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Post by Admin on Mar 31, 2014 9:25:44 GMT -5
Film Biography: This is a trailer from the Blue Midnight, the upcoming film biography of Little Walter, widely considered to be the greatest blues harmonica player of all time. The film was produced and directed by Mike Fritz, a Boston-based film maker and musician. The film is unfinished due to a lack of needed funds for final editing, mastering, and licensing of Walter's music and film footage of Walter's last performances in Europe in 1967. www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/97august/mike.htm
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2014 13:11:22 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2014 15:43:25 GMT -5
Interview
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Post by AlanB on Apr 12, 2014 7:38:59 GMT -5
Facing page 133 of the Glover, Dirks and Gaines 2002 biography there's a Sylvia Pitcher photo taken backstage October 1967 at the AFBF in London the caption to which says it all - "Worn and Weary". He didn't record again. The book is a very salutary read.
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Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2014 11:05:48 GMT -5
(Courtesy Derek Brown) Was Little Walter influenced by Louis Jordan?
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Post by AlanB on Apr 12, 2014 11:29:47 GMT -5
I don't know who Derek Brown is but the photographer was definitely Don Bronstein. This and three others from the same mid-50s shoot can be seen (in b&w) in the LW book. He always used colour film and must have cost a fortune back then, especially with the Chess LPs. The use of colour for the1958 Best of Muddy Waters front sleeve (LP 1427) is dramatic.
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Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2014 11:34:52 GMT -5
I don't know who Derek Brown is but the photographer was definitely Don Bronstein. This and three others from the same mid-50s shoot can be seen (in b&w) in the LW book. He always used colour film and must have cost a fortune back then, especially with the Chess LPs. The use of colour for the1958 Best of Muddy Waters front sleeve (LP 1427) is dramatic. Yes, I was just looking back at Derek's post and it seems Scott Dirks made a note that the photo was the work of Don Bronstein. Thanks. www.facebook.com/groups/163835903692878/
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Post by musicman on Jun 14, 2014 11:36:25 GMT -5
Great album recognized this year at Blues Music Awards.
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Post by Admin on Aug 1, 2014 14:36:39 GMT -5
A little different side of Little Walter
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