Early Anson & The Rockets

[@greghenderson4582]

I am so proud to be friends with Anson what a player ...and he is a lot different than JLV in my opinion ....his vibrato is stronger !!! And he plays more complex lines ....however Jimmie is Jimmie ...but Anson is my favorite ...I think he is one of the finest ever white blues players !!!

[@greghenderson4582]

I do love Jimmie Vaughn as well but Anson is unbeatable at this !!!

[@airtow6766]

In my mind there is no one that can play like Anson, and after meeting and speaking to him a number of times, I can say you’ll never meet a friendlier more modest musical genius anywhere!

[@tonytetrow991]

Darrell and Anson -- What a team!

[@timsherman9566]

What else can you say? The greatest tone, the greatest playing, the most down and dirty blues by the one of the greatest bluesmen to walk the earth...swangin' like the Devil on Halloween. Folks, THIS is what old school, real soulful Stratocasters sound like. You can smell the tubes in the ol' Super Reverb burning. They sure don't make em like that anymore...

[@KerryVance-r6o]

Anson was playing a 3x10 tweed Bandmaster and using an outboard reverb on the night that this was recorded.

[@dennisharper5425]

Went to high school with Anson. His dad was a much loved custodian.

[@EricCirca6566]

If Anson is any reflection of his parents , then they both have to be very nice people. They did a great job on raising him!

[@stephenbarfield3211]

I first met Anson circa 1970. Our band knew some people in his band and they invited us to their try out for a high school senior prom. Anson was a sophomore. I believe they played I'm a Man by Chicago and he added his own licks. We were absolutely blown away. I'll never forget the looks on the faces of two girls that were holding the audition! His band got the job..

[@willgo7898]

that must have been a good prom

[@deniceyeagin4728]

I moved to Austin after seeing Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets in a club in small town NETX. Oh yeah!!!!! Talk to You By Hand LP

[@woodyburkhalter1]

those monday nights with anson at poor davids was a real treat for years, love all you that were there

[@davidcaldwell6211]

I was there and remember fondly. Always a good show.

[@lovermanowherecanube]

Mid-1980s, George Street Grocery, Jackson Mississippi. Hot blues and cold Tanqueray and tonic with extra lime. Fond memories.

[@lovermanowherecanube]

@Talkin Bout Nawlins well hello old friend! I was at the Subway often. Omar & the Howlers, The Tangents, Anson and the Rockets with Darrell, and Sweet Sammy Myers, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jewel Bass, Debbie Bouie, all those people are like family to me. And lovely Bo Miller. I cried when I heard he passed away. What a wonderful time we had! It's a miracle I can remember any of it. :-)

[@lovermanowherecanube]

@Talkin Bout Nawlins oh my gosh I forgot about Admiral Benbow! I think Anson & Sam played a show in the lounge a time or two. I was friends with Corky Munn, a bartender at George Street, and if Anson and Sam were playing she and I were always there. I wasn't there the night Jewel got busted but I remember hearing about it. I did get to see Jill Connor Browned puking her head off in a toilet at George Street, long before she was the Sweet Potato Queen. The first time I saw BB was when I was in college at Southern, 1986 maybe, and he played the Hi-Hat Club in Hattiesburg. $5 cover charge. I was so close to him I could have reached out and touched Lucille. BB was right when he sang that he had really paid his dues. The Sun n Sand is now on the state register of historic places, lol. Those were good times, special people special music. A lot of those people are gone now. Omar can't play guitar anymore, he has some weird muscle condition. Sammy passed in 2007, and I was at Duff Durroughs' funeral in Ruleville years ago. Sounds like you and I ran in the same crowd and probably rubbed shoulders at some point.

[@lovermanowherecanube]

@Talkin Bout Nawlins I remember a Carlton with blondish brown hair. He was tall.

[@lovermanowherecanube]

@Talkin Bout Nawlins I was at the Dock a lot, too. I was tall, but auburn hair not blonde, green eyes. Mike Morgan & the Crawl, The Houserockers, Webb Wilder, I was there for all that great music. Robin Trower at Town Creek Saloon. 931 Blues, Poet's, Main Harbor, all those good times at all those places that ain't there no more! Years ago I went to Duling Hall to see Larry Raspberry, and was blown away when Jewel walked out on stage to sing backup. After the show I told her how much I had enjoyed seeing her back in the day at George Street, and she said, "Wasn't it fun? Didn't we have fun?" Last time I went out in Jackson was last fall to Duling Hall to hear Kingfish Ingram play. He's the next generation.

[@lovermanowherecanube]

@Talkin Bout Nawlins Fingers has Alzheimer's disease and hasn't played for years. He lives in Pearl. Jubilee Jam is no more. I saw a very drunk Bonnie Raitt there sometime around 1985. I went to the last one they had, 2006 or so, to see Anson & Sam. I ran into one of the Houserockers at the grocery store last year, and he told me that Dudley passed away. Dudley was married to Marianne, who I went to college with. We do have a few local concerts where people like Mac McAnally and Fred Nobloch still play. Couple of years ago we got Dr. John, in fine form. We have a gumbo fest every year that Malcome White produces as a fundraiser for Hal's scholarship fund. Usually some good musicians there. Yes those days are gone forever but I am grateful I got to live them and have those fond memories. I try to keep the groove alive -- I can still get down with the best of 'em. It's the getting back up again that's a bitch. It's been a pleasure dancing down memory lane with you. My name is Andrea. Drop in and say hi anytime.

