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Stormy Monday Blues
Studio album by T-Bone Walker
Released	1968 (1968)
Recorded	May 24 & 25, 1967
Studio	Los Angeles
Genre	Blues
Length	29:45
Label	BluesWay
Producer	Bob Thiele
T-Bone Walker chronology
The Truth (1967) Stormy Monday Blues (1968) Funky Town (1968)

Stormy Monday Blues is an album by blues guitarist/vocalist T-Bone Walker released by the BluesWay label in 1968.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

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

• T-Bone Walker – guitar, vocals
• Mel Moore, Preston Love – trumpet
• John "Streamline" Ewing – trombone
• McKinley Johnson – alto saxophone
• Mel Jernigan – tenor saxophone
• John Williams – baritone saxophone
• Mel Brown – guitar
• Lloyd Glenn – piano
• Ron Brown – Fender bass
• Paul Humphrey – drums

References

1. ^ Leggett, Steve. T-Bone Walker: Stormy Monday Blues: The Essential Collection – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 679. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

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