Ein großer Anteil daran wird den Erfolgen von Muddy Waters und Little Walter zugeschrieben. Little Walter also occasionally included saxophone players in his touring bands during this period, among them the young Albert Ayler, and Ray Charles on one early tour. Mit der Band hatte Little Walter eine Reihe von Hits wie zum Beispiel Mean old world, Off the wall und Blues with a feeling. Muddy Waters originally did Blow Wind, Blow, Live the Life I Love (Love the Life I Live), Mad Love, Diddley Daddy and other songs. Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Little Walter join forces to record some of their greatest hits. Dort traf er auch auf Jimmy Rogers, der viel Zeit mit Muddy Waters verbrachte. Muddy Waters … In Chicago angekommen, hielt sich Walter oft am Maxwell Street Market auf, der Treffpunkt vieler Bluesmusiker aus dem Süden war. [1][12] The official cause of death stated on Little Walter's death certificate was coronary thrombosis (a blood clot in the heart); evidence of external injuries was so insignificant that the police reported that his death was due to "unknown or natural causes",[12] and no external injuries were noted on the death certificate. 2:33. Februar 2020 um 11:51 Uhr bearbeitet. Wählen Sie Ihre Cookie-Einstellungen . Further video of another recently discovered TV appearance in Germany during this same tour, showing Jacobs performing his songs "My Babe", "Mean Old World", and others, was released on DVD in Europe in January 2009; it is the only known footage of him singing. The 1967 European tour, as part of the American Folk Blues Festival, resulted in the only known film footage of Little Walter performing. Neben Muddy Waters (Gitarre und Gesang) sind Otis Spann (Klavier), Jimmy Rogers (Gitarre), Willie Dixon (Bass), Francis Clay (Schlagzeug) und entweder Junior Wells oder Little Walter (Mundharmonika) auf der Aufnahme zu hören. ), Little Walter (hca. "My Babe"[11] in 1955), a level of commercial success never achieved by Waters or by his fellow Chess blues artists Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Little Walter said, where can we take it now. Muddy Waters wurde als McKinley Morganfield geboren. [2] He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008,[3][4] the first and, to date, only artist to be inducted specifically as a harmonica player. Little Walter joined Muddy Waters's band in 1948, and by 1950 he was playing acoustic (unamplified) harmonica on Waters's recordings for Chess Records. https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Walter&oldid=196653608, „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“. Mitte der Vierziger war Little Walter von Louisiana über Helena, Memphis und St. Louis nach Chicago gekommen. [1] In a short biographical note on Little Walter, Madison Deniro wrote that he was "the first musician of any kind to purposely use electronic distortion. O'Brien, J. (Three other harmonica instrumentals by Little Walter also reached the Billboard R&B top 10: "Off the Wall" reached number eight, "Roller Coaster" reached number six, and "Sad Hours" reached number two while "Juke" was still on the charts.) Jacobs' date of birth is usually given as May 1, 1930, in Marksville, Louisiana. By 1955 the members of the Aces had each separately left Little Walter to pursue other opportunities and were initially replaced by the guitarists Robert "Junior" Lockwood and Luther Tucker and drummer Odie Payne. Aber der musikalische Erfolg hatte für Little Walter nicht nur positive Seiten; er war streitsüchtig und arrogant und versuchte andere zu übervorteilen. 1980 wurde er in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen; auch sein Song My Babe ist seit 2008 dort zu finden. The song was "Juke", and it is still the only harmonica instrumental ever to be a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B chart. Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Little Walter join forces to record some of their greatest hits. Walter kannte Dixon schon aus dem Umfeld von Muddy Waters. [5] Jacobs, reportedly frustrated with having his harmonica drowned out by electric guitars, adopted a simple but previously little-used method: He cupped a small microphone in his hands along with his harmonica and plugged the microphone into a public address system or guitar amplifier. Chess sollte in den folgenden Jahren zur marktbeherrschenden Plattenfirma des Blues werden. He was born without a birth certificate and when he applied for a Social Security card in 1940, his birthdate was listed as May 1, 1923 (over the years he often gave different years, but May 1 was constant. He also played on recordings for other labels, backing Otis Rush, Johnny "Man" Young, and Robert Nighthawk. Mai 1952 aufgenommen wurde, sollte als Erkennungsstück für die Band von Muddy Waters dienen. Die ersten Schallplatten erschienen 1950 auf dem gleichnamigen Label der Brüder Leonard und Phil Chess. Little Walter (* 1. Erfahren Sie mehr über Veröffentlichungen von Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Muddy Waters - Super Blues auf Discogs. Den Bass übernahm Willie Dixon, eine bekannte Größe im Chicago Blues. Erfahren Sie mehr über Veröffentlichungen von Jimmy Rogers with Little Walter, Muddy Waters - Chicago Bound auf Discogs. In some other documents he filled out before reaching the age of majority he indicated birth years of 1925 and 1928, probably to appear to be of legal age to sign contracts for recordings and club work. BIAS THE. In general, his sound was more modern and up-tempo than the popular Chicago blues of the day, with a jazzier conception and rhythmically less rigid approach than that of other contemporary blues harmonica players. In 1947, Rogers, Muddy Waters and Little Walter began playing together, forming Waters's first band in Chicago (sometimes referred to as the Headcutters or the Headhunters, because of their practice of stealing jobs from other local bands). His guitar playing was also featured occasionally on early Chess sessions with Waters and Jimmy Rogers. As Muddy Waters told Paul Oliver during the 1960s in Conversation With the Blues, “He's real tough, Little Walter, and he's had it hard.Got a slug in his leg right now!” Walter's street-hardened behavior resulted in his death, at his home, on February 15, 1968, from a blood clot sustained during a street fight. Das Instrumental Juke, das am 12. Mitte der Vierziger war Little Walter von Louisiana über Helena, Memphis und St. Louis nach Chicago gekommen. Jacobs recorded and toured infrequently in the 1960s, playing mainly in and around Chicago. Ebenfalls 2008 wurde Walter in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aufgenommen. [1] He was born without a birth certificate and when he applied for a Social Security card in 1940, his birthdate was listed as May 1, 1923 (over the years he often gave different years, but May 1 was constant. The album is not as good as it sounds though. In Helena hatte er Kontakt zu den Gitarristen Houston Stackhouse und Robert Lockwood Jr. gehabt. Muddy Waters covered Betty and Dupree, Southbound Train, Kansas City, Diddley Daddy and other songs. [1], Jacobs often played the harmonica on records by others in the Chess stable of artists, including Jimmy Rogers, John Brim, Rocky Fuller, Memphis Minnie, the Coronets, Johnny Shines, Floyd Jones, Bo Diddley, and Shel Silverstein. LIttle Walter+Muddy Waters Walkin On - Duration: 2:33. This heightens the experimental aspect of the album. Im selben Jahr erschien auch der Spielfilm Cadillac Records, der zum Teil auch seine Lebensgeschichte erzählt. [1] He was raised in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, where he learned to play the harmonica. 2008 wurde er als Sidemen und als einziger Mundharmonika-Spieler auch in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aufgenommen. ), Dave Myers (bs.) Sonny Boy I had brought the harmonica out of the fields and made it a lead instrument. He recorded several albums with his band Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Rogers, Elga Edmonds, and Otis Spann and sometimes Willie Dixon. Es wurde zu einem ganz großen Hit und für Little Walter zum Einstieg in seine Solokarriere. [1], In January 1952, talent scout Ike Turner tried to get Jacobs to record for Modern Records while in Helena, but Jacobs was on his way to Mississippi. They played together in Clarksdale. Bis 1957 erscheint Little Walter noch in den Besetzungslisten bei den Schallplattenaufnahmen der Muddy Waters Band. Muddy Waters song Background. und Fred Below (dr.). In ihrer kurzen Biographie schreibt Madison Deniro über Little Walter: „Er war der erste Musiker überhaupt, der mit Absicht elektronische Verzerrung benutzte.“[1]. Muddy Waters wrote Rollin' and Tumblin', Bottom of the Sea and I … [10], Jacobs had put his career as a bandleader on hold when he joined Waters's band, but he stepped out front again when he recorded as a bandleader for Chess's subsidiary label Checker Records on May 12, 1952. Aber für Little Walter war es der Anfang vom Ende. "The Dark Road of Floyd Jones". "Juke" was the biggest hit to date for any artist on Chess and its affiliated labels and one of the biggest national R&B hits of 1952, securing Walter's position on the Chess artist roster for the next decade. [1] His body was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, in Evergreen Park, Illinois, on February 22, 1968. According to Chicago bluesman Floyd Jones, Little Walter's first recording was an unreleased demo recorded soon after he arrived in Chicago, on which Walter played guitar backing Jones. On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Little Walter among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. [13], The music journalist Bill Dahl described Little Walter as "king of all post-war blues harpists", who "took the humble mouth organ in dazzling amplified directions that were unimaginable prior to his ascendancy. Er wurde auf dem St. Mary’s Friedhof in Evergreen Park, IL am 22. Like most blues artists before the mid-1960s, Little Walter was a singles artist. [1], Jacobs had fourteen top-ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts between 1952 and 1958, including two number-one hits (the second being Dixon hatte einige der Hits geschrieben, die den Grundstein für den Erfolg von Muddy Waters bildeten. The first completed take of the first song attempted at his debut session became his first number one hit, spending eight weeks at the top of the Billboard R&B chart. Click here to see . Little Walter's daughter, Marion Diaz Reacco, has established the Little Walter Foundation in Chicago, to preserve the legacy and genius of Little Walter. Glover, Tony; Dirks, Scott; and Gaines, Ward (2002). [Part 2]", "Little Walter (1930–1968) – Find a Grave Memorial", "Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire", His Best — The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Walter&oldid=999531083, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Includes 5 pre-Checker songs with Little Walter on unamplified harmonica, plus 3 more on rhythm guitar; reissue of the early 1980s Delmark album of the same name, Includes 12 of his charting singles, plus 8 non-charting songs; essentially supersedes the 1958 Chess album, Reissue of the 1974 Chess album, plus 6 extra tracks, Reissue of the 1969 Chess album, plus 2 extra tracks, Reissue of the 1958 Chess album, plus 3 extra tracks, 126 songs on 5 CDs; all known/available Checker/Chess recordings, including many alternate takes, 2008 – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Little Walter inducted (Sideman category), 2008 – Blues Hall of Fame: "My Babe" (Classics of Blues Recordings — Singles or Album Tracks), This page was last edited on 10 January 2021, at 17:37. Similar to his previous single, "You Shook Me", Muddy Waters dubbed his vocals onto a backing track, a formula also followed for "Little Brown Bird" and "Black Angel".In July 1962, Chess Records owner Leonard Chess contacted blues slide guitarist Earl Hooker to record additional tunes for a new record by Waters. Following the pattern of "Juke", most of Little Walter's singles released in the 1950s featured a vocal performance on one side and a harmonica instrumental on the other. Little Walter revolutionized the use of the harmonica in blues music. King auf der Gitarre zu vergleichen. After reaching the age of majority based on a birth year of 1930, he consistently gave his birth year as 1930). 46:47; Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley – The Super Super Blues Band (Full Album) 44:20; Super Blues (Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Little Walter) - I'm a Man. [8] These and several other of his early recordings, like many blues harp recordings of the era, owed a strong stylistic debt to the pioneering blues harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson). Kritiker vergleichen Little Walter gar mit Charlie Parker. Jacobs' date of birth is usually given as May 1, 1930, in Marksville, Louisiana. After reaching the age of majority based … However, unlike other contemporary blues harp players, such as Sonny Boy Williamson I and Snooky Pryor, who like many other harmonica players had also begun using the newly available amplifier technology around the same time solely for added volume, Little Walter purposely pushed his amplifiers beyond their intended technical limitations, using the amplification to explore and develop radical new timbres and sonic effects previously unheard from a harmonica or any other instrument. He quit school and by the age of 12 had left rural Louisiana and travelled, working odd jobs and busking on the streets of New Orleans, Memphis, Helena and West Helena, Arkansas, and St. Louis. He learned to amplify it and created new sounds never heard before. There is interactions between Waters, Walter and Diddley during the songs which is fun to hear. Dieser Vergleich rührt wahrscheinlich auch daher, dass Little Walter als einer der ersten seine Harmonika über ein Mikrofon und einen Gitarrenverstärker