Horton, Walter - Harmonica Blues Kings

(1954 'United/States') (47:18/16) Ein wichtiges Stück Bluesgeschichte aus Chicago, enthält dieses Album doch Hortons erste Single unter eigenem Namen 'Hard-Hearted Woman/Back Home To Mama' und dazu noch sechs weitere hervorragende, von Willie Dixon produzierte Titel. Alles absolute Klassiker! Quasi als Dreingabe gibt es acht Nummern von einem der mysteriösesten Chicagoer Musiker, dem hervorragenden Alfred Harris, über dessen Verbleib so gut wie nichts bekannt ist. Fazit: ein Harmonicaalbum allererster Güte

Some of the most exciting and popular sounds on the Chicago blues scene during the 1950s feature the harmonica. Big Walter Horton's 'Hard-Hearted Woman' /'Back Home To Mania' was his first Chicago record under his own name, though he had recorded earlier. Willie Dixon produced the session and from then on Horton played on many Dixon-pro-duced sessions for Chess, Cobra and other labels, and toured with Dixon's band for many years. Big Walter, of course, was an internation-ally famous bluesman, who continued recording and touring until his death in 1981. Alfred Harris may remain a mystery man, but more than 45 years later, his lively, raw harmonica playing and singing will will him blues fans around the world. Descriptive notes enclosed by Jim O'Neal, founding editor, Living Blues magazine.