On December 8, 1981, Walter Horton aka Big Walter Horton or Walter “Shakey” Horton died aged 60. He was musician (harmonica), regarded as one of the best harmonica players in the blues history. Willie Dixon said about Horton “the best harmonica player I ever heard”, and Robert Palmer named him as “one of the three great harmonica soloists of modern blues”. In 1982, Horton was posthumously inducted into the “Blues Hall of Fame”.
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Muddy waters: I’m Ready
In January 1978, “Blue Sky” released “I’m Ready”, the thirteenth Muddy Waters studio album. It was recorded in October – November 1977, in Westport, Connecticut, and was produced by Johnny Winter. In 1978,the album earned Waters a “Grammy Award”.
Personnel:
- Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield ) – vocal, guitar
- Jimmy Rogers– guitar
- Johnny Winter– guitar
- Bob Margolin– guitar, bass
- Pinetop Perkins– piano
- Big Walter Horton– acoustic and amplified harmonica
- Jerry Portnoy– amplified harmonica
- Willie “Big Eyes” Smith– drums
Track listing:
All tracks by McKinley Morganfield; except where noted.
- I’m Ready – Willie Dixon
- 33 Years
- Who Do You Trust
- Copper Brown
- I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon
- Mamie – McKinley Morganfield, Jimmy Rogers
- Rock Me
- Screamin’ And Cryin
- Good Morning, Little School Girl – Sonny Boy Williamson
The Blues Brothers
On June 16, 1980, “Universal Pictures” released the movie “The Blues Brothers”. Movie script was written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis, produced by Robert K. Weiss and directed John Landis. Main roles were played by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, and Carrie Fisher, Kathleen Freeman, Henry Gibson and John Candy were part of the cast. Big number of music artists took part in the movie including James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Big Walter Horton, Pinetop Perkins, John Lee Hooker, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Lou Marini, Tom Malone, Alan Rubin, Willie Hall, Matt Murphy and Murphy Dunne.
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