Walter Horton (April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981), known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet...
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Walter Horton may refer to: Big Walter Horton (1921–1981), American blues harmonica player Walter Horton (landowner) (1512–?), English politician Walter...
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Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell is an album by the American blues musicians Big Walter Horton and Carey Bell, recorded in Chicago in 1972 and released...
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and (for his "Mean Mistreater") Willie Dixon on upright bass and Big Walter Horton on harmonica. The album featured a few selections that became Winter...
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Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and Big Walter Horton. Musselwhite immersed himself completely in the musical life...
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Cotton, Otis Rush, Homesick James, Johnny Young, Johnny Shines, and Big Walter Horton. Also contributing are other musicians such as Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon...
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that area filming Animal House. Other musicians in the cast include Big Walter Horton, Pinetop Perkins, and John Lee Hooker (who performs "Boom Boom" during...
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worked for John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton, Sam Lay, and others. Earwig Music Company recorded him with Kansas City Red and Big John Wrencher for the album...
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Shines toured with the Chicago All Stars alongside Lee Jackson, Big Walter Horton and Willie Dixon. Shines moved to Holt, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County...
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attracted by the blues harmonica greats—DeFord Bailey, Big Walter Horton, Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs, Sonny Boy Williamson I and Sonny Boy Williamson...
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recorded with some of their American blues heroes including Otis Spann, Big Walter Horton, Willie Dixon, J. T. Brown and Buddy Guy. In 1969, after signing to...
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and was influenced by harmonica players such as Little Walter, James Cotton, Big Walter Horton, Slim Harpo and Lazy Lester. Before he moved to Austin...
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of playwright Lorraine Hansberry. Big Walter Horton (1921–1981), American musician, blues harmonica player. Inman "Big Jack" Jackson (1907–1973), basketball...
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Tony Horton (rugby union) (1938–2020), English rugby union player Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player William Horton (disambiguation)...
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Other early releases for the fledgling label included recordings by Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell and Fenton Robinson. In 1976, Koko Taylor's I Got...
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Spann and James Cotton, Otis Rush, Homesick James, Johnny Shines, Big Walter Horton, and Charlie Musselwhite. Vanguard released numerous classical recordings...
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and songwriter. He was a working associate of the harmonica players Big Walter Horton and Hammie Nixon, the guitarist David "Honeyboy" Edwards, and the...
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players of the early Chicago blues scene. Other harp players such as Big Walter Horton were also influential. Muddy Waters and Elmore James were known for...
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Aki Kumar Alan Glen Annie Raines Alan Wilson (Canned Heat) Big Mama Thornton Big Walter Horton Bill Dicey Billy Bizor Billy Boy Arnold Billy Branch Billy...
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Portnoy – harmonica (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9) Big Walter Horton – harmonica Pinetop Perkins – piano Willie "Big Eyes" Smith – drums "Grammy Award Winners"...
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backing/touring band for various blues artists, including Johnny Shines, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, Boogie Woogie Red, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Billy Boy Arnold...
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records released by Chess, most of them featuring either Little Walter or Big Walter Horton on harmonica, notably "Walking by Myself". In the late 1950s...
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Johnnie Johnson. In 1956, he recorded two unreleased tracks with Big Walter Horton and Robert Lockwood. He recorded a session with the guitarist Robert...
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largely as a supporting instrument. Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) and Big Walter Horton were among the best-known harmonica (called...
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1975), author, producer, filmmaker, radio personality, activist Big Walter Horton (1921–1981), blues harmonica player Brandon Jackson (b. 1985), running...
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who would play on the street for tips. Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Johnny "Man" Young, Big Walter Horton and many others all played on Maxwell Street...
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notes to his will". In his choice of notes he has been compared to Big Walter Horton, but he was never seen as an imitator of any particular harp player...
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Live recordings made by other bands/performers at the venue include: Big Walter Horton — Live at the El Mocambo (1973) The Amboy Dukes — (1973) Starz — Live...
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John Lee Hooker) by Jeff Beck, Big Bill Broonzy, R.L. Burnside, Sleepy John Estes, John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Sonny Boy Williamson;...
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464 "OFF THE WALL This is Little Walter's famous instrumental recorded in January 1953 on Checker 770. Big Walter Horton always claimed to be the composer...
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