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Little Walter — My Babe
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anotherlistener
(outside Bawlmer)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 09:43
 
Love Willie Dixon at the end and in the harmonies...great song by Wille Dixon and interpretted by Little Walter.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 09:40
 
Bad A$$ Blues for a Friday!!  {#Cowboy}

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 10:46
 


love it...

Make me. 

Sideorder
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 10:44
 
I don't get how this can have an average rating of any less than nine.  Listeners waiting around for an OMD track maybe?  :)

photolew
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 10:44
 
SWEET!!!!!

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 19:28
 
Kickin' it Old School Cool tonight, ain't we?  YEAH!

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 10:16
 
{#Cheers}

terranova21
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 17:58
 
Rates an eleven

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 07:06
 
Doesn't get much better

Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 13:40
 
This is great. Which Black Keys album is this off of?

heliskimaster
Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 19:34
 
friggin' awesome

a true bluesman..

C57BL6
(PB)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 21:57
 
Let's hear Mose Allison's My Brain after this one

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Jan 03, 2011 - 14:25
 
HE DESERVES HIS NAME!

Bleyfusz
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 23:56
 
That's just it!

lunah
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 23:31
 
Little Walter is a genius - listen to his best of and you'll want to pick up the harmonicai.{#Bananapiano}

ratman
Posted: Jan 19, 2010 - 15:31
 
{#Bananajumprope}

bmheck
Posted: Sep 15, 2009 - 19:15
 
How could I have lived through all these years without hearing this track?

Bill, please, more like this!

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 15:59
 
 newwavegurly wrote:
I didn't know this song until I saw Cadillac Records about a month ago. Good movie, and this is a great song.
 
Good movie, indeed. Beyonce was quite surprising to this viewer.

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Apr 10, 2009 - 12:56
 
Bless you, Bill, for playing Little Walter!

If I may humbly suggest a follow-up song:"Little Walter Rides Again", by Medeski, Scofield, Martin, and Wood.

Good times! {#Cheers}

newwavegurly
Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 18:25
 
I didn't know this song until I saw Cadillac Records about a month ago. Good movie, and this is a great song.

natalita
Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 04:35
 
{#Dancingbanana_2}

jagdriver
(The aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 15:52
 
{#Motor}

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 01:39
 
 Darkmatter wrote:
Now this is the stuff.
 

{#Yes}

dis
(Dresden Germany)
Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 01:37
 
{#Jump}

dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin)
Posted: Sep 01, 2008 - 12:57
 
 steeler wrote:




No Willie Dixon in the RP library!
 

Actually not such a great loss. Dixon was a masterful bass player, arranger, songwriter and producer, but he was a so-so performer. The rest of the Chess roster tooks his songs and made classics of them; his own versions are kinda blah. I'd rather hear Koko Taylor sing "Wang Dang Doodle" any day rather than the song's own writer, for instance. The other singers aren't "covering" Dixon, either; he wrote these songs and produced them and played on them for these other artists; these are the "original versions" and Dixon's own later versions just afterthoughts.

steeler
(Staring, blankly, into the abyss)
Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 08:53
 
Mugro wrote:
Also, if you are interested in Little Walter's work, you should check out the guy that wrote this song, Willie Dixon. They recently came out with a box set of Willie Dixon penned songs that include artists such as Howlin' Wolf, Koko Taylor, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and other blues greats.





No Willie Dixon in the RP library!


a_genuine_find
(Nieuw Amsterdam)
Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 08:51
 
Wiki
Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, LA, and raised in Alexandria, LA) (May 1, 1930 - February 15, 1968) was a blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist.

Jacobs is generally included among blues music greats: his revolutionary harmonica technique has earned comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix in its impact: There were great musicians before and after, but Jacobs' virtuosity and musical innovations reached heights of expression never previously imagined, and fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. His body of work earned Little Walter a spot in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the sideman category on March 10, 2008<4>, making him the only artist so honored specifically for his work as a harmonica player.


Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 08:47
 
Little Walter and Willie Dixon. One of the best matchups in the history of music.



I have this album in my ipod rotation and there are some great tracks!

Also, if you are interested in Little Walter's work, you should check out the guy that wrote this song, Willie Dixon. They recently came out with a box set of Willie Dixon penned songs that include artists such as Howlin' Wolf, Koko Taylor, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and other blues greats.

Check it out at Amazon here: (click here)


steeler
(Staring, blankly, into the abyss)
Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 08:46
 
Very, very cool.


gfluitt
Posted: Feb 25, 2008 - 08:50
 
THIS is the reason I listen to Radio Paradise. Never heard this guy even before even though I grew up listening to a lot of harmonica.
DrCyKosis
(~Galveston~)
Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 07:38
 
34bogas wrote:
Una de las harmónicas más influyentes en la historia del blues que después brincaría hacía todos lados


i couldn't have said it better myself!

crinky
(New England)
Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 07:37
 
Darkmatter wrote:
Now this is the stuff.


While listening to The Derek Trucks Band, I was thinking: not the real deal. This is the real deal.
34bogas
(México city)
Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 09:49
 
Una de las harmónicas más influyentes en la historia del blues que después brincaría hacía todos lados
algrif
(Slightly west of Zero)
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 05:50
 
oldviolin wrote:
Pile it on! I can imagine the enthusiasm of all those British dudes in the 50's picking up this ball and running it into the 60's

They's still a-runnin'
GreenOnion
(Moncton, New Brunswick Canada)
Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 05:49
 

Darkmatter
(Sweden)
Posted: Dec 18, 2006 - 03:37
 
Now this is the stuff.
Cookie
(The Great Plains)
Posted: Dec 03, 2006 - 13:44
 
Invigorating!
oldviolin
(Among Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict)
Posted: Oct 20, 2006 - 17:20
 
Pile it on! I can imagine the enthusiasm of all those British dudes in the 50's picking up this ball and running it into the 60's
algrif
(Slightly west of Zero)
Posted: Aug 23, 2006 - 02:56
 
steeler wrote:


But there are two 1 votes.
Unbelievable, isn't it?? Can't they (whoever they are) at least give a 2. Little Walter is credited with inventing this harp style. Give some credit please when it is due!
steeler
(Riding The Bus to Canton)
Posted: Aug 08, 2006 - 12:40
 
cattgirl813 wrote:


Miracles do happen.


But there are two 1 votes.
cattgirl813
(On the beaten path)
Posted: Aug 08, 2006 - 12:36
 
algrif wrote:
Wow. A comments page with nothing negative on it !!
But I'm not really surprised.
My Babe. Little Walter.


Miracles do happen.
wmstadler
(Salem, Oregon)
Posted: Aug 08, 2006 - 12:35
 
Little Walter on RP! I'm shocked and amazed and pleased.
dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin)
Posted: Aug 08, 2006 - 12:33
 
Gimme some of his midnight creepin'


steeler
(Riding The Bus to Canton)
Posted: Aug 08, 2006 - 12:33
 
Beez wrote:


What she said!
wintercove
(Alyeska land)
Posted: Jun 25, 2006 - 12:41
 

algrif
(Slightly west of Zero)
Posted: Apr 28, 2006 - 05:24
 
The Essential Little Walter.... It says so, and it's right.


A Nº 1 hit in 1955 !!!!!!! (His second nº 1 by the way!!!)
meloman
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 13:50
 
Another classic artist from the fantastic CHESS label.
resonator
Posted: Dec 17, 2005 - 13:50
 
Excellent tune. I loved this line:

She don't stand none of that midnight creepin'
Cdog
(532 Miles South of Paradise, CA)
Posted: Dec 02, 2005 - 23:31
 
Oh man, he blowin' it!
algrif
Posted: Nov 18, 2005 - 08:16
 
Wow. A comments page with nothing negative on it !!
But I'm not really surprised.
My Babe. Little Walter.