Lou Ann Barton

Lou Ann Barton
Lou Ann Barton performing in 2006
Background information
Born	(1954-02-17) February 17, 1954 Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Genres	Blues, Jump blues
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instrument	Vocalist
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Asylum Records, Spindletop Records, Antone's Records,

Lou Ann Barton (born February 17, 1954, Fort Worth, Texas, United States) is an American blues singer based in 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, 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 return to her blues roots that featured 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).

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

In 2001 she again appeared on Austin City Limits, as a guest of Double Trouble.

In 2006 she was a featured act at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

As of 2010, she is touring with Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-a-Whirl Band.

Discography

• 1979 Austin Festival with Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 1982 Old Enough (Asylum Records)
• 1986 Forbidden Tones (Spindletop Records)
• 1989 Read My Lips (Antone's Records)
• 1990 Dreams Come True (Antone's) (with Marcia Ball and Angela Strehli)
• 1998 Sugar Coated Love with Stevie Ray Vaughan and others (M.I.L. Multimedia)
• 2001 Thunderbroad (Blues Factory)
• 2002 Someday (Catfish)
• 2007 On The Jimmy Reed Highway with Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan
• 2010 Jimmie Vaughan Plays Blues, Ballads, & Favorites with Jimmie Vaughan
• 2011 Jimmie Vaughan Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites with Jimmie Vaughan