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Use mdy dates|date=August 2011BLP sources|date=December 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Lou Ann Barton| image = Lou Ann Barton.jpg| caption = Lou Ann Barton performing in 2006| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1954|2|17 Fort Worth, Texas , United States | death_date =| instrument = Vocalist| genre = Blues music|Blues , Jump blues | occupation = Musician, songwriter, record producer| years_active = 1970–present| label = Asylum Records , Spindletop Records, Antone's Records,| associated_acts = Double Trouble (band)|Double Trouble , W. C. Clark | website =| notable_instruments = Lou Ann Barton (born February 17, 1954, Fort Worth, Texas , United States ) is an United States|American blues singer based, out of Austin, Texas|Austin , Texas since the 1970s.
Biography
In the early 1970s, she was a member of the Triple Threat Revue, with W. C. Clark and Stevie Ray Vaughan . She was a founding member of Vaughan's band Double Trouble (band)|Double Trouble , and did a stint with the jump blues band Roomful of Blues . During that time, in 1975, she joined up with W. C. Clark to form his W. C. Clark Blues Revue.
She recorded the album Old Enough for Asylum Records in 1982, a well-received recording that was co-produced by Jerry Wexler and Glenn Frey . Despite positive reviews, Old Enough did not sell well, and her tenure with Asylum Records was a short one. Barton recorded Forbidden Tones , a pop-oriented EP for Spindletop Records in 1986 that also failed to find a wide audience. Her next release was the 1989 album Read My Lips for the Austin-based Antone's Records, a triumphant return to her blues roots that featured inspired versions of songs made famous by Slim Harpo , Hank Ballard and Wanda Jackson , among others. Barton later collaborated with singers Marcia Ball and Angela Strehli on the release Dreams Come True (1990). http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/barton_lou_ann/bio.jhtml Lou Ann Barton profile, VH1.com
In 1990 Barton made an appearance on Austin City Limits with the W. C. Clark Blues Revue. The show was taped in celebration of Clark's 50th birthday. Other artists included Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, and Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program353.html Stevie Ray Vaughan followed by W. C. Clark Blues Revue, Austin City Limits , 1990
In 2001 she again appeared on Austin City Limits , as a guest of Double Trouble. http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program20.html Double Trouble with Special Guests, Austin City Limits , 2001
In 2006 she was a featured act at the Austin City Limits Music Festival .
As of 2012, she is touring with Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-a-Whirl Band.
1998 Sugar Coated Love with Stevie Ray Vaughan and others (M.I.L. Multimedia)
2001 Thunderbroad (Blues Factory)
2002 Someday (Catfish)
2011 Jimmie Vaughan Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites with Jimmie Vaughan
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Reflist Persondata | NAME =Barton, Lou Ann | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American blues singer | DATE OF BIRTH =February 17, 1954 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Fort Worth, Texas , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Barton, Lou Ann Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:American blues singers Category:American female singers Category:American blues musicians Category:Songwriters from Texas Category:American record producers Category:People from Fort Worth, Texas Category:Texas blues musicians
