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

[Ev630 <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx>]

I need to go to my dad's place and hunt through his collection.

I hate not having the reference to hand, but wanted to throw it out there
following the Junior Wells statement.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> What was the name of the Lionel Hampton tune?
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> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Ev630 <eviltweed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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.
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>> He didn't write the head. Saying that doesn't take away from the genius of
>> that single.
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>> 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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