Posted by Tuten (209.246.78.232) on July 26, 2000 at 08:27:23:
In Reply to: Re: Blues Harp Trivia? posted by Aaron on May 23, 2000 at 16:07:30:
Ooops! Sorry I was away for so long I didn't realise anyone wanted to know.
The difference between the two takes will surprise any Little Walter enthusiast, since, as far as I know, it's the ONLY song Little Walter ever SANG. There's not a peep of Harp playing on it!
That's the first take.
The second take ( in the G key ) was recorded after the death of a fellow Harp player by the name of Henry Strong, killed in a street fight.
It's ironic that Walter should've paid tribute to
him in this way- Would ever he have known that he
was in a way, eulogising himself; For he died, in 1968, under the same circumstances,and was himself eulogised by George Smith on a cut called
"Blowin the Blues".