PHILLIP WALKER "GOING BACK HOME" Source: Rocester Democrat & Chronicle.com Date: 02/2007 Writer: Moskal

The veteran Gulf Coast bluesman returns to the scene with a CD playing tribute to his influences as a traveling bluesman for more than 50 years. Walker started his career recording with Roscoe Gordon in 1952. Classics by Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles, Lowell Fulson and Frankie Lee Sims are intertwined with originals. Phillip does the rest as he reminds us how powerful the Gulf Coast music influenced the early sounds of rock and roll.