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T-Bone Walker has a good claim to be the first guitar hero. He put out the first electric Blues record and his eloquent phrasing and masterful command of this new instrument made him the prototype for millions that followed, even if they had never heard of him! He was a powerful singer and entertainer too: his full-bodied and expressive voice was equally at home in a small band or in front of.
Find T-Bone Walker credit information on AllMusic. During the 1930s through the 1950s, he fused influences of the past--including jazz and swing--and pioneered a harder, funkier style of blues.
T-Bone Walker, byname of Aaron Thibeaux Walker, (born May 28, 1910, Linden, Texas, U.S.—died March 16, 1975, Los Angeles, California), American musician and songwriter who was a major figure in modern blues.He was the first important electric guitar soloist in the blues and one of the most influential players in the idiom’s history. The son of musical parents, Walker grew up in Dallas.
As one of the first Electric Blues guitarists, Texas-born T-Bone Walker influenced the course of blues history with his direct, emotional, single-note lead guitar. Along with a few other players (such as jazz pioneer Charlie Christian), Walker plugged his guitar in to make it stand out among the other instruments of his band. Sustaining bends, stinging yet elegant licks, fast-picked single.
In this T-Bone Walker: Guitar Signature Licks DVD, T-Bone Walker expert and Roomful of Blues founder Duke Robillard reveals all of the major aspects of T-Bone's style, note for note, chord for chord, and with Duke's 30 years of experience showing through. Known as the Father of Electric Blues Guitar, T-Bone Walker has influenced virtually every blues, jazz and rock guitarist from B.B. King.
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There are few figures in our pop music history that have provided such long-term excitement, had such far-reaching influence on artists of many styles, and caused such inspiration for the electric guitar as has T-Bone Walker. The list of stars that cite Walker as their chief influence seems unending. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Clarence “Gatemouth.