| Stormy Monday Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | May 24 & 25, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 29:45 | |||
| Label | BluesWay | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Stormy Monday Blues is an album by blues guitarist/vocalist T-Bone Walker released by the BluesWay label in 1968.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [2] |
AllMusic reviewer Steve Leggett stated: "The high level of creativity in play here isn't obvious on a cursory listen, since a lot of the tracks favor the same sort of midtempo blues shuffle, but a closer listen reveals a stunning guitarist who plays the blues with a jazzman's soul, and while Walker isn't a flashy singer, he gets the job done with enough conviction that you can feel the country dust settling in behind his urbane delivery, and when he cuts loose a little on guitar, the sparks fly with elegant tension. The highlight here, of course, is Walker's umpteenth version of "Stormy Monday Blues," a track he originally recorded way back in 1947, giving the world a bona fide blues classic, and if he revisits it again here, that's fine". [1]
All compositions by T-Bone Walker except where noted
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