Re: [Harp-L] Re: Little Walter didn't write Juke?



What was the name of the Lionel Hampton tune?

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Ev630 <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >
> > Little Walter didn't write Juke? Come on, urban legends are all around.
> > When you look at it, many blues songs sound alike. Who wrote what can be
> > discussed on and on but haven't heard a better or more "original"
> > version of Juke than LW.
>
>
> He didn't write the head. Saying that doesn't take away from the genius of
> that single.
>
> I heard it as a head in a Lionel Hampton tune from long before harp was
> amplified. Junior and Walter and probably Snooky and a few others grabbed
> that riff and used it for harp. That's totally cool, and Juke is a stone
> classic. Noting the organic way blues and jazz have developed this is an
> uncontroversial issue, for me anyway.
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