Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, Louisiana; May 1, 1930 - February 15, 1968) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist.
Tired of the generic electric guitar blues of the mid-1940s, Little Walter introduced to blues a new sound by simply combining the use of a guitar amp, mic, and a harmonica; a technique used among harmonica musicians to this day. He made his first released recordings in 1947 for Bernard Abram’s tiny Ora-Nelle label, which operated out of the back room of the Abrams’ Maxwell Radio and Records store in the heart of the Maxwell Street market area in Chicago. Little Walter thus became the first musician to use electric distortion on purpose. Little Walter is widely regarded as the best harmonica player ever, and you can hear much of his talent accompanying Muddy Waters’s repertoire from the 50’s, as well as his own numerous and successful recordings of that time.
Little Walter scored fourteen top-ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts between 1952 and 1958, including two number-one hits (the second being "My Babe" in 1955), a level of commercial success never achieved by his former boss Waters, nor by his fellow Chess blues artists Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson II.
Jacobs is generally included among blues music greats: his revolutionary harmonica technique has earned comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix in its impact: There were great musicians before and after, but Jacobs’ virtuosity and musical innovations reached heights of expression never previously imagined, and fundamentally altered many listeners’ expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. His body of work earned Little Walter a spot in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the sideman category on March 10, 2008, making him the only artist so honored specifically for his work as a harmonica player.
Artist: Little Walter
Title Of Album: Walter's Blues
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Gralin Music
Genre: Harmonica Blues
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Tracklist:
01 - My Babe [00:02:36]
02 - Sad Hours [00:03:10]
03 - You're So Fine [00:03:03]
04 - Last Night [00:02:42]
05 - Blue With A Feeling [00:03:05]
06 - Can't Hold Out Much Longer [00:02:59]
07 - Juke [00:02:43]
08 - Mean Old World [00:02:53]
09 - Off The Wall [00:02:48]
10 - You Better Watch Yourself [00:03:03]
11 - Blue Lights [00:03:15]
12 - Tell Me Mama [00:02:44]
13 - Nobody But You [00:02:05]
14 - My Baby's Sweeter [00:02:26]
15 - Roller Coaster [00:02:53]
16 - As Long As I Have You [00:02:33]
17 - Oh Baby [00:02:39]
18 - Take Me Back [00:03:03]
19 - Everything's Going To Be Alright [00:02:49]
20 - Mellow Down Easy [00:02:40]
21 - Hate To See You Go [00:02:15]
22 - I Got To Find My Baby [00:02:46]
23 - Everybody Needs Somebody [00:02:51]
24 - Blue Midnight [00:02:22]
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: Xing
MPEG-1 layer 3
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