Aaron Thibeaux Walker (1910 - 1975)

Born 28 May 1910 in Linden, Cass County, Texas, USA

Died 16 Mar 1975 at age 64 in Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Biography

Aaron Walker is Notable.

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound.

Aaron was only son of Rance and Movelia (Jamison or Jimerson) Walker. His mother wanted a better future for him and moved to Dallas, where he attended Norman Washington Harllee School through the seventh grade.

Family friends included Blind Lemon Jefferson and Huddie Ledbetter, and Aaron was recruited to lead Jefferson around the Central Avenue area of Dallas.

Also known as "Oak Cliff T-Bone", after the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas.

He was posthumously inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1987

Research Notes

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Sources

• Texas State Historical Association for "WALKER, AARON THIBEAUX 'T-BONE'"

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPHR-75Q : 26 November 2014), Aaron Walker, 16 Mar 1975; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

• Findagrave

• Wikipedia entry for "T-Bone Walker"