T-Bone Walker w/ Jazz At The Philharmonic - Live in UK 1966
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- Norman Granz "Jazz at the Philharmonic"
Poplar Town Hall, UK Weds 30th November 1966 - BBC TV
"Woman, You Must Be Crazy" (Aaron Walker)
"Goin' To Chicago Blues" (Aaron Walker)
w/ Dizzy Gillespie, Teddy Wilson, Louis Bellson, Clark Terry, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Moody, Benny Carter and Bob Cranshaw.
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"When I heard T-Bone Walker play the electric guitar I had to have one" -by B.B. King
"All the things people see me do on stage I got from T-Bone Walker". - Chuck Berry
"When T-Bone Walker came, I was into that. That was the sound I was looking for" - Albert King
nothing more to say
Chuck Berry said Walker was huge influence.I'm sure Bo Diddly, Elvis, and Buddy Holly would second the notion that Walker was their dude.Again,we need show respect to the master's.Give it up to T-Bone Walker.
Hard to believe that Chuck B. would be so generous praying and giving credit to someone else.
@@javiceres Nah, I heard Chuck Berry,say T- Bone Walker, Charlie Christian and Ray Charles as his Heroes.
Coury Landers That’s great to know
Chuck very often talked about his influences when interviewed. Aside from T-Bone Walker, Carl Hogan and Charlie Christian being his main guitar influences, he also often mentions Louis Jordan for his lyrics, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra for the feeling in their vocals and their diction, and Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and all those big band guys for what he called their "tremendous beats". He also said Muddy Waters and Elmore James were some of his favorites as well. Direct quote: "That was the basis of my music, if you can call it my music, but there's nothing new under the sun." - Chuck Berry
TBone invented guitar riffs that virtually every blues, rock and jazz player uses whether they know it or not. Luv him!
I think Lonnie Johnson is not given enough credit.
@@peteyhop7589he really is the pioneer
@@peteyhop7589 Lonnie Johnson was 20 years ahead of T-Bone Walker !
Charlie Christian was one of TBone's friends and also invented licks and ways of playing against chords that everyone plays in our times as well.@@stevenkimsey7039
He certainly didn't invent them, but he definitely made many of Lonnie Johnson's riffs his own.
Man T-Bone was way ahead of his time! That jazz-blues sound is delicious and sounds so damn good!
T-bone, t-crazy
I had the pleasure of seeing and hanging out with T-Bone late one rainy Sunday night in L.A. many years ago. He was the guest that night on the, "Johnny Otis Show." It was a dreary night with only a few people there. He put on a show as if there were a thousand people there. It was special indeed!
Wow, I'll bet that night was not only interesting but also unforgettable!
Unbelievable! You are sure? You are not dreaming or telling tales..? You must be old now..
If it is true then it is just fantastic!! What would I give for an evening like that!!!!!
Loved the "Johnny Otis Show" - so cool music and conversations...
Everyone in ytube comments tells these kinda stories and I can't help but call bs
And then you woke up
Man, B.B. King sure owes a great debt to T-Bone Walker. (As, to his credit, he has acknowledged many, many times throughout his decades-long career.)
Goodness. His timing is utter perfection. The back phrasing, voicing and his raw soul vocal is MASTERFUL!
I don't know what I want to comment on most -
T-Bones truly great playing
That mind blowing ES-5
The great back up band
The really impressive camera work
The beautiful lush black and white footage
The sea of "whites only" faces in the audience
or possibly the "sit on the couch and noodle" angle of guitar that T-Bone has perfected here.
I love the whole thing.
Great comments
Can I just say though that Norman Grannz was well-known for cancelling performances if they meant playing for segregated audiences
what a champion of jazz music and racially integrated music Norman was
I played with tbone I was 18 a bass player I was playing with had a bro.that managed tbone band .they were in need of a lead git so my bassman got me the gig I played t.b.git.he showed me changes for songs stormy was a blast I will always remember that
That Gibson ES-5N and T-Bone's playing is absolutely amazing!
