PHILLIP WALKER

Phillip Walker ,nació en Lake Charles Luisiana en 1937 . Guitarrista y cantante , estuvo muchos años con la orquesta de Clifton Chenier y otras grandes bandas , sólo o en compañía de su amigo Lonesome Sundown  , acabó por instalarse en El Paso allá por el extremo oeste de Texas en donde tocó con Long Long Hunter por diferentes clubs nocturnos de la ciudad. Finalmente se trasladó a California a finales de los años cincuenta en donde formó su propia banda que dedicó a diferentes géneros como , Soul, Blues y Country. En 1973 grabaría su primer album para Bruce Bromberg y el señño Play Boy (propiedad de la revista del mismo nombre ) The bottom of the pop , al que siguió otro magnífico album , Someday you' ll have these blues . Estos y discos posteriores se distinguen por su solidez y su calidad. Considerado un bluesman de prestigio siguió actuando y grabando hasta 2010 que falleció de un ataque al corazón , a la edad de 73 años. 

          

01 - Louisiana Walk 04:43 

02 - The blues and my guitar 09:40 

03 - How long should I wait? 07:06 

04 - Cryin' Time 06:40 

05 - Street walking woman 05:34 

06 - El Paso Blues 08:26 

07 - Crying for my baby 04:52 

08 - Busted 08:09 

09 - Sweet home Chicago 05:05 

Phillip Walker: guitar, vocals 

Aaron Tucker: drums 

James Thomas: bass 

Leon Blue: keyboards 

Alphonso Guillory, Earls Jerome Mallory, Carl Wayne Vickers: saxophones 

Alonzo Campbell: trumpet

             

Phillip Walker (February 11, 1937 – July 22, 2010 was an American electric blues guitarist,most noted for his 1959 hit single, "Hello My Darling", produced by J. R. Fulbright. Although Walker continued playing throughout his life, he recorded more sparsely.

Walker grew up in Texas and learned to play guitar in his teens in Houston. He worked with Lonesome Sundown and Lonnie Brooks, and briefly joined Clifton Chenier's band in the 1950s.[3] By the 1960s he was in a R&B band in Los Angeles with his wife Ina, who used the stage name Bea Bopp. His album Bottom of the Top was released by Playboy in 1973. Further albums were released on Black Top, Hightone, JSP, Joliet, and Rounder Records.

Walker was also known for his variety of styles and the changes he would often make for each album. Not until 1969 did he begin to record more regularly when he joined with producer Bruce Bromberg. Since then, fans had a more steady supply of Walker's music.

He appeared on show 237 of the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour in 2002 when Live at Biscuits & Blues had just been released.

Walker's final studio release is Going Back Home (2007) on Delta Groove Productions.

Death

On July 22, 2010, Delta Groove Productions issued an email statement regarding Walker's death: "It is with deepest sorrow that we report on the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary blues guitarist Phillip Walker. He died of apparent heart failure at 4:30 AM, early Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. He was 73 years old."