Lou Ann Barton

Lou Ann Barton (Born February 17, 1954 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a roadhouse blues singer based out of Austin, Texas since the 1970s. She has recorded for Asylum Records since at least 1982 and for the Austin-based Antone's Records through the 1990s. [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/barton_lou_ann/bio.jhtml Lou Ann Barton profile] , VH1.com]

In the early 1970s, Barton was a member of the Triple Threat Revue, with W. C. Clark and Stevie Ray Vaughan.She was a founding member of Vaughn's band Double Trouble and did a stint with the legendary jump-blues band Roomful of Blues.In 1990 Barton made an appearance on the PBS music television program Austin City Limits with the W. C. Clark Blues Revue, which Clark had formed in 1975. The show was taped in celebration of Clark's 50th birthday. [ [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 Limit Music Festival.

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