captin beef harp
44 posts
Oct 09, 2010
7:45 PM
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who the players are on the classic Wille Dixon cd I AM THE BLUES they dont list any of them ive had this for over forty years and still dont know
thanks
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Joe_L
693 posts
Oct 09, 2010
7:49 PM
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Here's a guess...
Lafayette Leake (piano), Big Walter Horton (harp), Johnny Shines or Lee Jackson (guitar). Don't remember who was playing bass for the All Stars back then. It's either Freddy Dixon or Willie.
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captin beef harp
45 posts
Oct 09, 2010
8:35 PM
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thank you Joe L.
i would not have thought it Big Walter it so understated but still bad ass ya thats him
i never get tired of the masters thanks again
big bug light going off in my head now
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hvyj
691 posts
Oct 10, 2010
8:03 AM
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Who's playing harmonica?
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captin beef harp
46 posts
Oct 10, 2010
8:52 AM
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so the plot thickins and just when i just when i thought it safe to go back in the water.
well if MR.Joe L. is not right (said it was a guess) and i am not for thinkin he was ,then please who is it
b.t.w. i went and got the same dogs as buddha and it didnt help me one bit damn it
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barbequebob
1321 posts
Oct 10, 2010
12:03 PM
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I've had that on LP for decades and that IS Big Walter and that's basically how he always was backing someone else with tremendous mastery of subtle. Just the way he uses double stops alone is instantly recognizable.
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Joe_L
697 posts
Oct 10, 2010
7:29 PM
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Big Walter was a very subtle and understated player. People that haven't heard that side of Big Walter's playing need to listen to his work as a sideman.
Most people think of him being the master of tone because of his deep rich sound, but that is only part of it. He was a master of tonal variation. Sometimes, its deep, sometimes he purposely thins it out. Listen to it.
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captin beef harp
47 posts
Oct 10, 2010
7:35 PM
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A BIG THANKS TO MR. JOE L. AND B.BQ. BOB AND F56H
i have read a lot of your posts from all of you and you guys know so much. of the history of the players and what they used and such. i saw Willie Dixon at the light house in hermosa beach i think a young Sugar BLUE was playin harp
i asked MR. Dixon what was the secret to life. and he told me son ya gotta have a good pair of shoes! thanks much guys
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Joe_L
698 posts
Oct 10, 2010
7:43 PM
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If you want to hear some really cool playing by Big Walter, try to dig out a coopy of his album of Chess. Its not his greatest recording, but it has some beautiful harp playing. His sound during the 60's was really sweet and rich.
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