EDIT: This whole performance is just beautiful.
This is a great jazz master's line up, Teddy Wilson played with Basie and Billie Holiday. Louie Bellson is a great drummer, notice the double bass drum that Ginger Baker and Keith Moon brought into rock. T-Bone Walker has some great albums, check out T-Bone blues with Barney Kessel on guitar with him, esp 2 Bones and a pick. This is jump blues at its best with a horn section to die for... it just doesn't get any better unless we go back to Goodman and Charlie Christian with those Basie alumni on the horns with Teddy on piano and Gene Krupa on the drum kit...
Thank you for sharing some history. Three Cheers for you, sir!
And Dizzy on trumpet
Agree. 'Modern' blues with all the shredding completely misses the point. It's like playing scales fast with no rhyme or reason. I love jazz and blues with soul but would sooner listen to Eddie Van Halen than Joe Bonamassa.
@@dantimber Bonamassa plays loud, and thats about it.. Robert Cray is the opposite, what touch... We need a new T-Bone ripping off those killer single note lines...
@@alanfranzen1029 I agree. There’s something missing with this crew. They lack authenticity, emotion. Nothing connects for me. Speed and volume are mistaken for talent.
I’d suggest jazz/pop crossovers Gary Clark Jr and John Mayer are vastly more talented when playing blues. I’m not familiar with him but guitarist Chris Buck recently blew me away on TH-cam with ‘Dreams to Remember’. Every member of Spyra Gyra is in another class. There are others.
He is without doubt one of the most underrated, unknown, and most important musicians of the modern world *
Unknown?
Hes been called one of the most important musicians of the 20th century
yes
Yes, t bone Walker si unknown and is the father of the electric blues
Super talented and very influential. If you play blues guitar, you play T-Bone Walker.
I thought Jimi Hendrix was the most original guitarist of all time until I heard T-Bone Walker and Elmore James.
Robert Johnson
Hendrix is eh' T bone and Elmore had it!
Lightning Hopkins as well...
I can hang with you cause we're on the same page because I feel that exact same way!
Hendrix had great innovation with the guitar, but to me, the soul isn’t quite there like it is with the original guys
"We're gonna play this old Bobby Bland song...actually, its a T Bone Walker song". Duane Allman
. . . And all the YT musician's knew it!
Absolutely stormy Monday arrangement
I thought "everybody copied Chuck Barry, then I found out about T Bone Walker" it would be interesting to know from who he took inspiration. What a legend this man is!
The most important guitarist of the 20th Century, the creator of the modern guitar solo
along with Lonnie Johnson(b. 1899)
How about Charlie Christian?
Facts
Most of all ... he was the primary guitar influence for Chuck Berry ... and we all know where that went!
Hyperbol. Great, but the most important???
Of all the influences in my blues guitar "career" over the past 30 years, tbone is always the reference point.
The charisma and soul in this performance brings me back time and time again
Your favorite guitar player’s favorite guitar player 😉👑👑✌🏽☝🏽♥️
The father of electric blues. Clean, honest, and no distortion. I have been to the mountain top...
So happy that so many of these great musicians found happiness in the U.K. Away from the racism and bigotry in the U.S., then and now!
Oh please.
Now? Prove it
So great and many more
Black people is the most faithful human being that I know of
I'm 30 and i like it too.
T-Bone is the baddest dude that ever lived, playing such a big guitar in such a strange position with Dizzy Gillespie behind proves it. The guy was an influence on Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix and BB King.
I just love T Bones playing, and singing. He truly was a unique performer. His influence is still heard today.
I'd heard about T-Bone Walker some years ago but never tried looking into his music. A couple of days ago I felt the urge to give *Classics In Jazz 1954* (his famous record) a shot. I instantly fell in love with him. I don't think I've ever heard anybody play like this apart from the guys who are inspired by T-Bone himself.
This is the first time I've seen his performance. Let me tell you that holding a guitar the way T-Bone does is so uncomfortable but he'd obviously mastered it. Then he plays in a unique fashion, too. He's definitely one of the biggest revelations to me if not the biggest.
