OAK CLIFF T-BONE

    Todos los buenos aficionados al Blues, conocen a T-BONE WALKER., uno de los guitarristas pioneros en utilizar la guitarra eléctrificada. En uno de nuestros primeros post's allá por 2006 os hablabamos de él ya que para nosotros es uno de los destacados bluesman, por varias razones, creador de un estilo propio después de su constante evolución  desde sus inicios hasta el final de su carrera, viene a colación todo ello porque lo que quizá no conozcan algunos aficionados es que Aaron , que así era el nombre propio del guitarrista, empezó a trabajar y debutó con un single para COLUMBIA RECORDS. con el pseudónimo de OAK CLIFF T-BONE ,tal y como podíes ver en su biografía extraída de la Wikipedia.Ahí tenéis los temas y comprobar su progresión , tanto vocal como guitarrísticamente en el video que sigue donde podéis disfrutar de su discografía completa de la época 1950.1954 

             

                                    

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was a critically acclaimed American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who was an influential pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound.  In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at number 47 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". On Rolling Stone′s 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" Walker had dropped to number 67.

T-Bone Walker, né Aaron Thibeaux Walker was born in Linden, Texas, of African-American and Cherokee descent. Walker's parents, Movelia Jimerson and Rance Walker, were both musicians. His stepfather, Marco Washington, taught him to play the guitar, ukulele, banjo, violin, mandolin, and piano.

Walker began his career as a teenager in Dallas in the early 1900s. His mother and stepfather (a member of the Dallas String Band) were musicians, and family friend Blind Lemon Jefferson sometimes came over for dinner. Walker left school at the age of 10, and by 15 he was a professional performer on the blues circuit. Initially, he was Jefferson's protégé and would guide him around town for his gigs.  In 1929, Walker made his recording debut with Columbia Records billed as Oak Cliff T-Bone, releasing the single "Wichita Falls Blues"/"Trinity River Blues". Oak Cliff was the community he lived in at the time and T-Bone a corruption of his middle name. Pianist Douglas Fernell played accompaniment on the record.

Walker married Vida Lee in 1935; the couple had three children. By the age of 25, Walker was working at clubs in Los Angeles' Central Avenue, sometimes as the featured singer and guitarist with Les Hite's orchestra.

                                   

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