Funky Town (T-Bone Walker album)

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

Funky Town
Studio album by T-Bone Walker
Released	1968
Genre	Blues
Length	31:37
Label	BluesWay
Producer	Bob Thiele
T-Bone Walker chronology
Stormy Monday Blues (1968) Funky Town (1968) Good Feelin' (1969)

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

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

Personnel

• T-Bone Walker – guitar, vocals
• Other musicians unidentified

References

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