Editing T-Bone Walker (section)

==Legacy==
Walker was posthumously inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]] in 1980<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blues.org/foundation-programs/hall-of-fame/performers-in-the-blues-hall-of-fame/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150115023659/http://www.blues.org/foundation-programs/hall-of-fame/performers-in-the-blues-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2015 |title=Performers in Blues Hall of Fame |work=[[Blues Foundation]] |access-date=17 February 2015 }}</ref> and the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in [[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees|1987]].<ref name="Blues"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://rockhall.com/inductees/t-bone-walker/ |title=T-Bone Walker: Inducted in 1987 |work=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |access-date=18 May 2011}}</ref>

[[Chuck Berry]] named Walker and [[Louis Jordan]] as his main influences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.there1.com/browse_articles.php?action=view_record&idnum=115 |title=T-Bone Walker: Blues Guitar Godfather |first=Johnny |last=Harper |work=There Productions |access-date=17 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422132041/http://www.there1.com/browse_articles.php?action=view_record&idnum=115 |archive-date=22 April 2014 }}</ref> [[B.B. King]] cited hearing Walker's recording of "Stormy Monday" as his inspiration for getting an electric guitar.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Complete Imperial Recordings, 1950–1954 |year=1991 |first=Pete |last=Welding |author-link=Pete Welding |pages=9–10 |type=CD booklet |publisher=EMI Records USA |id=CDP-7-96737-2 |location=Hollywood, CA }}</ref>  In his 1996 autobiography, King commented that when he first heard Walker, he thought "Jesus Himself had returned to earth playing electric guitar. T-Bone's blues filled my insides with joy and good feeling. I became his disciple.  And remain so today.  My biggest musical debt is to T-Bone."  Blues-rock soloing pioneer [[Lonnie Mack]] named Walker his principal blues guitar influence.<ref>Liner notes to Ace, UK, CD entitled "Memphis Wham!"; See also: Dahl, Bill. "Lonnie Mack profile at" (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p438). allmusic.com. Retrieved July 27, 2011.</ref> Walker was admired by [[Jimi Hendrix]], who imitated Walker's trick of playing the guitar with his teeth.<ref name="russell">{{cite book| first= Tony| last= Russell| year= 1997| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray| edition= the blues rock down| publisher= Carlton Books| location= Dubai| pages= 58–59| isbn= 1-85868-255-X}}</ref> [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]] stated that in 1952, when he was eight, Walker taught him how to play his guitar behind his back and also with his teeth.  He was a family friend and a frequent visitor to Miller's family home and Miller considers him a major influence on his career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.musicaficionado.com/main.html#!/article/why_steve_miller_thinks_t_bone_walker_is_king_of_the_electric_guitar_by_alanpaul|title=Why Steve Miller Thinks T-Bone Walker Is King of The Electric Guitar |access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="granberry">Michael Granberry. "Steve Miller: Dallas set him on his path to stardom", ''Dallas Morning News'', November 28, 2004, Texas Living section, page 2E.</ref>  "Stormy Monday" was a favorite live number of the [[The Allman Brothers Band|Allman Brothers Band]]. The British rock band [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] covered Walker's "Stormy Monday" in 1968 for [[John Peel]]'s "Top Gear". [[Eva Cassidy]] performed "Stormy Monday" on her 1996 ''[[Live at Blues Alley (Eva Cassidy album)|Live at Blues Alley]]'' recording.

According to [[Cleveland.com]], Walker may have been the best R&B guitarist. He "pioneered electric blues by becoming the first artist to make the electric guitar a solo instrument and a true centerpiece of his stunning live shows".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/06/50-most-important-african-american-music-artists-of-all-time.html|title=50 most important African American music artists of all time|date=25 June 2020|website=Cleveland.com|access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref>