Tag Archives: Blues Harp

Today’s Music: Little Walter, “Juke” and “My Babe”

Marion Walter Jacobs, AKA ‘Little Walter’, along with Big Walter Horton and a couple of others, defined the ‘Chicago Saxophone’ sound on the harmonica way back in the 1950s. Instead of playing first position ‘country’ harp, Walter moved to second … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: Kim Wilson and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Here’s Kim Wilson, the guy Muddy Waters once called the ‘greatest harmonica player since Little Walter,’ tearing it up with his band The Fabulous Thunderbirds which once included Stevie Ray Vaughn’s older brother Jimmie on guitar, playing some of their … Continue reading

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