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The Classics BLUES & RHYTHM SERIES 1953-1955 installment for blues harp legend Little Walter presents an indispensable selection of prime-time South Side Chicago blues. Given that he was one of the more popular artists on the scene during the early '50s, this disc contains a decent number of R&B hits from the time, with the classics "You'd Better Watch Yourself" and "My Babe" among them. While these Checkers sides boast, at different points, Robert Lockwood Jr., Otis Spann, and Bo Diddley on guitar, and the inimitable Willie Dixon on bass, the main attraction is Little Walter's harmonica, as it moans away like the devil's laughter and tears.
This second volume of Walter's Checker recordings finds him in the most commercially lucrative stage of his career - at least as far as the Billboard R&B chart was concerned. Kicking off with a couple of tracks that escaped from the first CD (CCS 5091),
Recording information: 1953-1955.
Photographer: Don Bronstein.
Personnel: Little Walter (harmonica); Robert Lockwood, Jr. (vocals, guitar); Willie Dixon (vocals); Dave Myers, David Lee Myers, Jimmy Rogers , Leonard Caston, Louis Myers, Luther Tucker, Bo Diddley (guitar); Otis Spann (piano); Fred Below (drums).
Liner Note Author: Dave Penny.
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