T-Bone Walker

T-Bone Walker

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 67 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Birth and Death Data: Born May 28, 1910 (Linden), Died March 16, 1975 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1966

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, songwriter, piano

Notes: Billed on his first recording, in 1929, as "Oak Cliff T-Bone." Real name: Aaron Thibeaux Walker.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-062736	10-in.	3/6/1941	T-bone blues	Les Hite Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	W149548	10-in.	12/5/1929	Trinity River blues	T-Bone Walker	Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
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
Atlantic	1517	10-in.	4/21/1955	Papa ain't salty	T-Bone Walker		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Atlantic	1519	10-in.	4/21/1955	Why not	T-Bone Walker		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Atlantic	1520	10-in.	4/21/1955	T-bone shuffle	T-Bone Walker		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter
Atlantic	1521	10-in.	4/21/1955	Play on little girl	T-Bone Walker		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter
Decca	119101		1966	Treat your Daddy well	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119102		1966	You ought to know better (no do right)-1, 5	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119103		1966	Let your hair down baby (Natural ball)	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119104		1966	Old time used to be	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119105		1966	You don't love me and I don't care	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119106		1966	It ain't no right in you (Afraid to close my eyes)	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119107		1966	I ain't your fool no more-6 (TWB 2)	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, piano
Decca	119108		1966	Don't let your heartache catch you-2	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119109		1966	I don't be jiving-2, 4	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119110		1966	Hate to see you go (Reconsider baby) (TWB 1)-2, 4	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	119111		1966	It takes a lot to know how-2	T-Bone Walker		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Walker, T-Bone," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105350.

Walker, T-Bone. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105350.

"Walker, T-Bone." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.