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American Blues were a 1960s Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
-based garage band who played a psychedelic
Psychedelic

The word 'psychedelic' is an English term coined from the Greek language words for "soul," ???? , and "manifest," d???? . A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly ordinary fetters....
 style of blues rock music influenced by the 13th Floor Elevators
13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas which existed 1965-1969. During their career, the band released four LPs and seven 45s for the International Artists record label....
. They are most famous for including two future members of the band ZZ Top
ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
 in their ranks, Dusty Hill
Dusty Hill

Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bass guitarist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. Hill is noted for his solid, unadorned bass playing, "leather-lung" vocal stylings and his love of Elvis Presley....
 and Frank Beard
Frank Beard (musician)

Frank Lee Beard in Frankston, Texas is the drummer in the Rock music band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and The American Blues bands before starting to perform and sound recording and reproduction with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top....
. From 1966 to 1968, they played the Dallas-Fort Worth-Houston circuit and headlined in three clubs all called "The Cellar", in Dallas at clubs such as "The Walrus" on Mockingbird Lane, and in Houston at "Love Street Light Circus Feel Good Machine" on Allen's Landing
Allen's Landing

Allen's Landing is the birthplace of Houston, Texas. In August 1836, just months after the Republic of Texas won its independence from Mexico, two brothers from New York, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, purchased 6,642 acres  in the area and settled there on the banks of Buffalo...
, as late as 1968.








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American Blues were a 1960s Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
-based garage band who played a psychedelic
Psychedelic

The word 'psychedelic' is an English term coined from the Greek language words for "soul," ???? , and "manifest," d???? . A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly ordinary fetters....
 style of blues rock music influenced by the 13th Floor Elevators
13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas which existed 1965-1969. During their career, the band released four LPs and seven 45s for the International Artists record label....
. They are most famous for including two future members of the band ZZ Top
ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
 in their ranks, Dusty Hill
Dusty Hill

Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bass guitarist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. Hill is noted for his solid, unadorned bass playing, "leather-lung" vocal stylings and his love of Elvis Presley....
 and Frank Beard
Frank Beard (musician)

Frank Lee Beard in Frankston, Texas is the drummer in the Rock music band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with The Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and The American Blues bands before starting to perform and sound recording and reproduction with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top....
. From 1966 to 1968, they played the Dallas-Fort Worth-Houston circuit and headlined in three clubs all called "The Cellar", in Dallas at clubs such as "The Walrus" on Mockingbird Lane, and in Houston at "Love Street Light Circus Feel Good Machine" on Allen's Landing
Allen's Landing

Allen's Landing is the birthplace of Houston, Texas. In August 1836, just months after the Republic of Texas won its independence from Mexico, two brothers from New York, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, purchased 6,642 acres  in the area and settled there on the banks of Buffalo...
, as late as 1968.

Personnel

  • Rocky Hill - guitar
  • Dusty Hill
    Dusty Hill

    Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bass guitarist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. Hill is noted for his solid, unadorned bass playing, "leather-lung" vocal stylings and his love of Elvis Presley....
     - bass
  • Richard Harris - drums
  • Doug Davis - piano on Mellow
  • Frank Beard
    Frank Beard

    Frank J. Beard is an United States professional golfer.Beard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Saint Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he graduated in 1957....
     - drums


Albums

  • American Blues 'Is Here'
    American Blues 'Is Here'

    American Blues 'Is Here is a studio album by the psychedelic blues-rock band American Blues. The album is sometimes referred to as simply American Blues or Is Here....
     1967
  • American Blues 'Do Their Thing' 1968