Big Walter Horton
Blues Harmonica Giant: Classic Sides 1951-1956
Blues Harmonica Giant: Classic Sides 1951-1956
UPC: 788065230524
Format: CD (3 disc)
Release Date: Sep 06, 2010
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Recording information: Chicago (01/23/1953); Memphis (01/23/1953); Chicago (02/1951); Memphis (02/1951); Chicago (02/25/1952); Memphis (02/25/1952); Chicago (02/25/1953); Memphis (02/25/1953); Chicago (04/25/1952); Memphis (04/25/1952); Chicago (05/28/1953); Memphis (05/28/1953); Chicago (06/1951); Memphis (06/1951); Chicago (07/11/1956); Memphis (07/11/1956); Chicago (07/15/1953); Memphis (07/15/1953); Chicago (09/09/1953); Memphis (09/09/1953); Chicago (09/15/1952); Memphis (09/15/1952); Chicago (11/01/1954); Memphis (11/01/1954); Chicago (12/01/1953); Memphis (12/01/1953); Chicago (12/06/1952); Memphis (12/06/1952); Chicago (12/10/1952); Memphis (12/10/1952); Chicago (1956); Memphis (1956).
Big Walter Horton was a giant on the amplified harmonica, bringing the electricity of the instrument into the modern blues era with his works as a sideman and as a bandleader. This three-disc box does a great job of looking at the length, breadth, and scope of his career with a disc of Horton solo and as a bandleader in the 1950s; a second disc of him working with the likes of Joe Hill Louis, Willie Nix, Mose Vinson, Johnny Shines, Tampa Red, Sunnyland Slim, and others during the same decade; and a third disc featuring Horton's 1970s work with Carey Bell. It's a nice and rounded overview of a remarkable musician. ~ Steve Leggett
Big Walter Horton was a giant on the amplified harmonica, bringing the electricity of the instrument into the modern blues era with his works as a sideman and as a bandleader. This three-disc box does a great job of looking at the length, breadth, and scope of his career with a disc of Horton solo and as a bandleader in the 1950s; a second disc of him working with the likes of Joe Hill Louis, Willie Nix, Mose Vinson, Johnny Shines, Tampa Red, Sunnyland Slim, and others during the same decade; and a third disc featuring Horton's 1970s work with Carey Bell. It's a nice and rounded overview of a remarkable musician. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Cotton Patch Hotfoot
2 - What's the Matter with You [Take 1]
3 - Little Boy Blue [Take 1]
4 - Blues in the Morning
5 - Now Tell Me Baby
6 - I'm in Love with You Baby [Take 1]
7 - Black Gal
8 - Hard Hearted Woman
9 - Jumpin' Blues
10 - So Long Woman
11 - What's the Matter with You [Take 2]
12 - Little Boy Blue [Take 2]
13 - I'm I Love with You Baby [Take 2]
14 - Grandmother Got Grandfather Told [Take 1]
15 - In the Mood
16 - Grandmother Got Grandfather Told [Take 2]
17 - We All Gotta Go [Take 3]
18 - Little Walter's Boogie [Take 1]
19 - We All Gotta Go [Take 4]
20 - Little Walter's Boogie [Take 2]
21 - West Winds Are Blowing [Take 1]
22 - Little Walter's Boogie [Take 3]
23 - West Winds Are Blowing [Take 2]
24 - Walter's Instrumental
25 - Off the Wall
26 - Off the Wall
27 - Hard Hearted Woman
28 - Back Home to Mama
Disc 2:
1 - Hard Hearted Woman
2 - Back Home to Mama
3 - Need My Baby
4 - Have a Good Time
5 - Need My Baby [Take 1]
6 - Selling My Whiskey [Incomplete]
7 - Midnight Showers of Rain
8 - Prison Bound Blues
9 - Riding in the Moonlight
10 - Let's Take a Little Walk
11 - Easy
12 - Hydramatic Woman
13 - Tiger Man (King of the Jungle)
14 - Seems Like a Million Years [Take 1]
15 - Seems Like a Million Years [Take 2]
16 - Worry You Off My Mind
17 - Shine Boy
18 - Evening Shuffle [Take 1]
19 - Evening Shuffle [Take2]
20 - Evening Sun
21 - No Name Blues
22 - Brutal Hearted Woman
23 - Gonna Call the Angel [Rehearsal]
24 - Gonna Call the Angel [Take 3]
25 - Big Stars Falling Blues
26 - Rambler's Blues
27 - Evalena
28 - Highway 61
29 - It's You Baby
Disc 3:
1 - Hard Hearted Woman
2 - Sick & Tired
3 - Walter's Jump
4 - Leaving in the Morning
5 - Walter & Carey
6 - Walking by Myself
7 - My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble
1 - Cotton Patch Hotfoot
2 - What's the Matter with You [Take 1]
3 - Little Boy Blue [Take 1]
4 - Blues in the Morning
5 - Now Tell Me Baby
6 - I'm in Love with You Baby [Take 1]
7 - Black Gal
8 - Hard Hearted Woman
9 - Jumpin' Blues
10 - So Long Woman
11 - What's the Matter with You [Take 2]
12 - Little Boy Blue [Take 2]
13 - I'm I Love with You Baby [Take 2]
14 - Grandmother Got Grandfather Told [Take 1]
15 - In the Mood
16 - Grandmother Got Grandfather Told [Take 2]
17 - We All Gotta Go [Take 3]
18 - Little Walter's Boogie [Take 1]
19 - We All Gotta Go [Take 4]
20 - Little Walter's Boogie [Take 2]
21 - West Winds Are Blowing [Take 1]
22 - Little Walter's Boogie [Take 3]
23 - West Winds Are Blowing [Take 2]
24 - Walter's Instrumental
25 - Off the Wall
26 - Off the Wall
27 - Hard Hearted Woman
28 - Back Home to Mama
Disc 2:
1 - Hard Hearted Woman
2 - Back Home to Mama
3 - Need My Baby
4 - Have a Good Time
5 - Need My Baby [Take 1]
6 - Selling My Whiskey [Incomplete]
7 - Midnight Showers of Rain
8 - Prison Bound Blues
9 - Riding in the Moonlight
10 - Let's Take a Little Walk
11 - Easy
12 - Hydramatic Woman
13 - Tiger Man (King of the Jungle)
14 - Seems Like a Million Years [Take 1]
15 - Seems Like a Million Years [Take 2]
16 - Worry You Off My Mind
17 - Shine Boy
18 - Evening Shuffle [Take 1]
19 - Evening Shuffle [Take2]
20 - Evening Sun
21 - No Name Blues
22 - Brutal Hearted Woman
23 - Gonna Call the Angel [Rehearsal]
24 - Gonna Call the Angel [Take 3]
25 - Big Stars Falling Blues
26 - Rambler's Blues
27 - Evalena
28 - Highway 61
29 - It's You Baby
Disc 3:
1 - Hard Hearted Woman
2 - Sick & Tired
3 - Walter's Jump
4 - Leaving in the Morning
5 - Walter & Carey
6 - Walking by Myself
7 - My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble