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Region: East Texas / Piney WoodsConference: TexasRegional Rank: #32
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Did You Know
•T-Bone Walker learned blues from Blind Lemon Jefferson as a boy in Dallas.
•His flashy guitar style, playing behind his head, influenced Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix.
•Walker's 1942 recording of "Mean Old World" established him as a blues star.
•He played guitar and sang on stage with Ida Cox's traveling show as a teenager.
•Aaron Thibeaux Walker got his nickname 'T-Bone' from a shortened version of his middle name.
•He was one of the first blues guitarists to use the electric guitar prominently.
•Walker won a Grammy Award in 1970 for his album "Good Feelin'" at age 60.
•His song "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" became a blues standard.
•Walker's performances at the Apollo Theater in Harlem helped popularize West Coast blues.
•B.B. King cited T-Bone Walker as a pivotal influence on his own guitar playing.