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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Not quite as seminal as "The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings", this is nervetheless an excellent collection of T-Bone Walker's 52 sides recorded for Lew Chudd's Imperial Records.
Unlike the Capitol and Black & White-waxings, this double-disc set features almost no alternate takes, just the masters and a couple of 78 versions (the only exceptions being a few alternates that have been chosen over the original masters).
And there is plenty of great stuff here...no "Mean Old World" or "Stormy Monday", sure, but a lot of excellent songs like "Glamour Girl", "The Hustle Is On", "Tell Me What's The Reason", "I'm About To Lose My Mind", "Cold, Cold Feeling," and the classic instrumental "Strollin' With Bones".
This music is not meant to be listened to in one long sitting, obviously...even lead guitar innovator Walker's smoky, jazz-flavoured blues isn't quite varied enough for that, and if you're just looking for a place to start, you should go for Rhino's "Blues Masters: The Very Best Of T-Bone Walker", or the excellent "T-Bone Blues" album from Atlantic.
But these 136 minutes of music is a very fine collection for the fan who wants more, and a great tribute to the most influential electric guitar player of all time, the idiom's first true lead guitarist, and still one of its best.
Unlike the Capitol and Black & White-waxings, this double-disc set features almost no alternate takes, just the masters and a couple of 78 versions (the only exceptions being a few alternates that have been chosen over the original masters).
And there is plenty of great stuff here...no "Mean Old World" or "Stormy Monday", sure, but a lot of excellent songs like "Glamour Girl", "The Hustle Is On", "Tell Me What's The Reason", "I'm About To Lose My Mind", "Cold, Cold Feeling," and the classic instrumental "Strollin' With Bones".
This music is not meant to be listened to in one long sitting, obviously...even lead guitar innovator Walker's smoky, jazz-flavoured blues isn't quite varied enough for that, and if you're just looking for a place to start, you should go for Rhino's "Blues Masters: The Very Best Of T-Bone Walker", or the excellent "T-Bone Blues" album from Atlantic.
But these 136 minutes of music is a very fine collection for the fan who wants more, and a great tribute to the most influential electric guitar player of all time, the idiom's first true lead guitarist, and still one of its best.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
T-Bone sweet T-Bone - he is the founder of modern blues - and I think he does not get enough credit for his influence on jazz guitar. Kenny Burrell, in fact, has mentioned that T-Bone was one of his early influences. He certainly has a sweet tone, and he has a nice voice too. Pair this with a hot horn section, and this cd is a steal at 10 bucks. T-Bone is a classic.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This collection is a great, and economical way to experience one of the giants, not only of blues gutar, but guitar period. T-Bone was one of the pioneers of electric guitar along with Charlie Christian. His Imperial works are smooth and urbane, but still pack a solid wallop. The price is right!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
wow amazing blues
I consider this album a great buy because you get 52 songs for the price of a single album! I consider this like a box set usually you would pay much more for such amazing music. Read more
Published 9 months ago by jeffery parsons
t-bone a blues wizard
I would highly recommend this cd for true blues lovers. I given my CD to my instructor,so that I could learn the riffs, and he is baffled about how the riffs were wrote. Read more
Published on April 22, 2009 by Kenneth Speaks
Spectacular
Are you kidding, who do you think Eric Clapton learned his best licks from?? Yep, T-Bone. This CD has no bad, average, or even great recordings on it. They are all spectacular!! Read more
Published on August 1, 2007 by K. Latimer
Excellent Blues Master
TBone is the best in my book. I like the smoothness of his music. I heard the Allman Brothers state on a live album many yrs ago that "Stormy Monday" was an old "Tbone Walker... Read more
Published on July 5, 2007 by P. Haynes
FATHER OF ELECTRIC BLUES
T-Bone not only invented the electric blues but he still remains it's most towering stylist and symbol of pure cool. Read more
Published on September 28, 2006 by Rustic Fences
As smooth as the blues can get!
This is a blues collection to put on your CD player, flip it to continuous play and let run over and over all day. Blues as smooth as the finest bourbon. Read more
Published on June 18, 2003
Father of A Roomful
I bought Roomful of Blues' first record 2o or so years ago when it first came out on LP. What an amazing recording! Read more
Published on February 27, 2003 by Richard M. Brown
$11.97... are you kiddin me
for about 50 just beyond outstanding recordings. I thought I was seein things when I saw the list price. I had to check my own discs and the discography listed on Amazon. Read more
Published on October 9, 2001 by John K. Reed
Incredible
Everytime I listen to this cd set, I just marvel over Walker's guitar playing. It really is virtuoso. Walker is to modern blues as Louis Armstrong is to jazz. Read more
Published on January 13, 2001
The Maestro
It doesn't get any better than T-Bone. Smooth, fluid, soulful. The father of electric blues guitar. Guess what? He was also a great singer! Read more
Published on December 19, 2000 by stranger2himself
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