
T-Bone Walker
Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound. In 2018 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 37 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". |
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Birth and Death Data: Born May 28th, 1910 (Linden), Died March 16th, 1975 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1966
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, piano
Notes: Billed on his first recording, in 1929, as "Oak Cliff T-Bone." Real name: Aaron Thibeaux Walker.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W149548 | 10-in. | 12/5/1929 | Trinity River blues | T-Bone Walker | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Columbia | W149549 | 10-in. | 12/5/1929 | Wichita Falls blues | T-Bone Walker | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Decca | 119101 | 1966 | Treat your Daddy well | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119102 | 1966 | You ought to know better (no do right)-1, 5 | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119103 | 1966 | Let your hair down baby (Natural ball) | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119104 | 1966 | Old time used to be | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119105 | 1966 | You don't love me and I don't care | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119106 | 1966 | It ain't no right in you (Afraid to close my eyes) | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119107 | 1966 | I ain't your fool no more-6 (TWB 2) | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, piano | |||
Decca | 119108 | 1966 | Don't let your heartache catch you-2 | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119109 | 1966 | I don't be jiving-2, 4 | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119110 | 1966 | Hate to see you go (Reconsider baby) (TWB 1)-2, 4 | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | 119111 | 1966 | It takes a lot to know how-2 | T-Bone Walker | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Walker, T-Bone," accessed February 26, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105350.
Walker, T-Bone. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 26, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105350.
"Walker, T-Bone." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 26 February 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Walker, T-Bone, 1910-1975 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86100309
Wikidata: T-Bone Walker - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q358538
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/59271204/
MusicBrainz: T‐Bone Walker - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f1a3fb4a-fff6-4556-a290-3704b109da90
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