Joe Houston
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Biography
[Edit]Joe Houston, a honking R&B saxman of wallpaper-peeling potency, recorded for virtually every major independent R&B label in Los Angeles during the 1950s. When the jump blues tradition faded, he segued right into rock & roll, even cutting budget Twist and surf albums for Crown that didn't sound very different from what he was doing a decade before. Houston played around Houston, Texas with the bands of Amos Milburn and Joe Turner during the late '40s. It was Turner who got the young saxist his first deal with Freedom Records in 1949. Houston found his way to the West Coast in 1952 and commenced recording for labels big and small: Modern, RPM, Lucky, Imperial, Dootone, Recorded in Hollywood, Cash, and Money (as well as the considerably better-financed Mercury, where he scored his only national R&B hit, "Worry, Worry, Worry," in 1952). Houston's formula was simple and savagely direct — he'd honk and wail as hard as he could, from any conceivable position: on his knees, lying on his back, walking the bar, etc. His output for the Bihari Brothers' Crown label (where he was billed as "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax") is positively exhilarating: "All Nite Long," "Blow Joe Blow," and "Joe's Gone" are herculean examples of single-minded sax blasting. Joe Houston remained active musically into the 2000s, emphasizing his blues vocal talent more than previously, until suffering a stroke in 2005. He re-emerged and began playing again for a period of time thereafter, but then retreated from the public and to the company of family and friends.
Collections
Title: Mambo! 100 Popular Latin Dance Classics
Genre: Latin
Title: Rock & Roll Party
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Googa Mooga Silly Hits From the Charts
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: 60's Instrumentals for Dancers & Groovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Central Rocks! The Central Avenue Scene 1951-58, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Mambo Classics
Title: Burning Rockers N' Blues
Genre: Rock
Title: Boogie Woogie Nighthawk
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best Of Texas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Cool Daddy: The Central Avenue Scene 1951-1957 Vol 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 18
Genre: Pop
Title: A Vegetarian's Thanksgiving Playlist
Genre:
Title: Gone Surfing - Ride Waves, Rock out, Hang Ten
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1953, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Dootone Rock 'n' Rhythm & Blues
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul & R&B
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: SuperFunk Vol. 2
Title: Houston Might Be Heaven (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Let Me Tell You About The Blues, Texas (CD3)
Genre: Blues
Title: All Night Long - The Crown Records Story (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop
Title: The Modern Records Story
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: R&B Years 1953 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R&B Years 1952 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: R&B Years 1954 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Wailin' Saxophone Legends (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Great Googly Moo (And More Undisputed Fruits)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Speak Easy ~ The RPM Records Story Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Rare R&B Honkers!, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1957 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues