The Ultimate Collection: 1929-57

by T-Bone Walker

Overview

T-Bone Walker was a stunning guitarist who played the blues with a jazzman's soul, and while Walker wasn't a flashy singer, he got the job done with enough conviction that you can feel the country dust settling in behind his urbane delivery, and when he cut loose a little on guitar, the sparks flew with elegant tension. Walker was one of the first guitarists to amplify his instrument, which he did beginning in 1940, and he went on to have an influential place as a bandleader and as an in-demand session player. This generous five-disc, 129-track set collects essentially every track he recorded for the Columbia, Black & White, Comet, Capitol, Mercury, and Imperial record labels between 1929 and the end of the 1950s, and concludes with key tracks from his 1957 T-Bone Blues album from Atlantic Records. Included are several versions of his signature song, "Stormy Monday." ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2014
Label:	Acrobat Music
UPC:	0824046750329
Rank:	76257

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Wichita Falls Blues
2. Trinity River Blues
3. T-Bone Blues
4. Mean Old World
5. I Got a Break Baby
6. Sail on Boogie
7. I'm Still in Love with You
8. T-Bone Boogie
9. Evenin'
10. Mean Old World Blues
11. You Don't Love Me Blues
12. My Baby Left Me
13. Come Back Baby Blues
14. I Can't Stand Being Away from You
15. She Is Going to Ruin Me
16. Bobby Sox Blues
17. I'm Gonna Find My Baby
18. No Worry Blues
19. Don't Leave Me Baby
20. Don't Give Me the Runaround
21. It's a Low Down Dirty Shame
22. I'm in an Awful Mood
23. Hard Pain Blues
24. I Know Your Wig Has Gone
25. Call It Stormy Monday Blues But Tuesday Is Just as Bad

Disc 2

26. T-Bone Jumps Again
27. She Had to Let Me Down
28. Long Skirt Baby Blues
29. Goodbye Blues
30. Midnight Blues
31. She's My Old Time Used to Be
32. Too Much Trouble Blues
33. Long Lost Lover Blues
34. Dream Girl Blues
35. Triflin' Woman Blues
36. I'm Waiting for Your Call
37. On Your Way Blues
38. Hypin' Woman Blues
39. So Blue Blues
40. Lonesome Woman Blues
41. That's Better for Me
42. First Love Blues
43. The Natural Blues
44. Inspiration Blues
45. Description Blues
46. T-Bone Shuffle
47. Vacation Blues
48. That Old Feeling Is Gone
49. Prison Blues
50. The Time Seems So Long
51. Home Town Blues

Disc 3

52. Wise Man Blues
53. Misfortune Blues
54. I Wish You Were Mine
55. I'm Gonna Move You Out and Get Somebody Else
56. Plain Old Down Home Blues
57. Go Back to the One You Love
58. Born to Be No Good
59. She's the No-Sleepinest Woman
60. I Want a Little Girl
61. West Side Baby
62. I'm Still in Love with You
63. You're My Best Poker Hand
64. Glamour Girl
65. Strollin' with Bones
66. The Sun Went Down
67. You Don't Love Me
68. The Hustle Is On
69. Baby Broke My Heart
70. Travelin' Blues
71. Evil Hearted Woman
72. I Walked Away
73. Too Lazy
74. No Reason
75. Look Me in the Eye
76. You Don't Understand
77. Welcome Baby
78. Alimony Blues

Disc 4

79. Life Is Too Short
80. I Get So Weary
81. You Just Wanted to Use Me
82. Tell Me What's the Reason
83. I'm About to Lose My Mind
84. Cold Cold Feeling
85. News for You Baby
86. I Got the Blues Again
87. Get These Blues Off Me
88. I Got the Blues
89. Blues Is a Woman
90. Street Walking Woman
91. Through with Woman
92. Blue Mood
93. Here in the Dark
94. Every Time
95. I Miss You Baby
96. Lollie Lou
97. Party Girl
98. Love Is Just a Gamble
99. High Society
100. Got No Use for You
101. Railroad Station Blues
102. Long Distance Blues
103. I'm Still in Love with You
104. My Baby Is Now on My Mind

Disc 5

105. Vida Lee
106. Bye Bye Baby
107. Doin' Time
108. Pony Tail
109. When the Sun Goes Down
110. Wanderin' Heart
111. I'll Always Be in Love with You
112. Strugglin' Blues
113. Teen Age Baby
114. Hard Way
115. I'll Understand
116. Papa Ain't Salty
117. T-Bone Shuffle
118. Why Not?
119. Play on Little Girl
120. T-Bone Blues Special
121. Mean Old World
122. T-Bone Blues
123. Stormy Monday
124. Blues for Marili
125. Shufflin' the Blues
126. Evening
127. Two Bones and a Pick
128. How Long Blues
129. Blues Rock

