Stormy Monday Blues (album) explained

Stormy Monday Blues
Type:studio
Artist:T-Bone Walker
Cover:Stormy Monday Blues (album).jpg
Recorded:May 24 & 25, 1967
Studio:Los Angeles
Genre:Blues
Label:BluesWay
Producer:Bob Thiele
Prev Title:The Truth
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:Funky Town
Next Year:1968

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

  1. "I'm Gonna Stop This Nite Life" (Grover McDaniel) – 3:25
  2. "Little Girl, Don't You Know" (McDaniel) – 4:45
  3. "Every Night I Have to Cry" (McDaniel) – 2:45
  4. "I'm Still in Love with You" – 3:29
  5. "Cold Hearted Woman" (McDaniel) – 2:30
  6. "Treat Me So Down Low" – 2:35
  7. "Stormy Monday" – 2:20
  8. "Confusion Blues" (McDaniel) – 2:50
  9. "I Gotta Break Baby" – 2:25
  10. "Flower Blues" – 2:41

Personnel