Label: Membran
(4Cd Box Set)
Blues
T-Bone Walker was the Charlie Christian of the blues. A fluent guitarist who was one of the first important electric guitarists in the blues, Walker had the facility of a jazz musician and often recorded with jazz-oriented combos while sticking largely to the blues. His influence was so strong that in some of his 1940s recordings, he plays phrases that would be picked up and popularized by Chuck Berry a decade later.
Born in Texas in 1910, Walker first recorded two selections in 1929 and cut a few titles during 1940-44 but did not really get going as a recording artist until 1945. His Quadromania release is a four-CD set that begins with the 1929 numbers and the early performances before mostly concentrating on the 1945-54 period. While only one of Walker's originals became a hit (Stormy Monday which is heard here in its original version), his performances with his sextet (which usually included tenor-saxophonist Bumps Myers) are infectious and joyful. The blues was never a downbeat music when T-Bone Walker was playing.
This four-CD set shows why T-Bone Walker is considered an influential blues giant even today.
By Scott Yanow. AMG.
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Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone (May 26, 1910 — March 15, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, pianist and songwriter who was one of the most important pioneers of the electric guitar.
His electric guitar solos were among the first heard on modern blues recordings and helped set a standard that is still followed.
Walker was born in Linden, Texas of African and Cherokee descent. His parents, Rance Walker and Movelia Jimerson were both musicians.
Walker married Vida Lee in 1935 and had three children with her. He died of pneumonia March 16, 1975.
His distinctive sound developed in 1942 when Walker recorded “Mean Old World” for Capitol Records. Much of his output was recorded from 1946–1948 on Black & White Records, including 1947’s “Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)”, with its famous opening line, “They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad”. He followed up with his “T-Bone Shuffle” and “Let Your Hair Down, Baby, Let’s Have a Natural Ball”. Both are considered blues classics. “Stormy Monday” was a favorite live number for The Allman Brothers Band.
Throughout his career Walker worked with the top quality musicians, including Teddy Buckner (trumpet), Lloyd Glenn (piano), Billy Hadnott (bass), and Jack McVea (tenor sax).
Following his work with Black & White, he recorded from 1950-54 for Imperial Records (backed by Dave Bartholomew). Walker’s only record in the next five years was T-Bone Blues, recorded over three widely separated sessions in 1955, 1956 and 1959, and finally released by Atlantic Records in 1960.
By the early 1960s, Walker’s career had slowed down, in spite of a hyped appearance at the American Folk Blues Festival in 1962 with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, among others. A few critically acclaimed albums followed, such as I Want a Little Girl. Walker recorded in his last years, 1968 - 1975, for Robin Hemingway’s Jitney Jane Songs music publishing company, and he won a Grammy Award in 1971 for Good Feelin’ (Polydor), produced by Robin Hemingway. “Fly Walker Airlines”, Polydor, also produced by Hemingway, was released in 1973.
T-Bone Walker died of a stroke in 1975, at the age of 64. He is interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.
Walker’s influence extended beyond his music. Chuck Berry called Walker and Louis Jordan (as well as Jordan’s guitarist, Carl Hogan) his main influences. T-Bone Walker was the childhood hero of Jimi Hendrix, and Hendrix imitated some of Walker’s ways throughout his life. Years before Hendrix, Walker was playing guitar with his teeth or in strange positions.
Walker was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
From Wikipedia.
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T-Bone Walker- Guitar/Vocals;
Paul Campbell, Walter Williams, Forrest Powell, Melvin Moore, Nick Cooper, Joe Red Kelly, John Teddy Buckert, George Orendorff- Trumpets;
Britt Woodman, Allen Durham- Trombones;
Les Hite, Floyd Turnham, Nathan Joseph, Frank Derrick- Alto Saxes;
Quedillis Martin, Roger Hurd, Moses Grant, Jack McVea, Hubert Bumps Myers- Tenor Saxes;
Sol Moore- Baritone Sax;
Douglas Fernell, Nat Walker, Freddie Slack, Marl Young, Tommy Crow Kahn, Lloyd Glenn, Willard McDaniel- Pianos;
Frank Paisley- Guitar;
Al Morgan, Jud De Naut, Frank Clarke, Arthur Edwards, Billy Hadnott, John Davis- Basses;
Oscar Lee Bradley, Dave Coleman, Rabon Tarrant- Drums;
Les Hite's Orchestra;
Marl Young's Orchestra;
Jack McVea's All-Stars.