Album Credits

Performance Credits

T-Bone Walker   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Les Hite & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
T.J. Fowler   Piano
Paul Campbell   Trumpet
Teddy Buckner   Trumpet
William K. "Billy" Hadnott   Bass
Oscar Lee Bradley   Drums
Jack McVea   Sax (Tenor)
Joe Comfort   Bass
T.J. Fowler's Band   Guest Artist
Lee Cross   Sax (Alto)
Big Jim Wynn   Sax (Baritone),Sax (Tenor)
Barney Kessel   Guitar
Earl Palmer   Drums
Walter Williams   Trumpet
Les Hite   Sax (Alto)
Plas Johnson   Sax (Tenor)
Nat Jones   Sax (Alto)
Que Martyn   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Ransom Knowling   Bass
Red Saunders   Drums
Al Killian   Trumpet
Lee Allen   Sax (Tenor)
Fred Whiting   Bass
Eddie Chamblee   Sax (Tenor)
Freddie Slack   Piano,Guest Artist
LeRoy Jackson   Drums
John Young   Piano
Lloyd Glenn   Piano
Walter Cox   Sax (Tenor)
Frank Fields   Bass
Maxwell Davis   Sax (Tenor)
Ray Johnson   Piano
Henry Ivory   Bass
Zell Kindred   Piano
Buddy Woodson   Bass
Allen Durham   Trombone
Sol Moore   Sax (Baritone)
Nat Walker   Piano
Walter Nelson   Guitar
Marl Young   Piano,Director
John Lawton   Trumpet
Frank Derrick   Sax (Alto)
Marl Young Orchestra   Guest Artist
Moses Gant   Sax (Tenor)
Otis Lee Bradley   Drums
Frank Pasley   Guitar
Eddie Davis Orchestra   Sax (Tenor)
Nick Cooper   Trumpet
Roger Hurd   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
R.S. Rankin   Guitar
John W. Davis   Bass
Joe "Red" Kelly   Trumpet
Frank Clarke   Bass
Cornelius Coleman   Drums
Arthur Edwards   Bass
Andrew Gardner   Sax (Alto)
George Orendorff   Trumpet
Bumps Myers   Sax (Tenor)
Jack Trainor   Trumpet
Douglas Finnell   Piano,Guest Artist
Robert "Snake" Sims   Drums
Al Morgan   Bass
Eddie Hutcherson   Trumpet
McKinley Easton   Sax (Baritone)
Robert Tarrant   Drums
Wendell DuConge   Sax (Alto)
Rich Cornell   Drums
Jim Wynn & His Orchestra   Guest Artist
Henderson Smith   Trumpet
Micky Simms   Bass
Thomas "Crow" Kahn   Piano
Al Killian Quintet   Guest Artist
Clarence Stamps   Drums
Melvin Moore   Vocals,Trumpet
Floyd Turnham   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Jack Mcvea All Stars   Guest Artist
Herb Hardesty   Sax (Baritone)
Eddie Hale   Sax (Alto)
Forrest Powell   Trumpet
Dave Bartholomew   Trumpet
Britt Woodman   Trombone
Dave Bartholomew's Band   Guest Artist
Willard McDaniel   Piano

Technical Credits

T-Bone Walker   Composer
Shifty Henry   Composer
Paul Reiner   Composer
Bernice Carter   Composer
Big Joe Turner   Composer
Booker T. Reed   Composer
Jessie Leblanc   Composer
Billy Moll   Composer
Boyd Lewis   Composer
Dossie Terry   Composer
Walter Williams   Composer
Les Hite   Composer
Oscar McLollie   Composer
Murray Mencher   Composer
John Willie Henry   Composer
Joe Josea   Composer
Jack White   Composer
Edward Hale   Composer
Freddie Simon   Composer
John L. Crainer   Composer
Lou Baxter   Composer
Leroy Carr   Composer
R. Glenn   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Marl Young   Arranger,Composer
Harry White   Composer
Eddie Davis Orchestra   Composer
John Cameron   Composer
Florence Cadrez   Composer
Fred Simons   Composer
Emanuel "Duke" Brooks   Arranger
Richard Williams   Composer
Paul Watts   Liner Notes
B. Anderson   Composer
Sam Stept   Composer
Pete Johnson   Composer
Al Burghardt Jr.   Composer
Argusties McGlothlin   Composer
Carmen Davis   Composer
Clarence Grady McDaniel   Composer
Edward J. White   Composer
Everett Jack White   Composer
Harold Francis Oxley   Composer
H. E. Owens   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Aaron Walker   Composer
Sam Goldberg   Composer
Bud Green   Composer
Grover McDaniel   Composer
Dallas Bartley   Composer
Herman Ruby   Composer