Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Pages in category "Musicians from Houston" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Musical groups from Houston" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Texas in the United States. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, Piano, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.
ZZ Top [a] is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969.It consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard, and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill for 51 years until Hill's death in 2021.
Lou Ann Barton – (born February 17, 1954) Born in Austin, Texas, Barton is a blues-rock and Texas blues singer who has performed with artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. She has released at least seven albums starting in the 1980s for labels like Discovery Records and Catfish Records. [2]
Nandita Berry, Houston lawyer and 109th Secretary of State of Texas [27] Paul Bettencourt, member of the Texas State Senate from District 7 [28] Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com [29] Bill Blythe, Houston realtor and former state representative [30] Paul Bremond, merchant and railroad developer [31]
Other artists recording at SugarHill in the late '70s and early '80s included Ricky Nelson, James Burton, Todd Rundgren, the Amboy Dukes with Ted Nugent, Jandek, and Houston punk band Really Red. Tejano band Little Joe y la Familia recorded at SugarHill, as did Selena on some of her earliest recordings.
Texxas Jam was created by Louis Messina, promoter of Pace Concerts in Houston, and David Krebs, manager of the rock acts Ted Nugent and Aerosmith. Krebs wanted to duplicate the music festival California Jam II (held March 18, 1978 in Ontario, California) in Texas. Krebs was unfamiliar with the territory, so he contacted Messina in Houston.