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



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> 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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