25th Aug '23
"I'm in Love with a woman, but she's not in Love with me"... Mannnnnnn, look here...
mrmiles725 Nothing more true in this world than the blues
mrmiles725 preach!!!
@mmiles725.... "I'm in Love with a woman, but she's not in Love with me" - If that ain't the blues.... I cannot think what else there is. :-)
Ain't that some shit
Worst of feelings...
One of the most influential guitarists ever! I’m fortunate to have seen him in Boulder, Colorado in 1972. 💙🎸
SAW HIM LIVE PGH 1976ish STANLEY THEATRE DOWNTOWN PGH
blues had a baby?
if you want to know where Chuck, Jimi, Keith, Eric and All that came after learned their chops from. look no further than T-Bone!
GDTRFBBB Stevie ray Vaughn as well!
B.B. and Buddy directly credit TBone as the reason they picked up guitar. Chuck Berry made a career ripping TBone off. The list of what TBone did and gave to blues is endless.
You are totally right
Yep. T-Bone is 'THE GUY".
@@johnnyford9074 Sister Rosetta Tharpe was playing rifts similar to Chuck Berry before he was discovered.
Listening him play the guitar and sing the blues is a priviledge but being able to watch him is pure bliss....
Along with Muddy Waters the father of electric blues. Everybody stole his licks from B B King to Chuck Berry.
Don't forget Lonnie Johnson
@Juke Joint So right.
@Juke Joint You absolutely right on that.
Mr. Walker was a good teacher, and enjoyed sharing. Look how happy he made us, that's how you keep the sound living on and growing.
He and Muddy are for sure the electric fathers. But generally his influence is not theft-if you ask BB or Berry, or Lowell Fulson or Guitar Slim or Otis Rush, where they learned their licks, they'll tell you straight up: T-Bone is the one. Nobody tries to get away with it claiming they invented this music, every bluesman is a very respectful student of those he learned from, because they all genuinely share the same love.
Very distinctive style. Been admiring it for decades. What a pioneer! How come there isn't more talk about him?
He's in the rock and roll hall of fame.
Black is why
Mr. T Bone Walker. Good, original, clean, non distorted, no gimmicks blues guitar only as it was meant to be. Note his guitar of choice: A Gibson ES 5 with three single coiled dog ear pickups. He's was before B.B. King and a major influence. He did more than his part to help tame mankind with is gift and talent and may GOD bless his legacy...
1mespud T-bone was actually very jazzy at times for a bluesman. He had a good since of complex harmony again for a mainly blues oriented style.
What a lovely statement..... I agree!
you're both exactly right. original clean blues/jazz guitar in an era when many RnB musicians crossed the imaginary lines between jazz and blues.
T bone straddled that line perfectly with taste, those (for me) essential 7 9 chord extensions and enough straight forward down home blues feeling to not alienate less sophisticated audiences.
marktarmannpiano exactly.. those 7/9 chord extensions, on top of using diminished chords and other harmonies for 12 bar blues... for me that little bit of melodic complexity makes him my favorite, over the other guys.
I’m a bit late but absolutely correct
"here he is, one of the great blues singers . . . " Oh, and he also plays the guitar.
I thot that was funny too.
Well, he is a better singer
Debatable. But there was a period between 1947 to 1955 or so, where practically every Blues guitarist who played in standard tuning wanted to sound like T-Bone on guitar... Lowell Fulson, Pee Wee Crayton, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, B.B. King, Clarence Garlow, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, Stick McGee, Goree Carter, Guitar Slim, were all T-Bone guitar-slingers in those days. T-Bone's licks even found their way onto the solos of the likes of Les Paul, Chet Atkins and others of that ilk. The mere fact that he is thee main influence on both Chuck Berry and B.B. King means he may be the most influential electric guitarist in history. If he's not, he's certainly WAY up there, matched or beaten only by people like Chuck, B.B., Charlie Christian, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, and that might be about it. Remember I'm talking about sheer influentiality, not just technical skill.
