JLWM8609 Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 It's probably going to be placed at the intersection of Dowling and Francis.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6846409.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 This is outstanding. Houston has such a rich musical heritage, It's plain stupid we don't do more to honor (capitalize on) it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 This is outstanding. Houston has such a rich musical heritage, It's plain stupid we don't do more to honor (capitalize on) it.Agreed... Houston's blues heritage has almost been forgotten. Glad to see it getting some recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Now add some markers/statues for Townes Van Zandt and Clifton Chenier and you've got a good start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Now add some markers/statues for Townes Van Zandt and Clifton Chenier and you've got a good start!I agree those two legendary entertainers deserve a historical marker in the town they came from, but they didn't come from Houston. Townes Van Zandt was from Fort Worth, and lived most of his life in and around Austin. Chenier is from Opelousas Louisiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 It seems that so many forget that "The master of the Telecaster" Albert Collins started in the Houston music scene. He could play a heck of a harp as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Lightnin' Hopkins is painted on that building next to Continental Club and the HCC/Ensemble Metro station, along with Beyonce and some others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I agree those two legendary entertainers deserve a historical marker in the town they came from, but they didn't come from Houston. Townes Van Zandt was from Fort Worth, and lived most of his life in and around Austin. Chenier is from Opelousas Louisiana.Well, let's take back po' Lightnin's marker too...he was from Centerville! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Well, let's take back po' Lightnin's marker too...he was from Centerville!My family roots on the paternal side are in Centerville. I've been there countless times including earlier this week, and I've wondered why Crockett has a statue of him but Centerville doesn't have squat honoring Lightnin'. He's probably one of the only, if not THE most famous person from out of the Centerville/Leon County area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 My family roots on the paternal side are in Centerville. I've been there countless times including earlier this week, and I've wondered why Crockett has a statue of him but Centerville doesn't have squat honoring Lightnin'. He's probably one of the only, if not THE most famous person from out of the Centerville/Leon County area.Interestingly enough, Albert Collins is also from Leon County. Leona to be exact, just down the road from Centerville.Another famous blues singer, Texas Alexander, is from Jewett in Leon County.Turns out all three, Collins, Hopkins and Alexander, are cousins. I don't think anyone famous has ever come out of Normangee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 The dedication for the marker will be at 10am Saturday, November 13 at the corner of Dowling and Francis. There will be performances by Milton Hopkins (kin to Lightnin'), Texas Johnny Brown and Diunna Greenleafhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/7287319.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sevfiv Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Thanks for the updates - I wasn't able to make it for the dedication but I'll be sure to make a visit to the marker.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Big Mama Thornton is worthy of recognition, too. Saw her at a nightclub in Montreal, circa 1980. She had to perform the set sitting down, but the woman could still wail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Big Mama Thornton is worthy of recognition, too. Saw her at a nightclub in Montreal, circa 1980. She had to perform the set sitting down, but the woman could still wail.Yep, who can forget her affiliation with Peacock Records? The Peacock Records building on Erastus St. in Fifth Ward is still standing. There's no marker there, it deserves one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 An example of what was recorded there; was the flip side to the original "Hound Dog".edit: what's fascinating to me is that peculiar bouncy sound at the beginning - is that really a xylophone, or just the way they engineered the piano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 An example of what was recorded there; was the flip side to the original "Hound Dog".edit: what's fascinating to me is that peculiar bouncy sound at the beginning - is that really a xylophone, or just the way they engineered the piano? It might be a celesta. I've heard them used in a lot of early 50s-mid 60s black gospel recordings, so it wouldn't strike me as odd to hear them used in secular music from the same era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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