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Little Walter or not??
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grahamonica
198 posts
Oct 09, 2016
4:16 AM
Giles Robson posted this video on you tube...Sounds like Little Walter to me...but i,m no expert...opinions?

tmf714
2906 posts
Oct 09, 2016
6:23 AM
NOT-
Its Robert Jenkins blowing harp on that tune.

Hes saying "watch it" ,not "Walter"

Last Edited by tmf714 on Oct 09, 2016 6:24 AM
grahamonica
200 posts
Oct 12, 2016
11:56 AM
I,d never heard of Robert Jenkins and he was certainly credited with playing on this tune.I cant even find very much about the man,so its difficult to compare his playing with Little Walter.Heres an excerpt I found online published on Big Road Blues recently.
" The Jenkins sides were issued on Parkway, one of those small Chicago postwar blues labels that developed a legendary reputation based on a handful of recorded sides. In all, the label was in business for little more than 4 months and produced only 23 recordings, of which 14 were released at the time—four by the Baby Face Leroy Trio, four by the Little Walter Trio, two by Memphis Minnie, two by Sunnyland Slim, and two by harmonica-blowing Robert Jenkins. There's a fair bit bit of speculation that the harmonica player on these sides might be Little Walter.I'm no harp expert so I'll leave it up to the listener to decide"

Here is an unissued Parkway recording of The Little Walter Trio from 1950.


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