Phillip Walker - Heritage of the Blues: The Best of Phillip Walker (2003)

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Title: Heritage of the Blues: The Best of Phillip Walker
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Hightone Records[HCD8157]
Genre: Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 45:25
Total Size: 293 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1 I'm Tough (Tough as I Want to Be) 3:51
2 Laughin' & Clownin' 3:49
3 Hello My Darling 2:09
4 Tin Pan Alley 5:09
5 Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark 4:39
6 El Paso Blues 4:30
7 If We Can Find It 2:32
8 Breakin' Up Somebody's Home 2:58
9 Go Ahead And Take Her 4:21
10 The Struggle 2:43
11 Someday You'll Have These Blues 2:42
12 The Blues And My Guitar 6:05
Phillip Walker - Heritage of the Blues: The Best of Phillip Walker (2003)

personnel :

Phillip Walker - vocals, guitar
Teddy Reynolds - piano
Jimi Stewart - keyboards
Johnny Banks - organ
Charles Jones, Dennis Walker - bass
Aaron Tucker, Archie Frances - drums
Milton Thomas - percussion
Freeman Lacy - tenor saxophone
Samuel Cross - baritone saxophone
Joel Peskin - saxophone
Wayne Jackson - trumpet...etc.

Heritage of the Blues: The Best of Phillip Walker rounds up 12 highlights from his '70s and '80s Playboy, Joliet, Rounder, and High Tone recordings. The Louisiana-born, Texas-raised Walker made records that were gritty, yet they still remained solid, soul-inflected contemporary blues albums. The bulk of the highlights from his records, including "Someday You'll Have These Blues," "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," and "Laughin' & Clownin'," are featured, making this a fine introduction to Walker's most popular recordings. If you like what you hear, check out Bottom of the Top and Tough as I Want to Be.~Al Campbell