The Truth

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A very fine reissue in LP/33 rpm format. Aaron Thebeaux "T-Bone" Walker was anything but destined for performance from the outset. After all, both of his parents were musicians, who taught him to play guitar, ukulele, banjo, violin, mandolin and piano. He was even one of Blind Lemon Jefferson’s early protégés, who was a family friend and often came over for dinner. Walker began playing blues in the late 1920s and early 1930s, cutting his first singles while performing as a sideman across the country, often appearing alongside Blind Lemon Jefferson himself, as well as contemporaries like Douglas Fernell, Big Jim Wynn and Charlie Christian. In the 1940s, Walker had begun performing more frequently as a solo artist, recruiting his own backing band and being among the first to adapt a guitar technique that would change the course of music history: electric amplification. If Walker had not led the charge and pioneered the electric blues sound, contemporary music might have been very different. His sonic contribution paved the way for essential Chicago Blues artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon, while providing a key influence for artists such as B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry and countless others.