Re: "Juke" was faked.

["Daniel Hein" <slimz57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I heard he was actually a girl, that's why his first name is actually 
Marion, and Muddy said he didn't want no girls in his band so he had to tell 
everybody he/she was a boy.
Also Jimmy Rogers actually played Juke, and was a much better harp player 
than Marion.

Dan






>From: the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
> >> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:38:45 -0500
> >> From: "D. Garrison"
> >> Subject: Re: "Juke" was faked.
> >>
> >> - ----- Original Message -----
> >>
> >> >
> >> > In fact, I've heard that Little Walter couldn't even play harmonica.
> >> >
> >> > I've heard that LW would fake playing harp on stage, and that the 
>actual
> >> > music was played by an accordian player standing behind a curtain.
> >> >
> >> > Sometimes the truth isn't pretty.
> >> >
> >> > Jimbeau
> >> >
> >>
> >> I also heard that he really lived in New Mexico and he was actually 
>white!!
> >>
> >> big dog
> >>
> >> ---------------
> >>
> >
> >And you know that transcription of Juke in my book Masters of the Blues
> >Harp? I made it up.
> >
> >Glenn Weiser
> >http://
>
>
>   You're all mistaken. Little Walter was actually "Little Vatszek" (which
>is Walter in Polish). He sometimes went by "Little Wally" and had a polka
>band out of Detroit (when blues were slow). While he may have been seen
>with a harmonica in his mouth, he really played accordeon. The reason he
>was tan was because his mom was Phillipino.
>
>
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