Among his solo albums are Blues Bag from 1991, and Muddy Springs Road from 1994.[2]
An Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee, he was afflicted in 2017 with a skin illness that wasted away the flesh of his arms, and he lost the ability to perform in public.[1] In 2020 he published a memoir, OMAR DYKES: The Life and Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesman.[3]
Discography
Big Leg Beat (1980, Stomp)
I Told You So (1984, Clyde Frog)
Hard Times in the Land of Plenty (1987, Columbia)
Wall of Pride (1988, Columbia)
Monkey Land (1990, Antone's)
Blues Bag (1991, Provogue) (solo album)
Live at Paradiso (1992, Provogue)
Courts of Lulu (1993, Provogue)
Muddy Springs Road (1995, Provogue)
World Wide Open (1996, Provogue)
Southern Style (1997, Provogue)
Swing Land (1999, Provogue)
Live at the Opera House: Austin, Texas - August 30, 1987 (2000, Provogue)