Ward Gaines on Little Walter

["Larry Pratt" <LPratt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I took this from the DC Blues Society Bulletin Board.  It should be a
good deal if you are not too far form Washingotn. D. C.

[ARSC-Sponored] "Blues with a Feeling:" The Little Walter Story; Ward
Gaines, a resident of Takoma Park, Md, is one of three co-authors of
Blues with a Feeling: The Little Walter Story published by Routledge in
September 2002, which won the most recent ARSC award for the best
researched book in blues and gospel music. Little Walter (born Marion
Walter Jacobs in 1930) was arguably the finest Chicago-style blues
harmonica player of all time. Learning from such greats as Sonny Boy
Williamson and Walter Horton, he rose to superstar status as sideman to
blues giant Muddy Waters. Jacobs also pushed the lowly harmonica to a
place of prominence as an expressive, powerful electrified lead
instrument. His recordings for Chess and Checker are among the best
Chicago blues recordings of the 1950s. Gaines will illustrated his talk
with musical examples as well as rare video footage of Little Walter
from the 1960s. Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:15 P.M. Library of
Congress Mary Pickford Theater Third Floor, James Madison Building First
& Independence Ave., S.E. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Details: Bryan
Cornell (202) 707-8466 or Kip Lornell kip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Best Regards to All,

Larry Boy Pratt