[@bogthing1]

Darrell could roll it in real nice. Such a great era in American music.

[@timwoolard4339]

I listen to blues. I know blues. Like them all. Jimmie, Stevie, Clapton, slim Harpo, magic Sam, magic slim, and the list goes on and on. This track right here would be the one I would save if I had to give them all up. The phrasing and tone is amazing!! The subtle notes, slides, stops, bends. I love Jimmie, but I believe this surpasses anything Jimmie played, even full time lover, which is also amazing. Thank you so much for posting this. I look forward to seeing Anson in July here in Phoenix, but sadly he doesn't replicate this style much anymore. Still great, but there's something about the tone, rawness and soul in this recording that is pure genius!!

[@EricCirca6566]

I totally agree with you. I prefer his early tone and phrasing. Although now he has licks in his repertoire that you can recognize as being totally his own.

[@lawrencemeyering6524]

stop! stop comparing! wtf?!

[@Janyjanjan54]

🌷🌻🌷Ohhhhh Yahhhhh 🌷🥳💘

[@sheilabarron7206]

Awesome Blues Sounds ✌️♥️

[@margovallen]

Dear Jesus-- help me, now! This is really good. Anson perhaps, should entertain the notion of reflecting.. while listening to some of his early playing. Hes well seasoned now, obviously. But, those early staccato licks. Love it. /// And the singer on this is wonderful. Blue-eyed soulful crooning.

[@kevindean1327]

It might sound more "stacatto" because there's no Bass player on these tracks.

[@KerryVance-r6o]

There very definitely was a bass player, a great one at that. It's Mark Hickman, the original bass player for The Rockets. The drummer was David Watson, nephew of Doyle Bramhall (Sr.).

[@EricCirca6566]

I can't believe that someone gave this a "thumbs down." I'd like to see that person post a video of him playing better!

[@rolandpouilloux7153]

priceless!! Anson is the Boss!! thanx for the share!!

[@marktaylor4287]

Top-notch tone !

[@codydafoe2951]

he is a nice bridge between old and new

[@BorsosGabor2023]

It is a treasure! Thank you!

[@coldcuts113]

RAW RAW RAW - right there…… 🎸 🎤

[@jimmieyoung4865]

You're killin' it always TB!

[@AA1969]

Thanks a bunch for posting this!

[@jimheckert5383]

Man this is sweet. Play the Blues!! Thanks

[@hdscummydog]

I used to see them just about every Monday night at Poor David's in Dallas , No cover charge and always an excellent show.

[@Harpmann]

Great stuff, agree with many here, early Anson style, just like Jimmy Vaughan in early T.birds. who came first? both Great also

[@lawrencemeyering6524]

Jimmie 1st....

[@newenglandguitarman3345]

Contemporaries

[@philnewton2011]

Texas, baby.

[@soontobe1968]

thanks again for posting! killer recording!!

[@toobadjim1]

pure tone

[@MrStanleyMilton]

Live at the Regal...

[@JesusIced]

thats a fucking gem. thought ive heard it all but hello, the whole band to discover. offbeat guitar is, yknow, PROFESSIONAL. straightly diggin this stuff, like and subscribe to channel

[@timwoolard4339]

Can anyone expand on the relationship between Jimmie and Anson? I've always been curious.

[@billlewis3716]

i meet a guy that went to high school with Stevie an Jimmie Vaughn, said there was 5 or 6 bands that hung out and played in a park in Irving, broke up reformed and broke up and reformed, Anson was there too.

[@mitchgawlik1175]

This is just too good. After Darrell split I felt that Curtis Salgado could have easily slipped into his place. Curtis and his harp ability would have worked greatly with Anson's talents.

[@kevindean1327]

So it's Anson, the drummer, and Darrell Nulisch with no Bass player. I need to hear that bottom!!!

[@billatwood2544]

You don't hear that bass line ?

[@oakhillslim]

Yep

[@albrown4589]

Class!

[@TheVatonaught]

I got to hear him live back in these days. kim Wilson was the vocalist. I'd never heard them before but after that I could never forget them...even after a heart attack made me forget a bunch o stuff ese !

[@willgo7898]

@ Sounds like Kim to me.

[@lawrencemeyering6524]

@@willgo7898 this is Darrell!....listen - listen - listen...

[@CorrineLindsey-um6tp]

Is that Darrel NUlish singing?

[@teebeeferris]

yes

[@SuperCrackerjacks]

A bit Jimmiesh. Lesson learnt.

[@andrewbarber2054]

Hi folks, are you all sure this isn’t Jimmy Vaughan, it even sounds like Kim Wilson on vocals, not trolling, just a genuine question

[@teebeeferris]

definatly not , thanks

[@beachidiot8530]

Back in the day I always thought Darrell and Kim sounded a lot alike too.

[@kevindean1327]

@@beachidiot8530 They do sound somewhat similar on certain songs!!

[@5after4am]

Check out B.B. King's My Kind Of Blues album from 1960. It's where Anson said he got his whole style from. It's all right there. Especially on Pawnbroker. Just the best. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4K8i2Ooo86oq9U

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

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[@teebeeferris]

saw him 2 yrs ago down in Austin , still kickin it , have some videos of him playing at Eastside Kings show

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

teebeeferris WAS HE PLAYING BASS OR GUITAR WHEN YOU SAW HIM CARLOS...

[@teebeeferris]

@@GuitarlosCarlos bass