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Slide electric guitar blues with an Elmore Adam flavor played with an eight-string desk (non-pedal) steel electric guitar was the trademarked sound of Houston blues legend Hop Wilson. Totally a local sensation, Wilson documented fitfully and hated touring. Though he also performed great down-home blues on typical guitar and was …

A good guitarist and vocalist, Babe Turner AKA Dark Ace built his own electric guitar as a kid, then taught himself to try out. He was also within a gospel choir in Hughes Springs, TX. Turner honed his abilities playing at community features through the ’20s, after that caused Smokey …