Archive for May, 2007

Blues Birthdays 5/1 – Little Walter

May 1st, 2007

Happy Birthday to Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs on this day in 1930. Most blues historians consider Little Walter to be the most influential harmonica (or harp) player of the postwar period. I can say from experience that anytime you talk to a blues harp player about style, tone, technique, etc., you won’t get [...]