T-BONE WALKER

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Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone (May , 1910 — March, 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 March, 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
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T-BONE WALKER Classics In Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Classics In Jazz
Jump Blues 1953
T-BONE WALKER Sings The Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sings The Blues
Jump Blues 1959
T-BONE WALKER T-Bone Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
T-Bone Blues
Jump Blues 1959
T-BONE WALKER I Get So Weary album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Get So Weary
Jump Blues 1961
T-BONE WALKER Stormy Monday Blues album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Stormy Monday Blues
Jump Blues 1967
T-BONE WALKER Funky Town album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Funky Town
Jump Blues 1968
T-BONE WALKER The Truth album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Truth
Jump Blues 1968
T-BONE WALKER Every Day I Have The Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Every Day I Have The Blues
Jump Blues 1969
T-BONE WALKER .. Good Feelin' ... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
.. Good Feelin' ...
Jump Blues 1969
T-BONE WALKER Feelin' the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Feelin' the Blues
Jump Blues 1973
T-BONE WALKER I Want a Little Girl album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
I Want a Little Girl
Jump Blues 1973
T-BONE WALKER Very Rare album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Very Rare
Jump Blues 1973
T-BONE WALKER Welldone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Welldone
Jump Blues 1973

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T-BONE WALKER Fly Walker Airlines album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fly Walker Airlines
Jump Blues 1972

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T-BONE WALKER Classics of Modern Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Classics of Modern Blues
Jump Blues 1975
T-BONE WALKER Inventor of the Electric Guitar Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Inventor of the Electric Guitar Blues
Jump Blues 1983
T-BONE WALKER The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954
Jump Blues 1990
T-BONE WALKER The Hustle Is On album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Hustle Is On
Jump Blues 1990
T-BONE WALKER The Complete Imperial Recordings, 1950-1954 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Imperial Recordings, 1950-1954
Jump Blues 1991
T-BONE WALKER Cold, Cold Feeling album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cold, Cold Feeling
Jump Blues 1995
T-BONE WALKER The Complete Capitol: Black & White Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Capitol: Black & White Recordings
Jump Blues 1995
T-BONE WALKER American Blues Legend album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
American Blues Legend
Jump Blues 1998
T-BONE WALKER Sings the Blues / Singing the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sings the Blues / Singing the Blues
Jump Blues 1999
T-BONE WALKER T-Bone Standard Time (The Crazy Cajun Recordings) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
T-Bone Standard Time (The Crazy Cajun Recordings)
Jump Blues 1999
T-BONE WALKER Back on the Scene album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Back on the Scene
Jump Blues 1999
T-BONE WALKER T-Bone's That Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
T-Bone's That Way
Jump Blues 1999
T-BONE WALKER Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker
Jump Blues 2000
T-BONE WALKER T-Bone Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
T-Bone Blues
Jump Blues 2000
T-BONE WALKER The Original Source album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Original Source
Jump Blues 2002
T-BONE WALKER Midnight Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Midnight Blues
Jump Blues 2004
T-BONE WALKER A Proper Introduction to T-Bone Walker: Everytime album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Proper Introduction to T-Bone Walker: Everytime
Jump Blues 2004
T-BONE WALKER The Best of Black & White & Imperial Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of Black & White & Imperial Years
Jump Blues 2005
T-BONE WALKER Quadromania: Goodbye Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Quadromania: Goodbye Blues
Jump Blues 2005

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