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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.

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Linden, TX