Bugs Henderson - Stabbed in the back

Born October 22, 1944 in Palm Springs, CA Died March 8, 2012 in Fort Worth, TX Artist Biography by Richard Skelly The Tyler, TX-raised Bugs Henderson took his cues from the wealth of great roadhouse blues and blues-rock guitarists that were around Dallas, including Freddie King, Johnny Winter, and literally dozens of others on the Texas music scene of the ’60s. Henderson has cited James Burton, Ricky Nelson’s guitarist, as a major influence. At LastHenderson got his first guitar, a Montgomery Ward Airline, one year at Christmas when he was just six years old. Like Louisianan Sonny Landreth, also an exquisite player, Henderson began working in a record store in his teens. As a teenager, he would sneak out of the house to see live shows at local clubs, and he formed his first band, the Sensors, at 16. He later joined a friend, Ronnie Weiss, in a band called Mouse & the Traps, and they charted their first regional radio hit, “Public Execution“ in 1966. Although he played in