spielte und dabei einen Klang erzielte, der dem eines Saxophons sehr ähnlich war. After his death, various singles were compiled on albums, often with significant overlap. His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection, Little Walter: Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968), "Show 4, The Tribal Drum: The Rise of Rhythm and Blues. Muddy Waters erkannte das Können des Ausnahmemusikers und nahm den jungen Walter in seine Band auf. Some of Muddy’s harmonica players included Little Walter (who recorded on the majority of his Chess hits), Big Walter Horton, Junior Wells, James Cotton, Mojo Buford, Paul Oscher, Carey Bell, and Jerry Portnoy. Little Walter übernahm im Gegenzug die Band von Junior Wells, die Aces, die er in „Jukes“ umbenannte, in der Besetzung Louis Myers (git. [12] Little Walter's grave remained unmarked until 1991, when fans Scott Dirks and Eomot Rasun had a marker designed and installed. In Chicago angekommen, hielt sich Walter oft am Maxwell Street Market auf, der Treffpunkt vieler Bluesmusiker aus dem Süden war. They aren't singing along, they're just shouting. The Aces—the brothers David and Louis Myers on guitars and Fred Below on drums—were credited as the Jukes on most of the Little Walter records on which they played. Limited Edition Allman Brothers . Octal 50 Head. Bewertung, Super Blues by MCA. This heightens the experimental aspect of the album. amp the King Arthur. Inspiriert von Bluesmusikern wie Sonny Boy Williamson I. und Big Walter Horton kreierte er im Chicago Blues einen neuen Stil, dessen Soli aus originellen Akkordfolgen bestanden und einen sehr „elektrischen“ Sound hatten. Februar 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Bluesmusiker. Little Walter trennte sich von den Myers. [1], Jacobs suffered from alcoholism and had a notoriously short temper, which in late 1950s led to violent altercations, minor scrapes with the law, and increasingly irresponsible behavior. Muddy Waters' The Definitive Collection (2006) and Jimmy Rogers' His Best (2003) (both on Chess/Universal) feature a selection of songs with Little Walter as an accompanist. Dort traf er auch auf Jimmy Rogers, der viel Zeit mit Muddy Waters verbrachte. Bo Diddley & Muddy Waters & Little Walter Super Blues full album..db. Little Walter wurde bereits 1980 als einer der ersten in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen. His first boss in Chicago was Muddy Waters, but later he was associated with many others. Die eigentlich relativ geringe Verletzung, die er sich dabei zuzog, führte zusammen mit früheren Verletzungen aus Gewalttätigkeiten dazu, dass er im Schlaf verstarb. YEFJJ 132,500 views. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/muddy-waters-4015.php 100 Watt Bass Head. Ihren Platz nahm der Gitarrist Robert Lockwood jr. ein, den Walter bereits Jahre zuvor in Helena getroffen hatte. Dann wurde er ersetzt vom jungen Junior Wells, der Jahre später mit Buddy Guy ein erfolgreiches musikalisches Duo bilden sollte. Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. [14], *Also reached #106 on the Billboard Pop chart; (i) = instrumental track. Twin 50/50 Head. The original title of the track file was "Your Cat Will Play", but was renamed at Leonard Chess's suggestion. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1984 Vinyl release of Superblues on Discogs. He could thus compete with any guitarist's volume. Folk Singer is the fourth studio album by Muddy Waters, released in April 1964 by Chess Records.The album features Waters on acoustic guitar, backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar. Among others who worked in Little Walter's recording and touring bands in the 1950s were the guitarists Jimmie Lee Robinson and Freddie Robinson, and drummer George Hunter. Big House Tribute Amp. Robben's newest . Lesen Sie Rezensionen und Empfehlungen und informieren Sie sich über Tracklisten, beteiligte Personen und Weiteres. The first appearance on record of Little Walter's amplified harmonica was on Waters's "Country Boy" (Chess 1952), recorded on July 11, 1951. . Für Walter schrieb Dixon das Stück My Babe, mit dem er noch einmal die ersten Plätze der Hitparaden errang. Der Einfluss von Little Walter auf die Harmonika im Blues ist mit dem von B.B. [1] His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. Columbus Short spielte in diesem Film Little Walter. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 9. Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley … Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Muddy Waters-Sammlung. Da die Familie in der Nähe eines kleinen Nebenflusses des Mississippi namens Deer Creek wohnte und er oft in diesem spielte und dabei dreckig wurde, bekam er von seiner Großmutter den Spitznamen Muddy Waters (schlammiges Wasser). Other TV appearances in the UK (in 1964) and the Netherlands (in 1967) have been documented, but no footage of these has yet been uncovered. Many of Walter's vocal numbers were written by him or Chess A&R man Willie Dixon or adapted from earlier blues themes. [1], In 1967 Chess released a studio album, Super Blues, featuring Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and Muddy Waters. It is Waters's only all-acoustic album. In den Jahren 1964 und 1967 kam Walter im Rahmen des American Folk Blues Festival nach Europa. ), Ernest „Big“ Crawford (bs) und „Baby Face“ Leroy Foster (dr.), später ersetzt durch Elgin Evans. Watch this short video. [1], Jacobs left Waters's band in 1952 and recruited his own backing band, the Aces, a group that was already working steadily in Chicago backing Junior Wells. Februar 1968 beerdigt. There is bizarre shouting by enthusiastic women. Eher einem Zufall ist es zu verdanken, dass Little Walter als Solist von den Chess-Brüdern aufgenommen wurde. [1][2] Biographer Tony Glover notes Little Walter directly influenced Junior Wells, James Cotton, George "Harmonica" Smith, and Carey Bell. 1959 verließ Robert Lockwood jr. die Band. His classic songs cut for Chess Records are quite frankly as good as it gets. Der Song ist eine „Antwort“ auf Bo Diddleys I’m a Man, das wiederum von Waters’ Hoochie Coochie Man inspiriert wurde. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1970 Vinyl release of "Chicago Bound" on Discogs. Arriving in Chicago in 1946, he occasionally found work as a guitarist but garnered more attention for his already highly developed harmonica playing. This is originally Little Walter's song, but this is my favorite version. Listen to Super Blues by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter on Apple Music. He honed his musical skills on harmonica and guitar, performing with older bluesmen including Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sunnyland Slim, Honeyboy Edwards, and others. They aren't singing along, they're just shouting. Wohl auch, weil es selbst für den schweigsamen Gitarristen immer schwieriger wurde, mit Walter klarzukommen. Er hatte sich im Apartment seiner Freundin in der 209 E. 54th Straße zu Bett gelegt. Off the album they did together called Super Blues. Aufnahmen entstanden im Mai 1949 für das kurzlebige Label Tempo-Tone. "[6], Jacobs made his first released recordings in 1947 for Bernard Abrams's tiny Ora-Nelle label,[7] which operated out of the back room of Abrams's Maxwell Radio and Records store in the heart of the Maxwell Street district [1] He includes Jerry Portnoy, Rick Estrin of Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza, and William Clarke among those who later studied his technique and helped popularize it with younger players.[1]. The band members recorded and released music credited to each of them as solo artists. Classic Blues Masters - Four Classic Albums (The Best Of Little Walter / The Best Of Muddy Waters / Down And Out Blues / Sings The Blues): Amazon.de: Musik. Als offizielle Todesursache steht im Totenschein „Herzthrombose“ (ein Verschluss im Herzbeutel); es wurden keine äußerlichen Verletzungen festgestellt. 5:43; Bo Diddley Muddy Waters Little Walter - Who Do You Love. Footage of Little Walter backing Hound Dog Taylor and Koko Taylor was shown on a television program in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 11, 1967 was released on DVD in 2004. Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Jimmy Rogers with Little Walter, Muddy Waters-Sammlung. Numerous reissues of Folk Singer include bonus tracks from two subsequent sessions, in April 1964 and October 1964. (1983). Little Walter. your Little Walter Amp . By the late 1950s, Little Walter no longer employed a regular full-time band, instead hiring various players as needed from the large pool of blues musicians in Chicago. 50 Watt Guitar Head. [9] As a guitarist, Little Walter recorded three songs for the small Parkway label with Waters and Baby Face Leroy Foster (reissued on CD by Delmark Records as "The Blues World of Little Walter" in 1993) and on a session for Chess backing pianist Eddie Ware. [1], A few months after returning from his second European tour, Little Walter was involved in a fight while taking a break from a performance at a nightclub on the South Side of Chicago. Chess nahm ihn nur noch selten auf, er war zu Beginn der sechziger Jahre kommerziell am Ende. to learn how to bias. So spielten sie in der Besetzung Muddy Waters (git, voc.

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