Phillip Walker
USA
Born: 11 February 1937
Died: 22 July 2010
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Blues
Styles: Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Louisiana Blues
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Despite recording somewhat sparingly since debuting as a leader in 1959 on Elko Records with the storming rocker "Hello My Darling," Louisiana-born guitarist Phillip Walker enjoys a sterling reputation as a contemporary blues guitarist with a distinctive sound honed along the Gulf Coast during the 1950s. A teenaged Walker picked up his early licks around Port Arthur, TX, from the likes of Gatemouth Brown, Long John Hunter, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Lonnie "Guitar Junior" Brooks. Zydeco king Clifton Chenier hired Walker in 1953 as his guitarist, a ...
Similar artists
- Albert Collins (36)
- Lonnie Brooks (1)
- Rosco Gordon (0)
- T-Bone Walker (-2)
Influenced by
- Lightnin' Hopkins (27)
- Clifton Chenier (15)
- Long John Hunter (3)
Followers
- Lonnie Brooks (1)
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