Sign Up for ThunderCall. Lake Levels. Meteorology Minute. Cowboys Camp. East Texas Kitchen. Main Dish. On The Grill. The East Texas Weekend. Traffic On The Go. We love you, Bugs. The world has lost truly one of the greatest musicians. Bugs not only was a great six shooter, but was absolutely a great stage entertainer too. Having watched Bugs play since till present he continually amazed his audience not only with his master of guitar,but also with his humorous comments.
His legend and music will live on long after our own deaths. Bugs thank you for sharing your God given gift with all us for so many years.
What a group. That was a real treat. RIP you guitar God! Bugs and the talent and skill he displayed will truly be missed. The rest is the history that everybody knows. His playing was so great, I always wondered why New York or Hollywood never called. God only knows and now Bugs can ask Him. For more information about the Celebration of Life, visit bugshenderson. It never ceases to amaze me, that even though this man was well known among the greatest rock and blues guitar players of the world, he never actually made the the road to fame.
The likes of Eddie VH and Ted Nugent would drop in on his shows, yet Bugs himself did not climb the ladder to national notoriety. Condolences to all…. This version of Sleepwalk performed by Bugs Henderson is an example of his incredible inventiveness and will surely be missed.
An icon! Great article Jeff. Those are some wonderful memories. My own memory is being in the pool at a friends house with my late wife. When he put on one of Bugs slow tunes, I grabbed my wife and waltzed around the shallow end with her for the most memorable ten minutes of my life.
I am ashamed to say I never got to see him play. I always thought there would be time. He always made his home with us when he was touring the Northwest.
He dedicated an hour a day to play his awesome music for my husband, his friend, Lee, who preceded him in the cancer battle. I was once at one of his gigs at the old Granada in The Dalles, when most of the dance floor stopped to watch his hands fly over the guitar strings. With such agility he could make that guitar sing. Saw him with my future wife on our first date at the Banshee in Ranger, Texas. I heard people complaining about them not doing a lot of covers like the bands that usually played there.
I had seen him before a few times in Dallas and was happy he did his own stuff. He played there a month later and we were about the only people there.
Since there were only about 6 people there he told everbody to bring their chairs up front. We were sitting right up in front of Bugs for a private concert. I just wrote a friend of mine in Austin asking if he had found some of my wife things that she lost along the way in October.
I knew i was going to love the guy before he even began, because we were in the same club——running around barefoot. I turned many people onto him over the years and danced to him many a time….. He got to know who i was and would give me a nod and kick his feet up at me. We lost a good un and i send out my late condolences to his family….
Good riddance! Miss this man,s guitar sound so much, thanks for what you left us all bug,s you are greatly missed. When we lived in Dallas, we would go see Buggs almost every time he played. He was special and is missed. The VHS footage got packed away and forgotten for decades. I only recently learned of his death and found the tape. WOW, what a treat it was to see this show again. If anybody out there knows how I can reach his family please let me know.
I want them to have this classic one of a kind footage. I need all his recordings! Steve Bull. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Friday, November 12, Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. I wouldn't give that up for anything. Despite his limited touring and the limited distribution of his recordings over the years with smaller labels like Burnside, Henderson and his varying bands have shared stages with guitar icons including Ted Nugent , B.
Henderson recently released a DVD, Live at the Grenada, recorded in Texas, and his website indicates he continues to tour Europe, select festivals around the U. He made a conscious decision some years ago to avoid grueling road trips, and said in a biography for Burnside Records, "I tell people all the time that I know you're supposed to stop and smell the roses as you go through life, but in my case I stopped and moved into the garden. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript.
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