@@TheHeater90 Lets add Goree Carter, magic decipl of Mr T
gitfiddlejimagain jimmy Nolen too
AND: what a great sound he’s getting out of that guitar . Beautiful tone . .
t bone was great.. no gadgets, no frills, no fireworks, just the pure shit.. great
I had the honor to sit-in with T-Bone when I was 15 years old in 1967. It was at a club in San Francisco in the Hunters Point District, Club Long Island. I learned a lot that night. "Talk to me, talk to me!" is what he told me when I took a solo. He told me that you always had to "say something" when you took a solo. To this day that stayed with me. What an experience.
I saw them in 1966 in Scheveningen, Kurhaus, Holland.
legendarisch
Hein Overbeek: Had to be a beautiful time.
What artistry and showmanship! Half-a-century and LIVELY!
"Woman, You Must Be Crazy" explains exactly my situation right now. I feel like it's the best blues song ever!
What a national treasure.
TH-cam might just be the best thing about the interwebz.
Playing with mouthpiece and HANDS! WOAH!!
A lot of people don't know just how brilliant he was. He was so in the pocket, it's nuts.
Man he's just looks like he's having so much fun with his guitar... I guess that's how you make great music...
Clark Terry and John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie trumpets, James Moody and Zoot Sims saxophones, Teddy Wilson piano.
Thanks for pointing out the line up. I only recognized Diz. i love JATP and have many of those records with Bird, Lester, Diz and many more.
An all star cast
What was that guy playing in the first tune? Just the mouth piece from a trumpet? I thought he was on harmonica at first.
Louis Bellson on drums
Bob Cranshaw on bass
@@moonmunster 'Dizzie' Gillespie, one of the greatest on trumpet
2024 still here ❤❤❤
Yeah 👍🏾
Truly one of the greatest guitar players in all of music history.
Imagine. When I woke up today, this is the 1st thing I listened to. What a great combo indeed. The Greatest.
T-Bone, Master of the Electric Blues. He wrote the book on modern electric blues guitar. Great vocalist and showman as well.
T bone walker playing blues with Diz, Clark Terry and Teddy Wilson....this is pretty much as good as it gets musically
Mr. T Bone Walker, Rocked His Guitar
t bone walker plays my fav guitar solos in this whole wide world
Now I see why B.B. spoke so highly of T-bone. Amazing.
I once saw a Stevie Ray Vaughn interview where he literally confessed his love for T-Bone's playing. He had his guitar plugged & he played some of the sweetest T-Bone licks I ever heard. He said that he can't play T-Bones licks unless he sets guitar out flat like T-Bone. The position of the guitar seems essential here. I thank Stevie Ray for introducing me to T-Bone's music. It's a more sophisticated form of the blues. Like having a side dish of caviar with a slab of BBQ ribs - LOL!
if he indeed said it then there's no reason to use the term "literally"...seems to be a word that people very often use inappropriately these days...not sure how that got started...
@@EastmanD okay grandma
@@vincentmadden6112 you're welcome grandson
Æll Yã cãts, Hê is The best, nex tô Robert Johnson, love watch Him play, jùs såyîn !😎🥚😎!
I totally agree with you.
Clark Terry with just a mouthpiece??? Now that's musical genius.
+transtremm No it is not genius. I don't know what prompted Clark Terry to play only his mouthpiece but comes across as patronizing and condescending.(imho). Maybe he was trying to imitate a harmonica. His horn would've sounded so much better.
+transtremm I agree that it is pretty sweet. It is apparent he's trying to do a harmonica thing, I think it was pretty inventive, at least out of context.
Playing his mouthpiece was something Clark Terry did on occasion, and always to good effect. He was not the type of person to be patronizing and condescending in intention.
I remember actor Montgomery Clift in movie scene from "From Here to Eternity" playing mouthpiece in barracks beer bar. Probably done in the day more often than people realize.
That's Dizzy, not Clark Terry. Dizzy loved to clown!
