OBITUARY: Award-Winning Blues Guitarist and Vocalist Phillip Walker, 1937 - 2010

26 July 2010, 4:02 am

Celebrated blues guitarist and vocalist Phillip Walker passed away as the result of heart failure in Palm Springs, CA (near his hometown of Los Angeles) on July 22, 2010. He was 73. Over the course of his 50-plus year career, Walker recorded many solo albums, toured with zydeco master Clifton Chenier and played behind countless blues stars, including Etta James, Jimmy Reed and Lowell Fulson. He ...... Read More »

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