Phillip Walker
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| Phillip Walker | |
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 Phillip Walker at the Long Beach Blues Festival, 2000
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Phillip Walker |
| Born | February 11, 1937 |
| Origin | Welsh, Louisiana |
| Genre(s) | Blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1953- |
| Website | http://www.phillipwalker.com/ |
Phillip Walker (born February 11, 1937, Welsh, Louisiana) is a contemporary blues guitarist most noted for his 1959 hit single, "Hello My Darling", produced by J.R. Fulbright. Although Walker has continued playing since then, he has recorded fairly sparsely.
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[edit] Career
Walker grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast, and by his mid-teens was playing guitar in Houston. He rubbed shoulders with Lonesome Sundown (whom he would work again in the 1970s) and Lonnie Brooks. In the mid-1950s he had a spell in Clifton Chenier's band. He spent the 1960s in Los Angeles, California leading a band that played a catholic repertoire of the R&B charts, joined by his singing wife Ina, alias Bea Bopp. Singles furnished his album The Bottom of the Top (Playboy, 1973), succeeded by sets for Joliet, Rounder, Hightone, JSP and Black Top.[1]
Walker is 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 of the blues guitarist have had a more steady supply of Walker's music.
Walker's latest studio release is Going Back Home (2007) on Delta Groove Productions.
[edit] Discography
- 1973 Bottom of the Top (Playboy)
- 1977 Someday You'll Have These Blues (Joliet)
- 1980 The Blues Show! Live at Pit Inn (Yupiteru)
- 1982 From L.A. to L.A. (Rounder)
- 1984 Tough As I Want to Be (Rounder)
- 1988 Blues (Hightone)
- 1994 Big Blues from Texas (JSP)
- 1995 Working Girl Blues (Black Top)
- 1998 I Got a Sweet Tooth (Black Top)
- 2002 Live at Biscuits & Blues (M.C.)
- 2007 Going Back Home (Delta Groove Productions)
[edit] References
- ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited, p. 180. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
