T-Bone Walker

2 LP ON 1 CD Plus 4 BONUS TRACKS

The legendary T-Bone Walker is a fundamental source of the modern urban style of playing and singing the blues. His single-string solos influenced giants like B.B. King and such important blues-rockers as Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. This quintessential release includes two of Walker’s finest albums for the Imperial label: I Get So Weary (1961) and Singing the Blues (1960). Both LPs consist of selections of previous Imperial singles, recorded between 1950 and 1954, with accompaniment by the outstanding Dave Bartholomew and his band (featuring impressive sidemen like saxophonist Lee Allen and bassist Frank Fields), as well as by such great musicians as Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Maxwell Davis and Billy Hadnott. These two superb albums have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

T-BONE WALKER, vocals and lead guitar, plus:

Dave Bartholomew (tp), Lee Allen, Maxwell Davis, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (ts),
Wendell Duconge (as), Herb Hardesty (bs), Walter Nelson (g),
T.J. Fowler (p), Cornelius Coleman (dr), among others.

Recorded in Los Angeles, New Orleans and Detroit, 1950-1954.

TRACKS:

I GET SO WEARY (Imperial LP-9146, 1961)
01 HERE IN THE DARK
02 I MISS YOU BABY
03 LIFE IS TOO SHORT
04 WELCOME BLUES
05 I GET SO WEARY
06 YOU JUST WANTED TO USE ME
07 THROUGH WITH WOMEN
08 STREET WALKING WOMAN
09 PARTY GIRL
10 HIGH SOCIETY
11 LOLLIE LOU
12 GOT NO USE FOR YOU
SINGING THE BLUES (Imperial LP-9116, 1960)
13 GLAMOUR GIRL
14 THE HUSTLE
15 ALIMONY BLUES
16 NEWS FOR ME BABY
17 LOVE IS JUST A GAMBLE
18 I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
19 I’M ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND
20 I GOT THE BLUES AGAIN
21 EVERYTIME
22 BYE, BYE, BABY
23 I’LL UNDERSTAND
24 TEEN AGE BABY
BONUS TRACKS
25 NO REASON
26 STROLLIN’ WITH BONES
27 WANDERIN’ HEART
28 PONY TAIL

TOTAL TIME: 74:47