West Coast Blues

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Ronnie Earl
and for Texas Swing- Asleep @ the Wheel

Love it. Great stuff!

Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers
Kid Ramos - first two or three albums, then he went off the rails

Where does one place Taj Mahal?

John

Big Sandy & The Fly-Rite Boys probably qualify - both West Coast and swinging blues..

However, I'm not sure that "West Coast Blues" is the name I'd attach to your list. Gatemouth sure swings, but he's 100% Texas/Louisiana in my book. The Western Swing thing is something that I always associate with Texas, ala Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys. But, that genre usually ends up with more of a country-jazz feel, IMHO. I think Bob and the 'boys ended up recording quite a bit in California, but still, they are TEXAS playboys!

Whatever you call it, swinging blues can be great and I like your list.

Some of Danny Gatton's material qualifies, too.

Marty

John, "Where does one place Taj Mahal?"

At the top of one's list, of course!

Maybe just not this exact list.

BTW, I hosted an "after rehearsal dinner" party at Harvel's (Santa Monica) two nights before my wedding, some 8 years ago. 2,000 lbs of Blues tore it up for us. Great Band!

Marty