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1 online resource (345 pages) |
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Front Cover; blues with a feeling; Copyright Page; contents; acknowledgments; preface; 1. night train: Louisiana 1920-43; 2. good evenin' everybody: New Orleans/Helena, Arkansas: 1943-44; 3. wonder harmonica king: St. Louis/Points South/Chicago: Summer 1943-46; 4. i just keep loving her: Chicago/Points South and/or St. Louis/Chicago: c.1946-48; 5. ebony boogie: Chicago/Helena/Mississippi/Chicago: September 1948-Fall 1951; 6. ""juke"": Chicago Blues Turns a Corner: Winter 1951-52; 7. diamonds and cadillac cars: Chicago/East and West Coasts/Southern States: January 1953-February 1954 |
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8. you gonna miss me when i'm gone: Chicago/The South and East: February-Fall 19549. roller coaster: Chicago/Alexandria, Louisiana/Boston/Chicago: Fall 1954-Fall 1955; 10. i've had my fun: Chicago/The South/Chicago: Decernber1955-Decernber 1957; 11. crazy mixed up world: Chicago and On the Road: January 1958-Autumn 1959; 12. i ain't broke, i'm badly bent Chicago: Fall 1959-February 1963; 13. back in the alley: Chicago/London/San Francisco/Boston: Winter 1963-Fall 1966; 14. mean old world: Chicago/EuropeIUK/Chicago: Fall 1966-February 1968; epilogue: 1968-Present; chronological recordings |
| Summary |
Whenever you hear the prevalent wailing blues harmonica in commercials, film soundtracks or at a blues club, you are experiencing the legacy of the master harmonica player, Little Walter. Immensely popular in his lifetime, Little Walter had fourteen Top 10 hits on the R & B charts, and he was also the first Chicago blues musician to play at the Apollo. Ray Charles and B.B. King, great blues artists in their own right, were honored to sit in with his band. However, at the age of 37, he lay in a pauper's grave in Chicago. This book will tell the story of a man whose music, life and struggles conti |
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Little Walter
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Blues (Music) -- History and criticism
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Blues musicians -- Biography
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Harmonica players -- Biography
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Blues (Music)
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Blues musicians
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Harmonica players
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dirks, Scott
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Gaines, Ward
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| ISBN |
9781135353834 |
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1135353832 |
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9781136065224 |
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1136065229 |
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