodd Bland
02 Reconsider Baby
Vocals, Bass - Benny Turner
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Anson Funderburgh, Lurrie Bell
Bass - Scott Nelson
Piano - Nick Connolly
Drums - Rodd Bland
Saxophone - Joe Sublett
Saxophone - Kaz Kazanoff
03 Flip, Flop and Fly
Vocals - Jivin’ Gene Bourgeois
Guitar - Charlie Sexton, Derek O’Brien, Eve Monsees
Bass - Speedy Sparks
Piano - Nick Connolly
Drums - Mike Buck
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett, John Mills
Trumpet - Matthew Collins
04 You’ll Lose A Good Thing
Vocals - Kam Franklin
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Anson Funderburgh
Bass - Larry Fulcher
Organ - John Deas
Piano - Nick Connolly
Drums - Rodd Bland
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett
05 If You Change Your Mind
Vocals, Guitar - Lil’ Ed Williams
Guitar - Johnny Moeller
Bass - Rodrigo Mantovani
Piano - Sumito Ariyoshi
Drums - Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
06 Talkin’ ‘Bout My Friends
Vocals, Harmonica - Kim Wilson
Guitar - Johnny Moeller, Billy Flynn
Bass - Steve Kirsty
Organ - Bob Welsh
Drums - Rudy Albin
07 Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
Vocals, Guitar - McKinley James
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Anson Funderburgh
Bass - Scott Nelson
Piano - Nick Connolly
Drums - Jay Moeller
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett
08 The Sky is Crying
Vocals, Guitar - Lurrie Bell
Bass - Mike Keller
Drums - Jay Moeller
Saxophone - Joe Sublett
09 Lead Me On
Vocals - Ruthie Foster
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Anson Funderburgh
Bass - Larry Fulcher
Organ - Lynn August
Drums - Brannen Temple
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett, John Mills
Trombone - Mike Mordecai
Trumpet - Al Gomez
10 Bad Boy
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica - Doyle Bramhall II
Guitar - Derek O’Brien
Drums - J.J. Johnson
11 Just Like a Bird Without a Feather
Vocals, Guitar - Big Bill Morganfield
Guitar - Anson Funderburgh, Lurrie Bell
Bass - Scott Nelson
Piano - Nick Connolly
Drums - Jay Moeller
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett
12 Honest I Do
Guitar, Vocals - John Primer
Guitar - Johnny Moeller
Harmonica - Steve Bell
Bass - Rodrigo Mantovani
Drums - Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
13 Lookin’ Good
Guitar - Eve Monsees, Lurrie Bell, Mike Keller
Vocal Cameo - Billy F Gibbons
Bass - Scott Nelson
Drums - Jay Moeller
14 Things I Used To Do
Vocals - Lynn August
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Eve Monsees
Bass - Speedy Sparks
Piano - Marcia Ball
Drums - Mike Buck
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett
15 Willie The Wimp
Vocals, Accordion - C.J. Chenier
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Anson Funderburgh
Bass - Scott Nelson
Drums - Rodd Bland
16 You Got Me Where You Want Me
Vocals, Guitar - Sue Foley
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Anson Funderburgh
Harmonica - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff
Bass - Larry Fulcher
Drums - Jay Moeller
17 If I Could Be With You
Vocals - Kam Franklin
Guitar - Derek O’Brien, Anson Funderburgh
Bass - Larry Fulcher
Piano - Nick Connolly
Drums - Rodd Bland
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett
18 Message from Miss Lavelle
Vocals - Lavelle White
Guitar - Derek O’Brien
Organ - Matt Farrell
Piano - Marcia Ball
Listen to samples - Tell Me One More Time
01 Sugar Coated Love
Vocals - Lou Ann Barton
Guitar - Jimmie Vaughan, Derek O'Brien
Bass - Jon Blondell
Drums - George Rains
02 I’m So Glad
Vocals, Harmonica - Snooky Pryor
Guitar - Derek O'Brien, Rip Lee Pryor
Bass - Earl Pryor
Piano - Gene Taylor
Drums - James Barnes or Ted Harvey
03 It Hurts Me, Too
Vocals - Angela Strehli
Guitar, Piano - Denny Freeman
Bass - Pat Whitefield
Drums - George “Big Beat” Rains
Saxophone - Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff
04 No Special Rider
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion – Lazy Lester
