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5. März 2015 · "Hobo Blues" from Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton. From "Fine Cuts" released in 1979. Enjoy!
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Walter Horton (April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981), known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues. Willie Dixon once called Horton ‘the best harmonica player I ever heard’.
Big Walter “Shakey” Horton (born in Mississippi, April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981) was one of the premier blues players of all time. He was one of the first to record for Sam Phillips of Sun Records. He played at blues and folk festivals in Europe and across the U.S. and appeared as a guest player with rock singers such as Fleetwood Mac and Johnny Winter. True blues.
BORN: April 6, 1917, Horn Lake, MS. DIED: December 8, 1981, Chicago, IL. Big Walter "Shakey" Horton is one of the all-time great blues harp (harmonica) players. Along with Little Walter, Horton defined modern amplified Chicago-style harmonica. There is no harp player (and that includes Little Walter) with Horton's big tone and spacious sense of ...
From liner notes: This is a restored version of the LP "Walter Shakey Horton With Hot Cottage" originally released in 1972 on London Records, NAS 13526 Blueprint Records, 1987 Box 7970 Berkley, California 94707-0970 Jacket Made In Canada
Onlater recordings, Walter was usually billed as “Shakey Horton” or “Big Walter.” Horton joined the Muddy Waters band in Chicago in 1953. Chicago’s foremost blues producer/songwriter, Willie Dixon, who called Horton “the greatest harmonica player in the world,” began recording him for labels including States, Cobra, and Argo, and hired him to play harmonica on sessions by Otis ...
Walter Horton, also known as Big Walter or Shakey Horton, was born in Horn Lake, Mississippi, in 1918, and is counted among the best blues harmonicists. He is also considered by many to have had the best tone of any Chicago harp player. Horton got his first harmonica from his father when he five, and won a local talent contest with it.
