Trailblazing the Blues [PA] [Digipak]

Performer: T-Bone Walker
Producer: Alfie Falckenbach (Compilation)
Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist

Notes: Liner Note Author: Alfie Falckenbach. Recording information: Chicago, IL (12/05/1939-04/??/1955); Dallas, TX (12/05/1939-04/??/1955); Detroit, MI (12/05/1939-04/??/1955); Hollywood, CA (12/05/1939-04/??/1955); Los Angeles, CA (12/05/1939-04/??/1955); New Orleans, LA (12/05/1939-04/??/1955); New York, NY (12/05/1939-04/??/1955). Authors: Freddie King; B.B. King. There's no shortage of T-Bone Walker recordings or collections, but this three-CD set offers an interesting perspective on the early to mid-period years for the legendary blues and jazz guitarist/vocalist. Many of Walker's classics are included among the 72 tracks, including "Mean Old World," "T-Bone Boogie," "Stormy Monday," "T-Bone Shuffle," "Glamour Girl," "Strollin' with Bones," "The Hustle Is On," and "When the Sun Goes Down." The complete sessions for the Imperial label provide a more essential collection, and is your ultimate target purchase, but this one is pretty good. ~ Michael G. Nastos

Somewhere between the blues-jazz of Lonnie Johnson and Charlie Christian and the electrified blues of B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Guy is Aaron "T-Bone" Walker. During the 1930s through the 1950s, the height of his recording and performing career, T-Bone fused influences of the past and reshaped them into modern guitar blues. A master showman as well as a brilliant guitarist and singer, Walker is a performer whose influence cannot be underestimated: nearly every blues guitarist of the past half-century has paid props to the man. His best-known song, "Stormy Monday," is a staple of every bar band's repertoire.

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