Big Walter Horton
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 43 years ago |
Date of birth | April 6,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Horn Lake |
Mississippi | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 8,1981 |
Died | Chicago |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Record labels | Alligator Records |
SUN RECORDS | |
Job | Musician |
Albums | Big Walter Horton With Carey Bell |
Fine Cuts | |
Full name | Walter Horton |
Movies/Shows | The Blues Brothers |
Instruments | Harmonica |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 433933 |
Big Walter Horton Life story
Walter Horton, known as Big Walter or Walter 'Shakey' Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues. Willie Dixon once called Horton 'the best harmonica player I ever heard'.