Died On This Date (July 22, 2010) Phillip Walker / Electric Blues Guitarist
themusicsover Phillip Walker
February 11, 1937 – July 22, 2010
Phillip Walker was a respected electric blues guitarist and vocalist who, over the course of some fifty years played with Little Richard, Clifton Chenier, Lonnie Brooks, Etta James and Lowell Fulson. Walker recorded several albums throughout his career, the latest being 2007’s “Going Back Home.” Phillip Walker was 73 when he passed away on July 22, 2010.
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