Funky Town (T-Bone Walker album)

Funky Town
Studio album by T-Bone Walker
Released	1968
Genre	Blues
Length	31:37
Label	BluesWay
Producer	Bob Thiele
T-Bone Walker chronology

Funky Town is an album by blues guitarist and vocalist T-Bone Walker, released by the BluesWay label in 1968.[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "showcased a virtually undiminished talent, still capable of incisive playing."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by T-Bone Walker except where noted

"Goin' to Funky Town" – 5:02
"Party Girl" (Walker, E.J. White) – 3:04
"Why My Baby (Keep On Bothering Me)" – 2:53
"Jealous Woman" – 3:16
"Going to Build Me a Playhouse" (Walker, White) – 3:42
"Long Skirt Baby Blues" – 2:31
"Struggling Blues" (Walker, Grover McDaniel) – 3:50
"I'm in an Awful Mood" (Walker, McDaniel) – 4:19
"I Wish My Baby (Would Come Home At Night)" – 3:00

Personnel

T-Bone Walker – guitar, vocals
Other musicians unidentified

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References

T-Bone Walker: Funky Town – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 494.CS1 maint: location (link)
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 679.
Murray, Charles Shaar (March 18, 2002). "Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century". Macmillan – via Google Books.

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[AllMusic-1] T-Bone Walker: Funky Town – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[CL-2] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 494.CS1 maint: location (link)

[3] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 679.

[4] Murray, Charles Shaar (March 18, 2002). "Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century". Macmillan – via Google Books.