AlanDP
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Hello everyone, welcome to Seasons of the Ukulele 242. I would like to give credit for inspiring the theme of this season to two different Seasonistas: Turtledrum, for her Long Island Music Hall of Fame season; and UkingViking for his Think Global, Play Local season.
The theme for this week is: South Texas Musicians. I was originally going to make the theme for this week the South Texas Music Walk of Fame, but I decided to expand it and make it for any musicians from South Texas.
So, what is "south Texas"? The Walk of Fame's definition is to draw a latitudinal line through San Antonio and everything south of that is "south Texas." However, they also include some Houston musicians, so for this week we are going to say that the latitude of Houston is the northern limit.
Anyone from south of that line is included. This means that Austin-based musicians are not included in this season, unless he/she was born in south Texas. You can cover any musician who was born in south Texas, even if they now live somewhere else, or any musician who was born somewhere else but now resides in south Texas, or were doing so at the time they passed away.
I have made a list that is based on the list that I did find for the Walk of Fame, but which I have added to. However, this list is just to get you started and you are not limited only to this list. Anyone who is from south Texas as described above is eligible. Many of these musicians were members of bands who were not necessarily from south Texas, however since they were in the band, any songs by that band is allowed. For example, Stevie Ray Vaughan's band Double Trouble were based in Austin, but his drummer, Chris Layton, was from Corpus Christi, so all Double Trouble songs are allowed. I would like to ask that if you feel the need to do more songs by the Monkees, please stick to the ones that were written by Michael Nesmith, since we just recently did a Monkees season.
Since I have found that the themes I choose tend to be somewhat self-limiting, there is no song limit for this week.
Original songs: the original song theme for this week is My Favorite Picture, and is inspired by a Guy Clark song "My Favorite Picture of You" which he wrote about a photograph of his wife. Write an original song about a picture. It can be a photo that you own or any picture of any kind (painting, artwork, etc.), that strikes you. Please show everyone the picture you are writing about. Provide a link to it, include it in your forum post, or just hold it up in front of the camera for a few seconds so we can all see it.
There will be some familiar names on the list, and many names that are not familiar. I hope everyone enjoys learning about some new musicians and new songs. Have fun!
country musicians from Texas
folk musicians from Texas
musical groups from Texas
musicians from Houston, Texas
old-time musicians from Texas
musicians from San Antonio, Texas
singers from Texas
songwriters from Texas
Texas blues musicians
Remember these links are for Texas musicians in general, so remember to check and make sure they are from south Texas before covering! Thanks.
Playlists:
South Texas Musicians (covers)
My Favorite Picture (originals)
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