Full Description
Whenever you hear the prevalent wailing blues harmonica in commercials, film soundtracks or at a blues club, you are experiencing the legacy of the master harmonica player, Little Walter. Immensely popular in his lifetime, Little Walter had fourteen Top 10 hits on the R&B charts, and he was also the first Chicago blues musician to play at the Apollo. Ray Charles and B.B. King, great blues artists in their own right, were honored to sit in with his band. However, at the age of 37, he lay in a pauper's grave in Chicago. This book will tell the story of a man whose music, life and struggles continue to resonate to this day.
Contents
Acknowledgments Permissions Preface 1. Night Train: Louisiana 1920-43 2. Good Evenin' Everybody: New Orleans/Helena, Arkansas: 1943-44 3. Wonder Harmonica King: St Louis/Point South/ Chicago: Summer 1943-46 4. I Just Keep Loving Her: Chicago/Helena/Mississippi/Chicago: c. 1946-48 5. Ebony Boogie: Chicago/Helena/Mississippi/ Chicago: September 1948-Fall 6. Juke: Chicago Blues Takes a Corner: Winter 1951-52 7. Diamonds and Cadillac Cars: Chicago/East and West Coasts/Southern states: January 1953-February 1954 8. You Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone: Chicago/The South and East: February-Fall 1954 9. Roller Coaster: Chicago/Alexandria, Louisiana/Chicago: Fall 1954-Fall 1995 10. I've Had My Fun: Chicago/The South/Chicago: December 1954-December 1957 11. Crazy Mixed Up World: Chicago and On the Road: January 1958-Autumn 1959 12. I Ain't Broke, I'm Badly Bent: Chicago: Fall 1959-February 1963 13. Back in the Alley: Chicago/London/San Francisco/Boston: Winter 1963-Fall 1966 14. Mean Old World: Chicago-Europe/UK-Chicago: Fall 1966-February 1968 Epilogue: 1968-Present Chronological Recordings Notes Index
