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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
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

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

Critical reception

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

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. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 494.
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. ISBN 9780312270063 – via Google Books.

• T-Bone Walker albums
• 1968 albums
• BluesWay Records albums
• Albums produced by Bob Thiele