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David T. Walker Appreciation Thread One of the unsung session guitar players you've all heard on some very popular (and some not so popular) records but might not have known it.
With who? Pick any letter from A to Z (well, except Q, U & X). Cannonball Adderley: The Happy People Afrique: Soul Makossa Anita Baker: Songstress Gary Bartz: Music Is My Sanctuary Shirley Bassey: Nobody Does It like Me Bloodstone: Party Johnny Bristol: Hang On In There Baby Brothers Johnson: Right on Time James Brown: Reality Oscar Brown Jr.: Brother Where Are You Peabo Bryson: Peabo Solomon Burke: We're Almost Home Jerry Butler: The Soul Goes On Donald Byrd: Black Byrd Vikki Carr: One Hell Of A Woman Cheech & Chong: Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album Cher: Foxy Lady Merry Clayton: Gimmie Shelter Norman Connors: Invitation Andrae Crouch: This Is Another Day Crusaders: Ghetto Blaster Lamont Dozier: Peddlin' Music on the Side Betty Everett: Happy Endings Fania All Stars: Delicate & Jumpy Jose Feliciano: Jose Feliciano 5th Dimension: Soul & Inspiration Four Tops: Main Street People Aretha Franklin: Aretha Rodney Franklin: In the Center Marvin Gaye: I Want You Herbie Hancock: Man-Child Hues Corporation: Rockin' Soul Bobbi Humphrey: Blacks and Blues Phyllis Hyman: Can't We Fall In Love Again Isley Brothers: Masterpiece Jackson 5: ABC Jermaine Jackson: Jermaine Michael Jackson: Got To Be There Etta James: Rocks the House Jack Jones: What I Did For Love Quincy Jones: I Heard That! Carole King: Fantasy Gladys Knight and The Pips: Neither One of Us Patti Labelle: Winner in You Peggy Lee: Let's Love LeVert: Bloodline Little Richard: The Second Coming Jon Lucien: Premonition Miriam Makeba: A Promise The Mamas & the Papas: People Like Us Melissa Manchester: Don't Cry Out Loud Henry Mancini: Symphonic Soul Teena Marie: Starchild Martha & The Vandellas: Live Harvey Mason: Funk In a Mason Jar Johnny Mathis: I Only Have Eyes For You Brian McKnight: I Remember You Sergio Mendes: Sergio Mendes Bette Midler: Broken Blossom Stephanie Mills: I've Got The Cure Najee: Songs from the Key of Life Jeffrey Osborne: Jeffrey Osborne Donny Osmond: Donny Pointer Sisters: Having a Party Billy Preston: Music Is My Life Flora Purim: That's What She Said Lou Rawls: Natural Man Johnny Rivers: New Loves and Old Friends D.J. Rogers: D.J. Rogers Kenny Rogers: We've Got Tonight Diana Ross: Last Time I Saw Him Joe Sample: Rainbow Seeker Pharoah Sanders: Love Will Find A Way Boz Scaggs: Slow Dancer Diane Schuur: Blues For Schuur Shalamar: Uptown Festival Marlena Shaw: Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? Jimmy Smith: Black Smith Raul De Souza: Til Tomorrow Comes Dusty Springfield: It Begins Again Barbra Streisand: The Way We Were Syreeta: Syreeta Tavares: Check It Out Temptations: Back to Basics Tina Turner: Private Dancer Stanley Turrentine: In The Pocket Frankie Valli: Valli T-Bone Walker: Very Rare Barry White: I've Got So Much To Give Nancy Wilson: I've Never Been To Me Bobby Womack: Poet 2 Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Wah Wah Watson: Elementary Andy Williams: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Bill Withers: Making Music Stevie Wonder: Innervisions Z.Z.Hill: Keep On Lovin' You I've pared this list down to one album per artist (with many artists left out). But I tried to include as varied a sample as possible to show the breadth and scope of this fine musician's career. You have to be a versatile player to pull all this off. Pop, jazz, blues, funk, country, gospel and latin styles are all covered here. All props to the fellow that compiled the complete list: http://homepage2.nifty.co...disco.html tA  Tribal Disorder
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David T!! All Hail!! I love His album, "On Love"(Ode Records)---Man, he had the sweetest sound; when I think of his playing on tracks like "Innervisions"....  " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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 Damn, that's a long list!"I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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paligap said:
David T!! All Hail!! I love His album, "On Love"(Ode Records)---Man, he had the sweetest sound; when I think of his playing on tracks like "Innervisions".... Oh yeah. It's unfortunate that his solo releases didn't do better. He certainly played some slick guitar parts on those early Jackson 5 records. I know I copped the rhythm licks he played on Corazon from Carol King's Fantasy album. Some of the other interesting session work I left off of the list... Original Soundtracks: Doctor Detroit FM Roots Shaft In Africa Blacula Telly Savalas: Who Loves Ya Baby tA Tribal Disorder
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minneapolisgenius said: Damn, that's a long list!No, that's the short list! 
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paligap said:
David T!! All Hail!! I love His album, "On Love"(Ode Records)---Man, he had the sweetest sound; when I think of his playing on tracks like "Innervisions"....  Didn't know he had a solo album.  I'll have to check that out. I'm so accustomed to him being a session musician it never occurred to me that he might have a solo LP. | |
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psykosoul said: Didn't know he had a solo album.Correction my brother... The Sidewalk - 1968 Going Up! - 1969 Plum Happy - 1970 David T. Walker - 1971 Press On - 1973 On Love - 1976 Y-Ence - 1987 With A Smile - 1988 Ahimsa - 1989 ...From My Heart - 1993 Dream Catcher - 1994 Beloved - 1995    
   
   
...that's albums, plural. Now whether you'll be able to find them or not is another story. tA Tribal Disorder
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 Yeah, those jokers are hard to come by..." I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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