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Hazel, I, and the baby moved from my brother Alvin’s home to the 1100 block of Troy Street on Chicago’s West Side. Little did I know, on the next block over, on Albany Avenue, lived Little Walter.
Rock'n'roll expert Walter A. DeVenne Jr., more commonly known as “Little Walter,” passed away on his 73rd birthday after a battle with COVID-19. The longtime Medford resident was most known ...
Little Walter's 1954 classic "Mellow Down Easy" combines rudely soulful singing, lilting guitar, furious harmonica, and a quasi-Cuban groove.
“Then, Little Walter came out with ‘Juke,’ a hit song in the 1950s, and the price went up and people couldn’t afford them anymore. Little Walter made the harmonica what it is today.
Gab Bonghi/PUNCH Media Little Walter's, a Polish restaurant that opened this June in East Kensington, was the only Philly restaurant to make it onto the New York Times' latest list of the top 50 ...
In the 1950s, Little Walter turned what had been a rhythm-keeper into an amplified solo instrument. At times he made the harmonica sound like an electric guitar and at other times a full sax section.
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was joined today by Marksville Mayor John Lemoine, Wilbert Carmouche with the Avoyelles Parish Commission of Tourism, and legendary blues musician Buddy Guy to u… ...
Little Walter was born in Marksville on May 1, 1930, as Marion Walter Jacobs. From obscurity to international fame, Little Walter played harmonica in the Chicago blues scene of the 1950s and was a ...