• 180-gram VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION
• The Complete Album + 4 Bonus Tracks
• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Legendary blues guitarist T-Bone Walker was not only one of the most influential musicians to rise up from the fertile Texas blues scene, but his impact on blues guitar worldwide cannot be understated: he is the source of single-note, horn-type blues soloing.

In addition, his phrasing was so expressive of the blues sensibility that it has come to define the style of every electric blues and rock guitarist who has followed in his dancing footsteps. Presented here is one of Walker’s finest albums, T-Bone Blues, originally released by Atlantic Records in 1960.

PERSONNEL:

T-BONE WALKER, vocals and lead guitar, plus

A1, B3 & B5:
R. S. Rankin, Barney Kessel (guitar), Joe Comfort (bass), Ray Johnson (piano), Earl Palmer (drums), and Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone).
Los Angeles, December 27, 1957.
A2, A4-A5, B1-B2:
Billy Hadnott (bass), Lloyd Glenn (piano), and Oscar Bradley (drums).
Los Angeles, December 14, 1956.
A3 & B6:
Eddie Chamble (tenor saxophone), Mack Easton (baritone saxophone), Goon Gardner (alto saxophone), Ransom Knowling (bass), John Young (piano), and LeRoy Jackson (drums).
Chicago, April 21, 1955.
B4: Jimmy Rogers (guitar), Junior Wells (harmonica). Probably Willie Dixon (bass), and Francis Clay (drums).

Recorded in Chicago, April 21, 1955.

(*) Bonus tracks: T-BONE WALKER (vocals and lead guitar) plus:
A6 & B7: Eddie “Lockjaw Davis (ts), Edward Hale (as), Eddie Hutcherson (tp), Jim Wynn (bar & ts), Buddy Woodson (b), Zell Kindred (p), Robert “Snake” Sims (d).
Los Angeles, April 5-6, 1950.
A7: Barney Kessel (g), Joe Comfort (b), Earl Palmer (d).
Los Angeles, December 27, 1957.
B8: Hubert "Bumps" Myers (ts), John “Teddy” Buckner (tp), Lloyd Glenn (p), Arthur Edwards (b), Oscar Lee Bradley (d).
Hollywood, September 13, 1947.

A1 TWO BONES AND A PICK
A2 MEAN OLD WORLD
A3 T-BONE SHUFFLE
A4 STORMY MONDAY BLUES
A5 BLUES FOR MARILI
A6 TRAVELIN’ BLUES (*)
A7 HOW LONG BLUES (*)

B1 T-BONE BLUES
B2 SHUFFLIN’ THE BLUES
B3 EVENIN’
B4 PLAY ON LITTLE GIRL
B5 BLUES ROCK
B6 PAPA AIN’T SALTY
B7 EVIL HEARTED WOMAN (*)
B8 CALL IT STORMY MONDAY (*)