This collection is drawn from six sessions
T-Bone Walker did between 1945 and 1953 for the Rhumboogie, Black & White, and Imperial record labels.
Walker had been playing electric guitar for a couple of years, and with backing from
Jack McVea,
Ted Buckner,
Lloyd Glenn,
Bumps Myers, and
Jim Wynn, he offers up a characteristic mix of slow blues,
T-Bone shuffles, and the occasional instrumental, all with a slightly swinging edge and featuring his elegant, fluid guitar lines. For all his skill,
Walker worked in a fairly narrow window, and hearing several of his songs in a row can make them all kind of melt and merge together, so casual listeners may be best-served by picking up one of the many career overviews available. This one is fine, however, for the already initiated fan of this important guitar player.