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Big Walter Horton (* 6. April 1918 in Horn Lake, Mississippi; † 8. Dezember 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues -Musiker, ein Virtuose auf der Mundharmonika, bekannt als Mitglied der Band von Muddy Waters. Besondere Bedeutung hatte er auch für die Entwicklung der elektrisch verstärkten Harmonika.
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'.
Blues harmonica virtuoso Big Walter Horton was renowned for his innovative contributions to the music of Memphis and Chicago. Horton was born in Horn Lake on April 6, 1918, and began his career as a child working for tips on the streets of Memphis. He performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny ...
More about Big Walter Horton. Big Walter Horton, sometimes known as Shakey Walter Horton, is one of the most influential blues harmonica players of all time, and a particular pioneer in the field of amplified harmonica. He isn’t as widely known as his fellow Chicago blues pioneers Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II, due mostly to the ...
Big Walter Horton was widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and creative musicians ever to play the harmonica. Born near Horn Lake, Mississippi, on April 6, 1921 (the date officially confirmed by Mississippi’s Vital Records office), Horton quit school in the first grade and made his way doing odd jobs and playing harmonica with members ...
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 time.
8. Apr. 2018 · Little Walter is widely credited as the major innovator of electronically amplified blues harp playing, but Horton says he first played amplifed harp in 1940, and as he displays on "Easy," his 1953 elaboration on the r&b classic, "Since I Lost My Baby," he was an early master at creating stunning amplified tonal effects.