One of the greats! Certainly a top 10 of all time
+GDTRFBBB And yet you can look at list after list of the "greatest guitarists" and T Bone isn't there! I just saw one that had David effin Bowie but not T Bone. What an overlooked talent.
+Gf Black What list would that be not maybe Rolling Stone surely not Guitar Player
I found out about T Bone from an article in Guitar Player magazine back in the 70s. Those top 10 lists can't be taken too seriously. But thanks to that article I found some really good music by T Bone.
This is such a wonderful clip of the mighty T Bone in action! Thank you so much for posting it!
It was Charlie and T Bone that brought the electric guitar into the world! One went down the jazzroad and one sang the blues!
YES,THAT's the music ,the music of the heart
He said it, "All Jazz comes from the blues!"
TerryO'Regan Yup, All jazz comes from the blues and with all due respect I would add... And all blues comes from the hurt of the heart.
@@bobdillaber1195 They both come from gospel believe it or not
@@jonnehayesjr.9299 We all stand on the shoulders of those who preceeded us.
@@bobdillaber1195 Well said.
Greatness, pure and simple. Who cares who came before or after? T-Bone was an end in himself.
Clean, honest. no distortion. I have been to the mountain top...
Just cant stop smileing wow no wonder Tbone was BB favorit !!!
This man was a Master who became One with his guitar.
the best in blues to ever done it hands down bo
From right down the road from me in Linden Texas. Most people don’t know what an originator and influence he was on all who came along after him. 🎶
Me too Alton.... not too far anyway....
Now I know where the blues really comes from?....
i mostly prefer guitar without distortion when it comes 2 blues n funk,ive always loved hammond organ n fender rhodes electric piano n fat bass playing with funky drummers who constantly shift,but 4 me 2days bands play the fame game 2 get signed.when u compare real music with real emotional content 2 the so called genious that the industry talks up 2day.it becomes alot clearer on sites like utube,that labels have abused music by promoting fakes over real music culture,so greeds the enemy of art.
I remember Checking Him Out At Jeffty's Cocktail Lounge on Avalon and El Segundo Back in the Early 1960's. This is where I learned How To Do the Double Shuffle On Drums ... Brings Chills to Me "Harold Ray Brown
Really
I'm 17 just enjoying the blues.
😂
😂😂
That’s good. It shows you have that you have good taste in music.
@@LoweringMyProfile I appreciate it.
Live long. I'm 69, been loving it since I was 14.
Playing that trumpet mouth piece is impressive
That was Clark Terry :
All these modern jazz musicians, mixed with T-Bone's earthy blues playing. Yet, it works because there is so much talent present ! The Blues and Jazz are brothers.
Man, that's how the blues is done. Those little "T-Bone" bends are the shit!
Anyone noticed how he holds his guitar? Unique style.
Yeah I thought he just didn’t know what he was doing.
WOW, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LINE-UP!!! Oh my goodness, I nearly died and went to jazzy blues heaven when I saw the faces of the musicians on the stage, WHOA!!! This performance was so ridiculously good I believe I may unwillingly dream about it for weeks on end (I have already viewed it four times and counting!). Thank you **so much** xraymusic for this **golden** upload that I am sure many people (including myself) will forever cherish seeing! XX
Virtuosity (incl. improvisation), songwriting and voice; on each of these essential criteria for musicality T-Bone scores just about highest.
T-Bone was the first great showman. Gave the blues a whole new dimension....
Plant and Page in one man.
That was actually a really good mouthpiece solo lol
A million thank yous X-RAY... WoW ..! The man himself.....
Check the flame in the maple of the ax T-Bone is chopping with.. incredible ..WoW.!
Blues is the heartbeat of America.
He's one of the best blues men of all time!
Thanks Reacher for me explore Blues music again
I know, I thought that was phenomenal, putting the Blues singer in the "Reacher" series.
voice and guitar are both too smooth.
There's a red house over yonder...
That's where my baby stays...
