Induction of Little Walter
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Little Walter (May 1, 1930 February 15, 1968) Although Little Walter might not have been the first person to amplify the harmonica, his pioneering use of the microphone helped establish the modern blues harmonica. With a mike clasped to his harp, Little Walter created echoing, moaning, hornlike sounds that redefined the capabilities of the instrument. Walter Jacobs had fourteen top ten hits on the R&B charts in the 1950s including two number #1 songs Juke and My Babe. Little Walter toured and recorded extensively with blues great Muddy Waters in the 1950s. He also recorded with Jimmy Rogers, Memphis Minnie, Otis Rush and Bo Diddley. Little Walters influence was pervasive, especially in England where the next generation of harp players such as Mick Jagger listened to his records over and over.
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Little Walter was one of the most influential and innovative musicians who ever lived. He invented amplified blues harmonica. Without LW, there would be no James Cotton, no Junior Wells, no Paul Butterfield, no Charlie Musselwhite, no Rod Piazza, no Carey Bell, no Mark Hummel. He left a gigantic, immensely creative and varied body of work, which everyone who has ever picked up a harmonica has been enamored of, and influenced by.
I give it three because I love the Blues and Little Walter. I wanted to give it one because not only did Ben Harper not seem to have a clue that he was dragging behind and dragging down the classic tune of a Blues master, but neither did he seem to have a clue that he was sitting right next to one, and should have been playing off that harp, which was the whole reason he was there, not going off on some Eddie-Van-Halen-does-slide-guitar tangent.
For those who didn't know, the harp player in this video is James Cotton, a great Blues harp player in his own right. He simply had nothing to work with in Ben Harper.
I agree, this was confusing.
When it comes to harp players there's Little Walter then the rest of us.- James Cotton
James Cotton was no slouch either..........
Love this song. Hats off to Little Walter.,
Wow It Took 50 Years and 7 Months To Honor Little Walter!!! James Cottons Harp Should Have Been Way Up In The Mix!!! Imho
I've been playing harmonica most of my life. To me, Little Walter is and always will be my legendary blues harmonica hero. The very name Little Walter is synonymous with the word harmonica. In fact, in my mind, Little Walter is embodied in each and every harmonica manufactured and played today and for years to come.
I have been playing the harp for over 40yrs and still cant come close to playing anything like Little Walter.
The only reason I ever bought a harmonica was to play "My Babe"! RIP Little Walter.
Love lil walter,he was one of the greatest harp players pass through this earth.
No doubt Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II were the two most influencial harp players ever, and both were good singers and great song writers as well..
There is a whole catalog of songs we all still sing that Little Walter wrote...
Its Great that Little Walter finally gets some
cudo's I guess. It's well deserved. As for "My
Babe" tribute...I've always dug and respected
Cotton for his own life's contribution to the
blues & to the harp. I could never diss James.
But someone shoulda told Ben Harper about not
taking the brown acid....
James Cotton was Walter's replacement in Muddy Waters' band; live in the mid 70's, his harp licks were like razor flicks, and he'd strut through the crowd blowing like a hurricane, but here I believe he'd come back from cancer and could no longer sing. His playing was clearly declining as well, but still a living connection to Walter knew how to play the blues, no matter the physical limitations. Harper seems like many today, Gary Clark Jr. et al, who act all hip, but always make it about them somehow. The Blues was about surrendering to the needs of the song, not flashing your ego chops around. Just be glad Walter was given some recognition at a normally superficial event that no longer has enough respectful talent to really pay homage to the groundbreakers.
Way overdue. This is greatness.
Awesomely inspiring ! The Amazing James Cotton !!!..The times I saw him in Toronto at The Colonial Tavern, he'd get excited and jump off the stage and play for the crowd ! Woot woot !!
"You also noted that Sonny Boy was a great, which he was, but his teacher, Howlin' Wolf, or Chester Burnett, is also a legend. "
You've got it backwards - Rice Miller, a/k/a Sonny Boy Williamson II, taught Howlin' Wolf to play harp, not the other way around.
Ben Harper always stylizes things in a not good way, he doesn't make this soulful just wierd.. too bad, LW was so great he deserved much better...
It's too bad Kim Wilson couldn't have inducted Little Walter in the Hall of Fame along with the Fabulous Thunderbirds playing a little Walter tune now that would have been something
C.Short's version of this song for the movie Cadillac Records was a pretty good version of this song... This Ben Harper is singing this Blues song as if it were a Pop R&B tune and it ain't workin'........ ..... .... ..... Loved the guy on Harmonica, though....
During the solo they sound like they come from 2 different planets
I can't believe Harper cut the famous Walter solo in half. Cotton should have walked off (although judging from his size, that might have been difficult).Just shows how clueless Harper was when it came to the blues and what a terrible choice he was to induct one of the all-time greats.
There's Little Walter, Then Bug Walter, Then Sonny Boy. Then all the rest of us.
