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Post by JamesP on Mar 21, 2015 10:54:46 GMT -5
Walter Horton, better known as Big Walter Horton or Walter "Shakey" Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming and essentially shy man, Horton is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues. Wikipedia Born: April 6, 1917, Horn Lake, MS Died: December 8, 1981, Chicago, IL www.bluesharp.ca/legends/bwalter.html
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Post by AlanB on Mar 22, 2015 2:31:50 GMT -5
The attached was compiled a couple of years after Walter's death Attachments:Hortondisco.pdf (142.37 KB)
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Post by JamesP on Jun 17, 2016 11:15:45 GMT -5
Frankfurt 1970
Walter Horton (harmonica & vocals) performs two numbers on the American Folk Blues Festival tour in Frankfurt, Germany on November 16, 1970 accompanied by Lonnie Brooks (guitar), Lafayette Leake piano, Willie Dixon (string bass), and Clifton James (drums).
One of the greatest harmonica players in blues history Willie Dixon once described Big Walter Horton as "the best harmonica player I ever heard." He began playing harp in Memphis during his early teenage years and first appeared on record backing guitarist Little Buddy Doyle in 1939.
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