If my baby dont love me no more... her sister will
Oh yeah,Jimi was listening to T-Bone.LOL
he is the badest man in the blues clapton doesnt play him much beause he cant
this is what a real authentic world class musician sounds like, music that heals the soul fam 💯🙏🏼
I like he holds that guitar! (from time to time). A real rhythm machine.
What the hell was that guy playing from ~ 3:10 - 3:50? A trumpet mouthpiece?? Never seen that before!
That's Dizzy playing a trumpet mouthpiece like a kazoo
Nope, it was Clark Terry on the mouthpiece.....
Clark Terry
Okay. I'll just say it. The trumpet mouthpiece choice was too "cute" for me. A harmonica is what he was
simulating. He should have just played one.
clark terry. if you want to hear one album of him search for "A serenade to a bus steat"
everything t bone does is in good taste. he's never showing off . this is what makes him so elegant.
i swear you ca hear some funk playing in there
This is talent and technology will never replace it
He's looking good for 56 there.
When I listen to these great old players i notice the use of dynamics in their playing. I don't understand why musicians today don't understand the concept of volume, some parts can be loud and others can be soft.
Where I'm from Calgary. This man is known and played every weekend. My radio station CKUA Play him all the time.
...is that Dizzy...?
yesssss!!!!
LOOOVVVEEE DIZZY!!!!!
That's DIZZIE!!!🎺
But he dont play 🙁
The Father of Electric Blues
Clark Terry plays with such a feeling of joy on everything! Killing!
"Woman, You Must Be Crazy" (Aaron Walker)
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"Goin' To Chicago Blues" (Aaron Walker) ... 2 great tunes ... T-Bone Walker
Other Names: Oak Cliff T-Bone, Daddy Of the Blues
Birth Name: Aaron Thibeaux Walker
Personal: Grandmother was Cherokee Indian. Father Rance Walker, mother Movelia Jimerson. married with Vida Lee
Member of: Coley Jones Dallas String Band, Lawson Brooks Band, Count Biloski Band, Les Hite Cotton Club Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
* May 28, 1910 Linden TX
c1912 - moved to Dallas TX - attended Holy Ghost Church as a Child
c1920 - interested in music early, sang with stepfather Marco Washington at local drive-in soft drink stands in the area as youth - frequently worked as lead-boy for Blind Lemon Jefferson along Central Avenue, Dallas TX
from 1923 - tought himself guitar and worked at local parties in the area
mid-20s - toured with Dr Breeding's Big B Tonic Medicine Show working as singer, musician, comedian and dancer through Texas
late 20s - toured with Ida Cox road show through the South
1929 - recorded for Columbia, Dallas TX
c1930 - won first prize in the Cab Calloway's Amateur Show, Dallas TX - toured briefly with the Cab Calloway Band in Dallas area
early 30s - worked with Coley Jones Dallas String Band in the area - with the Lawson Brooks Band at dance one-nighters in Dallas and San Antonio area
1933 - toured with Count Biloski Band working at dance dates through the South
1934 - worked with Ma Rainey, Colosseum, Fort Worth TX - moved to the West Coast
1934-39 - worked frequently at Little Harlem Club, Los Angeles CA
1936/37 - worked at Trocadero, Hollywood CA
1939/40 - toured with Les Hite Cotton Club Orchestra working at dance halls and club dates mainly through the Midwest
1940 - worked with the Les Hite Orchestra at Golden Gate Ballroom and Apollo Theater, New York City - recorded with the Les Hite Orchestra for Varsity, New York City - worked at Joe Louis' Hurricane Club, Chicago IL
into 40s - formed his own band to tour one-nighters
1941-43 - frequently worked at Little Harlem Club, Los Angeles CA
1942-44 - recorded for Capitol, Hollywood CA
1942-45 - frequently worked at Rhumboogie Club, Chicago IL