05 You’re Gonna Make Me Cry
Vocals - Lavelle White
Backing Vocals - Golden Echoes
Guitar - Clarence Hollimon, Derek O’Brien
Bass - Sarah Brown
Organ - James Polk
Drums - George “Big Beat” Rains
06 I Won’t Cry
Vocals, Piano, Guitar - Doug Sahm
Guitar - Derek O’Brien
Bass - Jack Barber
Piano - Reese Wynans
Drums - George Rains
Baritone Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff
Tenor Saxophone - Rocky Morales
07 A Fool in Love
Vocals - Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton, Angela Strehli
Guitar - Derek O’Brien
Bass - Sarah Brown
Piano, Organ, Percussion, Guitar - Dr. John
Drums - George “Big Beat” Rains
Alto and Baritone Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff
Trombone - Jon Blonddell
Trumpet - Gary Schlecta
08 Too Sorry
Vocals - Doyle Bramhall
Guitar - Stevie Vaughan
Bass - Tommy Shannon
Piano - Lou Bovis
Drums - Chris Layton
09 Gone Blind
Vocals, Guitar - Sue Foley
10 Hear From My Daddy
Vocals, Guitar - Barbara Lynn
Guitar - Jason Sinay
Backing Vocals - Bernard Fowler
Bass - Daryl Jones
Drums - Charley Drayton
11 Don’t Touch Me
Vocals - Kim Wilson
Guitar - Duke Robillard, Derek O’Brien
Bass - Preston Hubbard
Piano - Gene Taylor
Drums - George “Big Beat’ Rains
John Mills, Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Michael Burglund, Rocky Morales, Ronnie Cuber
12 Going Down Slow
Vocals, Piano - Pinetop Perkins
Drums - Fran Christina
Listen to samples - We Went Live In '75
01 Chicken Shack / Sugar Bear Intro
Vocals, Piano – Pinetop Perkins
Guitar – Rusty Zinn
Bass – Calvin “Fuzz” Jones
Drums – Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
Harmonica – Kim Wilson
Tenor Saxophone – Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff
Emcee - Allen “Sugar Bear” Black
02 Walking By Myself
Vocals, Guitar – Jimmy Rogers
Guitar – Jimmie Vaughan
Harmonica – James Cotton
Bass – Bob Stroger
Drums – Tim Taylor
03 Built Up From The Ground
Vocals, Piano – Sunnyland Slim
Guitar – Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Rogers
Bass – Bob Stroger
Drums – Tim Taylor
04 Double Trouble
Vocals, Guitar - Otis Rush
Guitar - Derek O’Brien
Bass - Sarah Brown
Organ - Mel Brown
Piano - Denny Freeman
Drums - George “Big Beat” Rains
Saxophones - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett
05 Bigtown Playboy
Vocals, Guitar - Eddie Taylor
Guitar - Luther Tucker
Harmonica - Snooky Pryor
Bass - Bob Stroger
Piano - Sunnyland Slim
Drums - Tim Taylor
06 Look On Yonders Wall
Vocals, Guitar - Buddy Guy
Guitar - Derek O’Brien
Bass - Sarah Brown
Organ - Mel Brown
Piano - Denny Freeman
Drums - George “Big Beat” Rains
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff, Joe Sublett
07 What It Takes To Get A Good Woman
Vocals - Angela Strehli
Guitar - Doyle Bramhall II, Johnny Moeller
Bass - Sarah Brown
Drums - Roddy Colonna
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff
08 Cold, Cold Feeling
Vocals, Guitar - Albert Collins
Guitar - Jimmie Vaughan
Bass - Pat Whitefield
Organ - Mel Brown
Piano - Denny Freeman
Drums - George “Big Beat” Rains
Saxophone - Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff
09 Catfish Blues
Vocals, Guitar - Gary Clark Jr.
Bass - James Bullard
Drums - Jay Moeller
10 Midnight Creeper
Harmonica - James Cotton
Guitar - Luther Tucker, Matt “Guitar” Murphy
Bass - Calvin “Fuzz” Jones
Drums - Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
Piano - Pinetop Perkins
Emcee - Allen “Sugar Bear” Black
Muddy Waters & Clifford Antone
ANGELA STREHLI
LOU ANN BARTON
MARCIA BALL
BOBBY RUSH
BUDDY GUY
SUNNYLAND SLIM
JIVIN' GENE
BOURGEOIS
KAM FRANKLIN
RUTHIE FOSTER
EDDIE TAYLOR
LIL' ED WILLIAMS
SUE FOLEY
LAVELLE WHITE
KIM WILSON
JIMMY ROGERS
JAMES COTTON
McKINLEY JAMES
ALBERT COLLINS
C.J. CHENIER
GARY CLARK JR.
DOUG SAHM
PINETOP PERKINS
BENNY TURNER
SNOOKY PRYOR
BIG BILL
MORGANFIELD
LURRIE BELL
DOYLE BRAMHALL II
OTIS RUSH
LYNN AUGUST
BARBARA LYNN
LAZY LESTER
JOHN PRIMER
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GUYS !!
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