Artist:Elmore Nixon
Song:Married Woman Blues
Album:Houston Might Be Heaven: Rockin' R&B in Texas 1947-1951
Though Elmore Nixon recorded a handful of singles, he was mostly a sideman playing piano in Houston blues bands of the late 40s. Married Woman Blues is good enough that Nixon should have gotten the opportunity to record more. He was born Nov. 17, 1933 in Crowley, LA. His family moved to Houston in 1939. Nixon learned to play piano in church. By the time he was a teen, he was playing local clubs most notably with singer and guitarist Peppermint Harris. He was also in alto saxophonist Henry Hayes' Four Kings. Nixon recorded a handful of singles from 1950-52 for Peacock, Savoy and Mercury. Married Woman Blues isn't listed on any discographies. But it looks like it was on Mercury in 1952. Nixon returned to being a sideman, most notably for Zydeco legend Clifton Chenier and blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins in the 60s. Married Woman Blues appears on this box set from the reissue label JSP. There's a lot of Peppermint Harris on this. I'm pretty sure Nixon played piano on those records. After serious surgery in 1970, Nixon died in June 1975. Here's a video for Married Woman Blues by Elmore Nixon.
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