U.P. Wilson

Huary Perry "U.P." Wilson (September 4, 1934 – September 22, 2004) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer who performed Texas blues. He recorded five albums for JSP Records, the first being Boogie Boy! The Texas Guitar Tornado Returns! He was known for playing a style of deep Southern soul blues that was gospel inflected. Wilson later relocated from Dallas to Fort Worth and formed a duo, the Boogie Chillun Boys, with the drummer and vocalist Robert Ealey. Later he worked with Cornell Dupree, until Dupree left to become a session musician. The Boogie Chillun Boys provided inspiration to another Texan singer and guitarist, Ray Sharpe. Blues & Rhythm magazine stated that Wilson's music was "superb Texas blues from one of the discoveries of the 80s".

Discography On My Way (Red Lightnin' [UK] 0078, 1988; CD reissue: Fedora [US] 5014, 1999) Wild Texas Guitar (Double Trouble [Belgium] 3023, 1989) Attack of the Atomic Guitar live album with Paul Orta & the Kingpins (Red Lightnin' [UK] 0094, 1992) Boogie Boy! The Texas Guitar Tornado Returns! (JSP [UK] 255, 1994) Texas Blues Party, Vol. 1: The Texas Tornado U.P. Wilson Live At Schooner's Dallas (Wolf [Austria] 120.630, 1995) This Is U.P. Wilson (JSP [UK] 266, 1995) Whirlwind (JSP [UK] 277, 1996) U.P. Wilson and Texas Trailer Trash (Felony [US] 1001, 1998) The Good, The Bad, The Blues (JSP [UK] 2103 1998) Booting (JSP [UK] 2129, 1999)