Bobby Sox Blues
T-Bone Walker recognized the explosive post-war cultural shift, and in 1946, he recorded "Bobby Sox Blues" with a subject that spoke to the emerging teenage demographic. Backed by a sophisticated, swinging horn section...
T-Bone Walker recognized the explosive post-war cultural shift, and in 1946, he recorded "Bobby Sox Blues" with a subject that spoke to the emerging teenage demographic. Backed by a sophisticated, swinging horn section in Los Angeles, Walker utilized a smooth, jazz-inflected chord progression to sing about the frustrating, frantic behavior of young fans who couldn't stop dancing. But the song's true legacy lies in Walker's fluid, brilliantly articulate electric guitar solo. He proved that a hollow-body electric guitar could sound as expressive and clean as a saxophone, laying the crucial groundwork for B.B. King and the electric blues revolution.