[Harp-L] Re: Juke

["Randy G." <frcn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There is an extant original recording of the Juke session. Evidently, 
only one variance was engineered in post for the pressing. I have 
heard three versions from that session iirc, and they are all 
different. The two that were not used were not the full tune as L.W. 
stopped part way through to give the band directions or make 
comments. IMO, L.W. had a direction he was taking with the tune, but 
it was more of a jam session than a scored piece, at least to say 
that this is a reasonable conclusion to reach after listening to the 
recordings.

The missing beats (or change in time) was, again IMO, an accident. 
His band was so accustomed to playing with him they just followed 
along as opposed to L.W. following the band. I think you will find 
that Dave Barrett agrees with this (that is where I heard the 
recordnigs)- The School of the Blues sells a T-shirt that says, "I 
play Little Walter's Mistakes" which refers to the above.

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