early 40s - toured US Army bases working concert dates across US
1943 - worked at Silver Slipper Playhouse, San Diego CA - at Capri Club, Trocadero, Hollywood CA
1943/44 - worked at Casablanca Club, Los Angeles CA
1944 - worked with Fletcher Henderson Orchestra at Club Plantation, Los Angeles CA - at Circle Cafe, Hollywood CA
c1944 -worked at Tappet Inn, Los Angeles CA
1945 - recorded with Marl Young Orchestra for Rhumboogie, Chicago IL
mid-40s - worked at Lincoln Theater, Los Angeles CA
1946 - recorded with Jack McVea's All-Stars for Black & Blue, Hollywood CA - worked at Avalon Grill, San Antonio TX
from 1946 to early 50s - formed own band working one-nighters across US
1947 - recorded with Al Killian Quintet for B&W, Hollywood CA - recorded for Comet, Los Angeles CA - worked at Bronze Peacock, Houston TX
c1948 - opened WC Handy Theater, Memphis TN
late 40s - frequently worked at Flame Show Bar, Twenty Grand Club, Frolic Show Bar and others, Detroit MI - recorded for Capitol, Los Angeles CA
1950/51 - recorded for Imperial, Los Angeles CA
early 50s - appeared on Ed Sullivan's Toast Of the Town, CBS-TV
1952-54 - recorded with Jim Wynn's Orchestra for Imperial, Hollywood CA
1953 - worked at Celebrity Club, Providence RI - at Showboat Club, Phildelphia PA - T-Bone Walker (Classics In Jazz) (Capitol 370) released
1954-56 - worked at Flame Show Bar, Detroit MI
1954 - worked in Rhythm & Blues Jubilee package show, Los Angeles CA
1955-59 - recorded for Atlantic, Chicago IL
1955 - worked at The Chatterbox, Cleveland OH
1956-60 - extensive residency at Blue Mirror Club, San Francisco CA
late 50s - appeared frequently on local West Coast TV - worked at Savoy Club, Richmond CA
1960 - worked at Five-Four Ballroom Los Angeles CA - Singing the Blues (Imperial 9116) released - T-Bone Walker Sings the Blues (Imperial 9098) released - T-Bone Blues (Atlantic 8020) released
1961 - worked at longhorn Ranch Club, Dallas TX - Sugar Hill San Francisco CA - I Get So Weary (Imperial 9146) released
c1962 - worked at Regal Theater, Chicago IL
1962 - toured with Rhythm & Blues USA oackage show working at concerts, festivals through Europe - recorded with Memphis Slim for Polydor, Hamburg GER
1963 - The Great Blues Vocals And Guitar Of T-Bone Walker (His Original 1945-1950 Performances) (Capitol 1958) released
1963/64 - recorded with Jimmy Witherspoon for Prestige, Los Angeles CA
1964 - worked at McKie's, Chicago IL - at Sportman's Lounge, Los Angeles CA - recorded for Modern, Chicago IL
1965 - toured through England working at clubs and shows - appeared on Not Only...But Also Show, BBC-TV, London UK - worked at Soul City Club, Buffalo NY - Cafe A-Go-Go, New York City - The Blues of T-Bone Walker (MFP 1043) released
1965-67 - worked at Apollo Theater, New York City
1966 - toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic show working concert dates through Europe - worked at Ash Grove, Los Angeles CA - recorded for Jet Stream, Pasadena TX
1967 - worked at Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey CA - at the Pacific Jazz Festival, Costa Mesa CA - Stormy Monday Blues (Bluesway 6008) released
1967/68 - recorded for Bluesway, New York City
1968 - worked at UCLA concert, Los Angeles CA - at Watts Summer Festival, Los Angeles CA - toured with the American Folk Blues Festival through Europe - recorded for Polydor, Paris France - The Truth (Brunswick 754126) released - Funky Town (Bluesway 6014) released
1968/69 - worked at Shelly's Manne Hole, Los Angeles CA - recorded for Black & Blues, Paris France - worked at Trois Mailletz, Paris France