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CD 1
01.Bobby Sox Blues (3:09)
02.Wichita Falls Blue (3:10)
03.T-Bone Blues (3:17)
04.I Got a Break Baby (3:18)
05.Mean Old World (2:55)
06.Low Down Dirty Shame (Married Woman Blues) (2:37)
07.Sail on Boogie (2:39)
08.Mean Old World Blues (2:52)
09.You Don't Love Me Blues (2:37)
10.T-Bone Boogie (3:03)
11.I'm Still in Love With You (2:54)
12.Evening (3:29)
13.My Baby Left Me (2:54)
14.Come Back to Me Baby (3:07)
15.She's Going to Ruin Me (2:56)
16.I Can't Stand Being Away from You (3:10)
17.No Worry Blues (2:43)
18.Don't Leave Me Baby (2:49)
19.Trinity River (2:39)
20.I'm Gonna Find My Baby (2:55)
21.I Know Your Wig Is Gone (2:45)
22.T-Bone Jumps Again (2:43)
23.Call It Stormy Monday (3:01)
24.She Had to Let Me Down (3:08)
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CD 2
01.She's My Old Time Used-To-Be (2:39)
02.Dream Girl Blues (2:40)
03.Midnight Blues (2:45)
04.Long Lost Lover Blues (2:55)
05.Triflin' Woman Blues (3:04)
06.Long Skirt Baby Blues (2:51)
07.Goodbye-Blues (3:09)
08.Too Much Trouble Blues (2:44)
09.I'm Waiting for Your Call (3:01)
10.Hypin' Woman Blues (2:48)
11.So Blue Blues (3:08)
12.On Your Way Blues (2:53)
13.The Natural Blues (3:05)
14.That's Better for Me (2:38)
15.First Love Blues (3:09)
16.Lonesome Woman Blues (2:39)
17.Vacation Blues (2:55)
18.Inspiration Blues (2:48)
19.Description Blues (3:06)
20.T-Bone Shuffle (2:59)
21.No Worry Blues (2:43)
22.Don't Leave Me Baby (2:49)
23.Bobby Sox Baby (2:40)
24.I'm Gonna Find My Baby (2:53)
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CD 3
01.I'm in an Awful Mood (2:44)
02.It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal (2:55)
03.Don't Give Me the Runaround (3:03)
04.Hard Pain Blues T-Bone Walker (3:02)
05.I Know Your Wig Is Gone (2:45)
06.T-Bone Jumps Again (2:43)
07.Call It Stormy Monday (3:02)
08.She Had to Let Me Down (3:10)
09.She's My Old Time Used to Be (2:39)
10.Dream Girl Blues (2:40)
11.Midnight Blues (2:45)
12.Long Lost Lover Blues (2:56)
13.Triflin' Woman Blues (3:04)
14.Long Skirt Baby Blues (2:50)
15.Goodbye Blues (3:10)
16.Too Much Trouble Blues (2:44)
17.I'm Waiting for Your Call Oscar Lollie (3:02)
18.Hypin' Woman Blues (2:48)
19.So Blue Blues (3:08)
20.On Your Way Blues (2:53)
21.Natural Blues (3:05)
22.That's Better for Me (2:39)
23.First Love Blues (3:09)
24.Lonesome Woman Blues (2:37)
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CD 4
01.Vacation Blues (2:54)
02.Inspiration Blues (2:48)
03.Description Blues (3:06)
04.T-Bone Shuffle (2:59)
05.That Old Feelin' Is Gone (2:53)
06.The Time Seems So Long (2:46)
07.Prison Blues (2:50)
08.Hometown Blues (2:57)
09.Wise Man Blues (3:00)
10.Misfortune Blues (3:00)
11.I Wish You Were Mine (2:54)
12.I'm Gonna Move You out and Get Somebody Else (2:58)
13.She's the No-Sleepin'est Woman (3:05)
14.Plain Old Down Home Blues (3:05)
15.Born to Be No Good (3:12)
16.Go Back To The One You Love (Old) (2:28)
17.Go Back To The One You Love (3:04)
18.I Want a Little Girl (2:46)
19.I'm Still in Love with You (2:56)
20.You're My Best Poker Hand (2:55)
21.West Side Baby (2:45)
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