The Blues World of Little Walter

by Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter

Overview

If you really want to hear what Little Walter sounded like in his pre-amplified days and early stages of development with the Muddy Waters band, this is the one to get. The title is a bit of a misnomer as Walter is featured more as a sideman to Baby Face Leroy, Muddy Waters and others on early Parkway, Regal and Savoy sides, but it's clear that Walter at this stage of the game should have been paying royalties to both Sonny Boys and Walter Horton in particular. One of the high points features explosive slide work from Waters on a pre-Chess version of "Rollin' & Tumblin'," as crude as a version as you'll ever hear and certainly not to be missed. Although many of these sides have appeared on other compilations (usually taped up off of old scratchy 78s), this one features superior sound taken from the original lacquer masters. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	01/14/1994
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153064822
Rank:	181158

Tracks

1. I Just Keep Loving Her
2. Muskadine Blues
3. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 1
4. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 2
5. Boll Weevil
6. Bad Acting Woman
7. Red Headed Woman
8. Moonshine Blues
9. I Wanna Play a Little While
10. Louise
11. People Are Meddling (In Our Affairs)
12. I Done You Wrong
13. Low Down Sunnyland Train

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sunnyland Slim   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Little Walter   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Jimmy Rogers   Primary Artist,Guitar
Baby Face Leroy   Primary Artist
J.B. Lenoir   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Leroy Foster   Drums,Vocals
Muddy Waters   Guitar
Ernest "Big" Crawford   Bass
Robert Lockwood, Jr.   Guitar
Alfred Wallace   Drums
Oliver Alcorn   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

J.B. Lenoir   Composer,Performer
Ma Rainey   Composer
Walter Jacobs   Composer
Leroy Foster   Composer,Performer
Robert G. Koester   Producer
McKinley Morganfield   Composer
Sunnyland Slim   Performer
Muddy Waters   Composer
Little Walter   Composer,Performer
Jim O'Neal   Liner Notes
P.D. Scots Pipe Band   Composer
Al Brandtner   Design
Baby Face Leroy   Performer
Valerie Wilmer   Photography
Traditional   Composer
Steve Wagner   Producer