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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

T Bone Walker: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1987

His life and career in links.

Rock Hall Bio:
http://rockhall.com/inductees/t-bone-walker/bio/

His real name: Aaron Thibeaux Walker

Wichita Falls Blues (1929):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpXJBXS_fiY

Mean Old World (1942):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSOYOFQgVMs

Call It Stormy Monday (1947):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVR8lg1YLuc

He did not slow down until the 1960s. He died in 1975.

T-Bone influenced: Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, and the Allman Brothers.

The Allman Brothers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDhR1R3S0s

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