''Blue Mood: The Songs of T-Bone Walker'' is a tribute album by

Duke Robillard Michael John "Duke" Robillard (born October 4, 1948) is an American guitarist and singer. He founded the band Roomful of Blues and was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Although Robillard is known as a rock and blues guitarist, he also play ...

, dedicated to the songs of

T-Bone Walker Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 ''Roll ...

Critical reception

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'' thought that Robillard "has the appropriately funky, slicing tone on 'T-Bone Shuffle', and 'T-Bone Boogie'."

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

wrote that "the barroom blues and drum brushes on 'Love Is a Gamble' takes things down to a creepy crawl, bringing to mind Dr. John or Delbert McClinton."

Track listing

All tracks composed by T-Bone Walker; except where noted. # "Lonesome Woman Blues" (John Henry) – 4:08 # "T-Bone Shuffle" – 5:07 # "Love Is a Gamble" (Edward Hale) – 4:37 # "Alimony Blues" (Freddie Simon) – 3:28 # "You Don't Love Me" – 4:13 # "T-Bone Boogie" (T-Bone Walker, Marl Young) – 5:24 # "Blue Mood" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:10 # "Pony Tail" (Dave Bartholomew, David J. O'Brian) – 3:07 # "I'm Still in Love with You" (T-Bone Walker, Marl Young) – 8:58 # "Hard Way" – 2:46 # "Born to Be No Good" – 5:34 # "Tell Me What's the Reason" (Florence Cadrez) – 2:49

Personnel

* Duke Robillard - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals * Matt McCabe - piano * Jesse Williams - double bass * Mark Teixeira - drums * Doug James - baritone and tenor saxophone * "Sax" Gordon Beadle - tenor saxophone * Billy Novick - alto saxophone, clarinet * Al Basile - cornet * John Abrahamsen - trumpet * Carl Querfurth – trombone

Other credits

Holger Petersen Holger Petersen, (born 23 November 1949) is a Canadian businessman, record producer and radio broadcaster. He founded the independent roots music record label Stony Plain Records in 1975 with partner Alvin Jahns. The label was sold to True Nor ...

- Executive Producer * John Paul Gauthier - Engineer, Recording, Mixing

References

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