T-Bone Walker
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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. Walker’s parents, Movelia Jimerson and Rance Walker, were both musicians. His stepfather, Marco Washington, taught him to play the guitar, ukulele, banjo, violin, mandolin, and piano.
Early in the 1920s, the teenage Walker learned his craft among the street-strolling string bands of Dallas. His mother and stepfather (a member of the Dallas String Band) were musicians, and family friend Blind Lemon Jefferson sometimes joined the family for dinner. Walker left school at age 10, and by 15, he was a professional performer on the blues circuit. Initially, he was Jefferson’s protégé and would guide him around town for his gigs. In 1929, Walker made his recording debut with a single for Columbia Records, “Wichita Falls Blues”/”Trinity River Blues,” billed as Oak Cliff T-Bone. Oak Cliff was the community he lived in at the time and T-Bone a corruption of his middle name. Pianist Douglas Fernell was his musical partner for the record.
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I Get So Weary (Music for Every Mood)
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Black & White Recordings
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I had about sixty scrobbles of this guy but this bloody website has eaten them all. Shambles!
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American Folk Blues Festival group: http://www.last.fm/group/American+Folk+Blues+Festival
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strajnic
Elegance and Style!
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Druid66
This is one T-Bone even a vegan could groove to!
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LedHeadTilDeath
My favourite blues man <3
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peterpoliwoda
Some cool name he had ;P!
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CerebralDecay
Nothing gets to me more than the blues, I feel so much passion inside when I hear him jam.
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rockinXXL
I've seen him live performing in 1972, what a wonderful evening. I was a kind of Blues fan before but after that night I was all hooked up. He played the guitar as no one else,gentle, with a fat tone and all his fancy licks and gimmicks.Fantastic. His music will live forever.
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NunoKaka
I listen to the radio today.. then i listen this guy playing... and I wonder whats gone wrong.
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Reignmund
The Black and White Recordings are real good. Don't go by Last.fm's tracklist, it's all fugged up.
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lynxeyedlykos
I haven't listened to T-Bone yet. Should I start with some compilation?
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maddelon
<3
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Wednesday's worst, and Thursday's oh so sad...
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damn those times.....
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