Little Walter was absolutely amazing, and the way he and his band members (originally Muddy Waters and the great Jimmy Rogers) wove the instruments together was pure artistry.
But why Ben Harper?? Why the absolutely inappropriate distorted hard rock style solo on his steel?? . He doesn't appear to have a clue how the original Chicago Blues should sound, how the harp and other instruments interact to make the music so unique.
There were, at the time of this induction, still several original Little Walter era players that would and should have been playing to honor the great Little Walter Jacobs.
Harper had the great James Cotton next to him, and failed to interact with him to get the feel that is so necessary!! The rest of the band (including Cotton of course) sounded great!
Cotton goes back along ways. Walter incredible story
ben harper & little walter
this is fantastic
Was past due....and I agree the tribute was not as good as he deserved
AMAZING COVER!! i watch this video all the time.
Good lord... Ben Harper ruined Little Walter's tune.
The best!
I really like Ben Harper and am a fan of his music but this was not good. He was a poor choice for this way over due recognition of a giant. His playing was also inappropriate for this masterpiece as well dragging it and the great James Cotton down. A very poor representation for Jacobs. A vitally important and influential musician whose brilliant innovation on harp remains unmatched, his tragic genius unchallenged. He deserved better.
They did James Cotton dirty here… one of the greatest to ever do it and they drown him out with some b-rate Harper solo.
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What a terrific substitute for Little Walter - James Cotton!! Another personal fav would be Paul Butterfield.
@Guigovocal Thats James Cotton and he is a legend. He is one of the last greats from that error. if you think hes bad than you really don't know what you're talking about.
Don't forget about the more modern greats such as Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells, whose actually featured in this video. You also noted that Sonny Boy was a great, which he was, but his teacher, Howlin' Wolf, or Chester Burnett, is also a legend.
@jonathan1stewart : I totally agree!
You messed up,why did you not just play the original video of Little Walter play "my baby "
Remember seeing James Cotton in Boston. 60’s
The King. LW
In my opinion no one has come close to little walter with this song however they
did not murder the song with their rendition. Im from Louisiana and have heard a lot of blues players and some have tried to do the song and made comlpete fools of themselves.
I can understand true Little Walter fans being upset at this performance. However, let;s look at it from the post side of things. We already know, Little Walter was the best harp player ever. So anything else is post him. Now!...Let's remeber this was a tribute to this legendary icon of Blues. I think it was exceptable. They delivered a rendition of his sound. And for that we thank God for gracing us with one as such. God bless little Walter. Indeed a legend in and out of time.
@coopm12 If Little Walter was to hear Ben Harper's corny attempt at poetry he'd probably walk on stage and crack a liquor bottle over his head or something. What a cheesy way to honor a legend.
Ben Harper is butchering everything almost as much as the backing band. Would it have killed them to find some actual blues players to play with James Cotton?
the performance was nowhere as good as the real my babe sung by little walter...it didnt sound raw enuff but is was alrite....little walter was the man tho best harmonica player ever
@EriktheGLred Couldn't agree with you more.
Paul and Ben...why
Well...I thought it was an excellent performance by Harper and James Cotton. Harper never ceases to amaze me. He was one of the best performers in the great "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" film and he acquitted himself very well here. I saw James Cotton many years ago...didn't know he was still around, when he had the James Cotton Blues Band. They'd be the opening act for the great artists of the late sixties era around Atlanta.
Yeah T-Birds with Kim/Jimmy Cotton would have beat the shit out of this! It isn't like all the great singers are dead And who in hell plays slide on their lap? Is that a pedal steel?
you'll notice james cotton gives him the eye must not like his singing
Or his playing.
when she's hot, there's just ain't no coolin' my babe... (where was this line Ben Harper?)
What an inductee :) Haper's the new King , R.I.P. BIG Walter!
Ha, Cotton appropriately gave him some looks, like "are you kidding me?!"
Pretty ridiculous with the over-the-top distortion & guitar hero-wanna-be crap. The sad thing is the sound man mixed James Cotton wayyyy too low in the mix. (even the dang rhythm guitar guy behind him was louder!)...sheesh.
What a load of crap. Harper's comments were obviously heartfelt. LOL To pass through life you have to pass through the blues and Little Walter? Well, you guys missed the bus. If Cotton's looks could kill, you guys would be dead, oh, and fired. Don't let the door hit ya in the a** on your way out! Next?
The slide player sounded like s*** but I'm glad someone inducted Little Walter end of the hall of fame. Not that he is a bad guitar player but the style did not fit where the other guys were coming from just my opinion didn't mean any disrespect
kim wilson was the right guy fot this, i don't know why he wasn't there
I enjoyed aleast someone did somthing,bout time
ben who?Its a damm good walter wasnt around..he,ed da finnished him off like a cup cake and a glass of milk...a little more distortion on the lap please..the pick is a cute touch!poor james he had to sit through it all..a long over due accolade to the one who taught us all!!!
@hammerogod Lol, Little Wlater would have kicked the crap out of him.
James Cotton is awesome....If you dislike his playing you might want to go watch some young 'skinny' punk rockers play riffs the way you like them, haha.....
AGREED!! OF COURSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING BACKED BY THE WANNA BE's AT ROLLING STONE making these decisions.
at 1:50,who was the guy infront of howlin wolf and little walters??.
I’m thinking Hubert Sumlin Wolf’s guitar player
i didn't like the way he sang My babe, i realize he's not little Walter and has his own way and style but he could of stayed true to how its suppose to be sung and how its suppose to sound true to the original, they should of gotten Columbus Short the actor who played Little Walter in the film Cadillac Records to sing this, he sang my babe in the film and on the soundtrack and it sounded📣 yeah baaaby!! 👍👍
Gotta agree re. Ben Harper. His vocal timing is out to lunch - what's he tryin to do?...Likewise his guitar, sounds more like a heavy metal nob.....check Cotton glancing over as if to say "you gonna take a breath or what?"....... !!!
@SEANFIR very much the truth, but THOSE guys would do anything to make a buck or more.
It is sad that they cashed on people that represent american true culture and they have corrupted it.
American popular music is dying little by little,the new generation is being programmed to listen to crap,recording houses became an insatiable monster and they only care for the money they can make froman 'artist'
la dura ben haper es virtuoso
Ben may be good at what he does, but does no justice to this song.
@Jmanblues That was great.....l mean your comment, of course. LOL
@hammerogod maybe in his maturity Lil Walter would have given lessons...took bunches and hordes of wannabees to task. Maybe he would have became kinder and gentler. Well um maybe...well maybe....
REAL MUSIC💯🤗🤗
Ugg. They took all the charm from the original and threw it out. Too bad. Kim Wilson should have been up there with Jimmie Vaughan or Kid Ramos.
Where the heck do I get "Juke" played by Little Walter. It's a lots of other people but I don't see the Walter playing "Juke". Did I miss something?
no soul & no feel
wow he looks different there
to copy one is to have none so to say how play and are sing you must be of the blues ring so the truth be known as little walter has shown
@bluesharp1970. Ifnyou been playin the Blues as long as you say then you oughta know better,....BH Sucks. Whatever style singer he is, he Ain't no Bluesman.
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he died
muddy looks real different,think its the slik up hair.
Ben Harper just shat all over that song and jumped all over cottons solo. Dam shame. I don't know wot he was playing but it wasn't blues.
That was pretty bad. The blues is just folk music, it drives me crazy when people take it so damn seriously. I normally like Ben Harper, but that presentation (and the musical number...what the hell was up with that guitar tone in a Little Walter song?
) was really self indulgent. Cotton was (not surprisingly) pretty good.
trampley it is serious to the Blues practitioners & it's fans not so much for the consumers like yourself
The Blues is just folk music? Yeah sure, so what is folk music, Blues?
Why Paul S. all the time..
Ben Harper does not suck. It was a honor for Ben Harper to present. Ben Harper is the real deal. They weren't up there to upstage Walter. They were there to HONOR Walter. I couldn't agree with you more about not having Rod Piazza playing harp. Rod is a true Walter deciple. AND a great Blueman in his own right. Music is very subjective and I though, all in all, it was alright. But, that's MY subjective opinion.
okay ben harper is butchering the shit outta lil walter's song
@LesbianVampireLover I see and tell us were you born deaf or lose your hearing later?
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?! This is crap!
Who's brillant idea was this? Ben Harper doesn't have any soul AT ALL!
I could've done a better job from my shower and I think I'm halfway tone deaf
but at least I have soul. I grew up in the delta south about an hour from Memphis,
Tennessee so blues was something that was I was always surrounded by.
Ben Harper doesn't even have the eye contact and personality to be a talking head for a small town local channel news show.
WOW! *shakes head*
Horrible rendition. Slow off timing, no feeling. Just grade A awful.
Harper ruined this song
Also tried to diss Charlie Musselwhite after they had a hit together?, like he was the man.
nope it wasn't-that aint muddys face.
My baby...wtf
umm, it's called a lap steel. clearly you know what you're talking about. ha!
Why Ben Harper? Who the fuck is Ben Harper?
coopm12 Wow are you way out of touch man. Check out Ben Harper and Charlie Mussellwhite. If you ask who Charlie Mussellwhite is I know you have no clue at all.
i really like Ben Harper's singin'
I think that was Muddy.
You do realize this video is from 2008 and Muddy Waters died in 1983??? Unless he is reincarnated, it can't be him.
I fucking love Little Walter, but that was the lamest introduction.
What a shame,this sounds awful.
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😉👌💥Little Walter, THE GREATEST MAN...
😊 🫴💥To ever place an harmonica in his mouth and play a saxophone!
🎷😒💥without moving his fingers up and down!😖💥🫣💥 🤣
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🫰😉💥And Little Walter played horns with an harmonica!
🎺😎💥Yep 🫨💥OK 😂