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"Juke" is a harmonica instrumental recorded by the Chicago bluesman Little Walter Jacobs in 1952. Although Little Walter had been recording sporadically for small Chicago labels over the previous five years, and had appeared on Muddy Waters' records for Chess Records since 1950, "Juke" was Little Walter's first hit, and it was the most important of his career.
Gillum's version of the song was covered by Broonzy a few months later, and his version has become the standard arrangement of this now-classic blues song. Gillum's records were some of the earliest featuring blues with electric guitar accompaniment, when the 16-year-old jazz guitarist George Barnes played on several songs on Gillum's 1938 ...
Slim started playing the trumpet at age 18, and the harmonica when he was 15. [1] His early influences included Jimmy Reed, Little Walter and Big Walter Horton. He played the Los Angeles music scene then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1974. He became a major force on the music scene, winning awards for best blues band in 1986.
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica include diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, octave, orchestral, and bass versions.
Salwitz contributed his harmonica playing and some vocals to a live recording, Command Performance, by the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue, featuring the Tommy Castro Band, Deanna Bogart, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and others. He toured as part of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue on different blues cruises and again on land-based shows during 2007 ...
The Richter-tuned harmonica, 10-hole harmonica (in Asia) or blues harp (in America), is the most widely known type of harmonica. It is a variety of diatonic harmonica, with ten holes which offer the player 19 notes (10 holes times a draw and a blow for each hole minus one repeated note) in a three- octave range.
Clarke was born in Inglewood, California, on March 29, 1951. [2] In 1967, he began playing harmonica and was soon performing in Los Angeles-area clubs. [2] He struck up an association with blues harmonica virtuoso George "Harmonica" Smith [3] and the two began playing regularly together in 1977; their partnership lasted until Smith died in 1983.
Alex or Aleck Miller (originally Ford, possibly December 5, 1912 [3] [a] – May 24, 1965), [4] known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. [2]