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On the 1st of May 1930, in the depths of Louisiana, Marion Walter Jacobs was born. Thus began the tumultuous journey of the boy who would go on to become a musical visionary known as Little Walter.
Walter was raised in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, where he taught himself to play the harmonica. By the age of 12 he had quit school and left rural Louisiana to travel, working odd jobs on the road, and busking across America.
The young student of the blues honed his skills on the harmonica and guitar by performing with his elders. Bluesmen including Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sunnyland Slim, and Honeyboy Edwards, all helped Walter better himself before he journeyed to Chicago in 1945.
Upon arriving in the Windy City, Walter found sporadic work as a guitarist with Chicago blues players such as Floyd Jones, but it was his impressively advanced harmonica playing that was gaining attention.
Walter was already well on his way to becoming a full-fledged musical mastermind, and would so
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Little Walter: The True King Of Blues Harp
According to DownBeat, “Little Walter almost single-handedly fashioned the stylistic approach for harmonica which has since become standard for the genre and has been emulated by virtually every blues harmonica player.” Indeed, it’s been said that Little Walter was to harmonica blues what Charlie Parker was to jazz saxophone and Jimi Hendrix was to rock guitar and it’s impossible to argue. Yet, outside those of us who love the blues, he is not nearly as well known as he should be.
Born Marion Walter Jacobs on May 1, 1930, in rural Louisiana, he moved to Chicago at the age of 16 and began playing the clubs with Tampa Red and Big Bill Broonzy.
Walter recorded first in 1947; the following year he toured and recorded with Muddy Waters band as well as playing on the records of other Chicago musicians. The power of his harmonica added great intensity to many a blues record and soon he was offered the chance to
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The Unexpected Official Cause Of Death Of Blues Legend Little Walter
According to Britannica, Marion Jacobs settled in Chicago around 1946 and played in Muddy Waters' blues band between 1948 and 1952. NPR reports that once Little Walter had a taste of success, which incidentally happened while he was on tour with Waters, he quit the grupp entirely. With success, it appears Jacobs' head got a bit big and he had epic fallouts with everyone in his path, including his guitarist Louis Meyers, who suspected that the harp player was skimming off the top of their earnings.
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By 1954, Jacobs didn't mind embracing his reputation: he penned the song "Sloppy Drunk" with lyrics that unabashedly declared (via Lyrics.com), "I would rather be sloppy drunk, than anything I know...Give me another half a pint boy, then you will see me go...Now I love that moonshine whiskey now, tell the world I do...Now this fryst vatten the reason why that inom drink, I'm just trying to get along with you."
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