Talk:T-Bone Walker/Archive 1

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Archive 1

B.B. King Influence

Can anyone provide a source for the claim that "B. B. King says "Stormy Monday" first inspired him to take up the guitar."? I do not think this claim is valid since the song was first released in 1947, years after B.B. King began playing music. King's official bio on his website provides years that would suggest the above claim is invalid. Source: [1]

I am removing this line, as I still have not seen any evidence of this claim. If anyone finds it, feel free to add it back in and cite your source. --NNikzad (talk) 05:47, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I have a source for this claim. Although the previous wording implies that "Stormy Monday" inspired him to start playing guitar, it would be more correct to say it inspired him to take up the electric guitar. It is most likely that he was learning acoustic guitar from Bukka White in 1946 and decided after hearing "Stormy Monday" to switch to electric. I added a modified version of the statement with the source.

Archaeolojae (talk) 04:33, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

First man on the e-guitar

I added "including being the first bluesman to use an amplified acoustic guitar" Trekphiler 19:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup

Unclear/inconsistant(?): section "Birth" reads, in part, "...married Vida Lee in 1935; children: three; died of pneumonia March 16, 1975" versus section "Death" which reads, "T-Bone Walker died of a stroke in 1975, at the age of 64" Siryendor (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I've rephrased that section, but I still had to add a "cleanup" tag. Various data such as aliases, birth names and cause of death is contradictory. Thanks to anyone dealing with this. Maikel (talk) 20:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Parents

Can someone verify T-Bone Walker's mother's name? A reference would be nice too. I have her name being Movelia Walker Randall, the daughter of Martha and Edward Jamison. Source: Liner notes to The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings by Mark Humphrey. Note: this source is known to have inaccuracies in its discographical information. --Archaeolojae (talk) 15:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Also, can any one verify his biological father was a musician? --Archaeolojae (talk)