Re: [Harp-L] Big Walter CD suggestions

[Special20 <special20harp@xxxxxxxxx>]

GREAT recommendations today... I downloaded the Live at the
Knickerbocker tracks and the Mean Mistreater track from iTunes.
Excellent Big Walter stuff.  Thanks for the suggestion.

-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/


On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:31 PM,  <hashbb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> That LP was his first outing on Columbia,
> it has no name, but is know as 'Johnny Winter's
> first Columbia album'. That LP featured both Walter
> Horton and Willie Dixon, with Uncle John Turner
> and Tommy Shannon, and I do believe
> that Johnny plays harp on one cut.
> HB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Warren <gdubya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Jay Thompson <jay.jmt@xxxxxxxxx>; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 3:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Big Walter CD suggestions
>
> You can also look for one with Johnny Winter.
> It's one of Johnny's first recordings.  I don't remember
> the name off hand but it was a basically black cover
> and black & white picture, with Johnny on the front and
> the band on the back.  It may have been Double Trouble
> as the rhythm section too as I recall.....
>
> but it was a long time since I bought that LP on the shelf.  ;-)
>
> GW
>
> OK, I googled before posting.  Its his first LP from 1969.
> Walter Horton is on one cut, Mean Mistreater along with Willie Dixon.
>
> I'd also say stay away from one that was recorded with a Canadian band.
> While Horton is good, the band isn't up to his speed, IMO.
>
>
> At 09:22 PM 6/29/2008, Jay Thompson wrote:
>>
>> Big Walter is definitely under represented in my CD collection. Which
>
> CDs
>>
>> should I look for next? I've got *An Offer You Can't Refuse* and the
>
> album
>>
>> with Carey Bell.
>> Thanks for the help!
>> Jay
>>
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