T-Bone Walker

INCLUDES 16 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 one of Walker’s most difficult to find albums: The Great Blues Vocals & Guitar. It was originally released by Capitol Records in late 1962, and has been long unavailable on any format. The LP consists of lesser-known selections of early recordings, taped between 1946 and 1947.

In addition to the original album, this remastered collector’s item contains 16 bonus tracks, including a bunch of T-Bone Walker’s most difficultto- find numbers recorded in the early 1950s. Some of these tracks feature accompaniment by the outstanding Dave Bartholomew and his band (boasting impressive sidemen like saxophonist Lee Allen and bassist Frank Fields), as well as by such great musicians as Maxwell Davis, Marl Young and Billy Hadnott.

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

Tracks [1-12]: Billy Hadnott (b), William McDaniel (p), Oscar Lee Bradley (d), Hubert “Bumps” Myers (ts), George Orendorff, Jack Trainor (tp), among others.

Recorded in Los Angeles and Hollywood, between September 1946 and December 1947.

Tracks [13-28]: Billy Hadnott, Frank Fields (b), Marl Young, Willard McDaniel (p), Oscar Lee Bradley (d), Maxwell Davis, Lee Allen (ts),
Edward Hale, Wendell Duconge (as), Dave Bartholomew (tp), among others.

Recorded in Los Angeles, Hollywood, New Orleans, and Detroit, 1950-1953.

TRACKS:

01. T-BONE SHUFFLE
02. I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
03. CALL IT STORMY MONDAY
04. I WANT A LITTLE GIRL
05. BOBBY SOX BLUES
06. WEST SIDE BABY
07. GO BACK TO THE ONE YOU LOVE
08. I WISH YOU WERE MINE
09. WISE MAN BLUES
10. YOU’RE MY BEST POKER HAND
11. BORN TO BE NO GOOD
12. T-BONE JUMPS AGAIN
13. I WALKED AWAY (*)
14. NO REASON (*)
15. LOOK ME IN THE EYES (*)
16. TOO LAZY (*)
17. MY BABY LEFT ME BLUES (*)
18. COME BACK TO ME BABY (*)
19. SHE IS GOING TO RUIN ME (aka FAST WOMAN) (*)
20. I CAN’T STAND BEING AWAY FROM YOU (*)
21. LONG DISTANCE BLUES (*)
22. MY BABY IS NOW ON MY MIND (*)
23. DOIN’ TIME (*)
24. I’LL ALWAYS BE IN LOVE WITH YOU (*)
25. HARD WAY (*)
26 STRUGGLIN’ BLUES (*)
27 ALIMONY BLUES (*)
28 NEWS FOR MY BABY (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS