Big Walter Horton/Alfred "Blues King" Harris - Harmonica Blues Kings

Artist:

Horton, Big Walter

UPC:

038153071226

See Also:

Butterfield, Paul Walter, Little Bond, Graham Hutto, J.B. Wells, Junior Baldry, Long John Johnson, Robert Korner, Alexis Magic Sam Rush, Otis Cotton, James (Harmonica) Wolf, Howlin` Guy, Buddy Spann, Otis Hooker, John Lee King, Albert Lenoir, J.B. Williamson, Sonny B. (Rice Mill Walter `Shakey` Horton/Big Walter Horton - Blues Harmonica Giant: Classic Sides 1951-1956 [Box]

Description:

/Alfred "Blues King" Harris.
Personnel includes: Big Walter Horton; Alfred Harris (vocals, harmonica).
Includes liner notes by Jim O`Neal.
Personnel: Alfred Harris (vocals, harmonica); Big Walter Horton (vocals, harmonica); Tommy Brown (vocals); Earl Dranes, Lee Cooper (guitar); Harold Ashby, John Vameron, Red Holloway (tenor saxophone); Lafayette Leake, Memphis Slim (piano); James Bannister, Fred Below (drums).
Liner Note Author: Jim O`Neal.
Recording information: 08/26/1954-11/01/1954.
This is very early amplified Walter, recorded in the fall of 1954 for the Black-owned United/States labels. On four of the cuts, Big Walter is playing backup harp and solos for singer Tommy Brown; the other two cuts represent Big Walter`s first Chicago record under his own name. Includes the definitive recording of the classic Walter tune "Hard Hearted Woman." Reissued on compact disc by Delmark in 2000. ~ Michael Erlewine

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Back Home to Mama
2. Hard-Hearted Woman
3. Southern Women
4. Remember Me
5. Card Game
6. Nosey Neighbors
7. Hard-Hearted Woman - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
8. Back Home to Mama - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
9. My Life Blues
10. Up Side the Wall
11. Gold Digger
12. Sundown Boogie Blues
13. Miss Ida
14. Great Lakes Boogie
15. Blues and Trouble
16. Up Side the Wall - (previously unreleased, alternate take)

Album Information

Release Date:

10/17/2000

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Chicago Blues

Label:

Delmark

Catalog Number:

DD 712

Original Release Year:

1987

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

47 : 8

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