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 ...

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 ...

Chicago blues harmonica master Billy Branch didn’t really want to record a tribute to a legend of his instrument, Little Walter. But with last year’s 50th anniversary of Little Walter’s death and next ...

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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His amplified harmonica remains instantly electrifying, he hammers away at the one and three beats, and his vocal sound is young and feverish. Little Walter was far edgier than many of his older ...

Among blues harmonica players, Little Walter Jacobs, who died in 1968 after a fight in a South Side Chicago nightclub, is still the gold standard. He did things no one thought was possible on 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 ...

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