Stormy Monday Blues is an album by blues guitarist/vocalist T-Bone Walker released by the BluesWay label in 1968.
Reception
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".
Track listing All compositions by T-Bone Walker except where noted "I'm Gonna Stop This Nite Life" (Grover McDaniel) – 3:25 "Little Girl, Don't You Know" (McDaniel) – 4:45 "Every Night I Have to Cry" (McDaniel) – 2:45 "I'm Still in Love with You" – 3:29 "Cold Hearted Woman" (McDaniel) – 2:30 "Treat Me So Down Low" – 2:35 "Stormy Monday" – 2:20 "Confusion Blues" (McDaniel) – 2:50 "I Gotta Break Baby" – 2:25 "Flower Blues" – 2:41
Personnel T-Bone Walker – guitar, vocals Mel Moore, Preston Love – trumpet John "Streamline" Ewing – trombone McKinley Johnson – alto saxophone Mel Jernigan – tenor saxophone John Williams – baritone saxophone Mel Brown – guitar Lloyd Glenn – piano Ron Brown – Fender bass Paul Humphrey – drums
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