Somewhat like such other musical innovators as Bix Beiderbecke, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, blues harmonica virtuoso Little Walter Jacobs checked out early - dead at age 38, in 1968, from a head ...

I’m not an especially fervent advocate of blues harmonica, but I do love the greats—both the Sonny Boy Williamsons, Big Walter Horton, much of Charlie Musselwhite‘s innovative output. But for me no ...

Little Walter could make his harp sound like a tenor sax; he was instrumental in defining the sound that is now known as Chicago blues harp. Singer, composer, bandleader and peerless harmonica ...

Buddy Guy, a renowned blues guitarist, advocated for a historical marker to commemorate the birthplace of his friend and fellow musician, Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs. The unveiling ceremony, held in ...

The harmonica found its way into blues because it was cheap: You could buy a good one in the 1930s for a quarter. But although blues musicians discovered all kinds of tricks with the instrument, it ...

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Blues giant Little Walter was only 37 when he died in 1968, but this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s towering influence has been felt ever since. One of the first harmonica players to perform ...

In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

MARKSVILLE, La. (KLFY) — Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was joined by Marksville Mayor John Lemoine, Wilbert Carmouche with the Avoyelles Parish Commission of Tourism and legendary blues musician ...