1969 - worked at Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor MI - at Filmore East, New York City - recorded for Blues Time, New York City - Feelin' the Blues (Black & Blue 33.019) released - Good Feelin' (Polydor 658158) released - Every Day I Have the Blues (Bluestime 9004) released - Super Black Blues (Blues Time 9003) released
1970 - Grammy (Good Feelin') - worked at Berkeley Blues Festival, University of California, Berkeley CA - at Ash Grove, Los Angeles CA - Carnegie Hall, New York City - recorded for Polydor, Paris France
from 1970 - frequently worked with Johnny Otis Revue
c1971 - recorded for West Soul, Nashville TN
1971 - worked at Jazz Workshop, Boston MA - at Nice Jazz Festival, Nice France - Grammy Award for Good Feelin' - Super Black Blues Vol. II (Bluestime 9009) released
1971/72 - worked at Colonial Tavern, Toronto CAN
1972 - worked at London House, Chicago IL - at Montreux Jazz Festival 72, Montreux Sitzerland - at Callie's Place, Chicago IL - at Southern California Hot Jazz Society concert, Los Angeles CA - at Viking Lounge, Cincinnati OH - toured with the American Folk Blues Festival through Europe - appeared in the French film L'Aventure du Jazz (Jazz Odyssey) - Fly Walker Airlines, Live In Montreux (Polydor 5221) released
c1972 - appeared on Mike Douglas Show, CBS-TV
1972/73 - worked at Parisian Room, Los Angeles CA - at La Bastille, Houston TX - at Max's Kansas City, New York City
1973 - worked at Topanga Corral, Los Angeles CA - at La Hibou, Ottawa CAN - at El Mocambo, Toronto CAN - at Carnegie Hall, New York City - at Hanscom Airbase, Bedford MA - recorded for Reprise, Hollywood CA and NYC
1973/74 - worked at Sandy's, Beverly MA
1974 - worked at Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh PA - inactive in music due to a stroke
† died of bronchial pneumonia, March 16, 1975 Los Angeles CA
buried at Inglewood Cemetery, Inglewood CA
Instruments: Banjo, Mandolin, Organ, Piano, Ukulele, Violin, Guitar (Gibson ES-250 (c 1930-50s). Gibson ES-5 (c 1950s-70s). Gibson ES-335 (70s). Gibson Barney Kessel (1960s-70s). Gibson EH-185 Amp. Gibson EH-150 Amp. Fender Bassman Amp (4x10''))
Influences: Leroy Carr, Ida Cox, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Jimmy Rushing
Influenced: Duane Allman, Billy Boy Arnold, Jeff Beck, Chuck Berry, Bobby Bland, Mike Bloomfield, Gatemouth Brown, Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Pee Wee Crayton, Lowell Fulson, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Earl Hooker, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Little Walter, Willie Nix, Jimmy Page, Otis Rush, Doug Sahm, Joe Turner, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Johnny Winter
Sources:
Wikipedia
Dance, Helen Oakley: Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story. Louisiana State University Press, 1987
Dixon, Robert M.W.: Blues & Gospel Records 1890-1943. Oxford, 1997
Fancourt, Les. McGrath, Bob: The Blues Discography 1943-70
Ford, Robert. McGrath, Bob: The Blues Discography 1971-2000
Harris, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers. New York NY, 1991
Leadbitter, Mike. Fancourt, Leslie. Pelletier, Paul: Blues Records 1943 to 1970. A Selective Discography. Volume Two L to Z. London UK, 1994
Quite a resume' !!
They have a T- Bone Walker Festival here every year in East Texas.
Learned his stuff from Blind Lemon Jefferson who in 1920’s was making $150 a week on the street corners ,can you imagine what you could get for that type of cash back then. Blind lemon befriended a young boy a few years later who goes by the name of “Lightning” but that’s another story.
Holy smokes! That was hot! That band is REDICULOUS! And T-bone looks like he's having a blast. Awesome post. Thank you!
T-Bone showed me had to play the drums when I was a boy.. RIP T-Bone!!!!
details please
What a fabulous guy!
5:20 that's a groove right there!!