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Big Walter Horton, sometimes referred to as Shakey Walter Horton, is among the most influential blues harmonica players ever, and a specific pioneer in neuro-scientific amplified harmonica. He isn’t as well known as his fellow Chicago blues pioneers Small Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II, credited mostly to the actual …

b. 11 Sept 1928, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 6 January 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Areas performed earthy tenor saxophone on information by many blues and R&B performers, including vocalist Ricky Allen, for Age group Information in Chicago in 1963, pianist Billy ‘The Child’ Emerson on some edges documented in Memphis …