Texas Twister is an album released by Johnny Copeland

Johnny Copeland

Johnny Copeland was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer.-Career:Born in Haynesville, Louisiana, United States, while Copeland was becoming interested in music, he also pursued boxing, mostly as an avocation, and it is from his days as a boxer that he got his nickname "Clyde." Also as a...

 in 1984 on Demon Records in the United Kingdom, and Black and Blue Records in France. A CD with additional songs was released on Rounder Records

Rounder Records

Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...

 in Canada in 1986. It is a compilation of four albums Copeland recorded for Rounder Records. It was produced by Dan Doyle.

The album features Copeland on guitar and vocals.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stephen Ray "Stevie Ray" Vaughan was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan and frontman for Double Trouble, a band that included bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Born in Dallas, Vaughan moved to Austin at the age of 17 and...

appears on the tracks "Don't Stop By The Creek, Son" and "When The Rain Starts Fallin'" on the Demon, and Black and Blues releases. "When The Rain Starts Fallin'" does not appear on the 1986 CD release.

Other musicians appearing on the album include: Sam Furnace (Alto Saxophone & Baritone Saxophone), Brian Miller (Bass), Jimmy Wormworth (Drums on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9), Julian Vaughan (Drums on tracks 2, 4, 5), Ken Vangel (Piano), Joel Perry (Rhythm Guitar), Bert McGowan (Tenor Saxophone), George Lewis (Trombone), Ben Bierman (Trumpet).

Track listing

(on the 1984 Demon and Black and Blues releases)

1. "Midnight Fantasy"
2. "North Carolina"
3. "Don't Stop By The Creek, Son" (feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan)
4. "Excuses"
5. "Jessanne"
6. "Houston"
7. "When The Rain Starts Fallin'" (feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan)
8. "I De Go Now"
9. "Early In The Mornin'"

(on the 1986 Rounder release)

1. "Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me"
2. "Copeland Special"
3. "It's My Own Tears"
4. "Claim Jumper"
5. "Natural Born Believer"
6. "Cold Outside"
7. "Honky Tonkin'"
8. "Love Utopia"
9. "Don't Stop By The Creek, Son" (feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan)
10. "Houston"
11. "I De Go Now"
12. "Excuses"
13. "Ngote"
14. "Kasavubu"
15. "Abidjan"

Note: An album with the same name (and cover) appears on the johnnycopeland.com website, but with completely different tracks listed and stating it was released in 1983.