Little Walter - Mellow Down Easy

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Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 -- February 15, 1968), was an American blues harmonica player, whose revolutionary approach to his instrument has earned him comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, for innovation and impact on succeeding generations. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. Little Walter was inducted to the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 in the "sideman" category making him the first and only artist ever to be inducted specifically for his work as a harmonica player.

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[chasdan]

Little Walter was one of the first LPs that i bought. His harp playing never fails to deliver. Greatstuff never fails to deliver. We do a version of My Babe, gotta be in the key of F

[DRFW]

Just fuckin' AYE. The kind of song Radio UK wid ban.

[MsZoedog]

According to Robbie Krieger, this was inspiration for Break on through - via Paul Butterfield

[andreacg]

You jump, jump here
You jump, jump there
You jump, jump, jump
Everywhere

Then you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
You mellow down easy
When you really wanna blow your top

You shake, shake here
You shake, shake there
You shake, shake, shake
Everywhere

Then you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
You mellow down easy
When you really wanna blow your top

You wiggle, wiggle here
You wiggle, wiggle there
You wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
Everywhere

Then you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy
You mellow down easy
When you really wanna blow your top

[djbigleg]

sounds best from the original lp 4 me, looks like this is the 1st time they have let it go on with permission.n of course buy it on i tunes etc, 2 stop the original recordings from being heard in preference 2 the cd versions, which all have multiple overdubs n inferior sonics clearly dont respect what the musicians intended.so can labels exsplain why they dont respect the original recordings n r pointlessly making vinyl reissues in 2 a carbon copy of a cd.tell it like it was respect musical history

[AartvanderWulp]

As a harmonica-player for 30 years...If you want to get to that virtuosity, put down the harp and learn to play the saxophone, way easier. The man was that good. If you want to get that TONE, it's not in the mic's, the low gain pre-amp tube's, the harp-tuned coupling-caps, sag-adjustable rectifiers and all other forum-fed bull-sh*t. It's is in the studio's signal chain.

[sgt.p]

The drum beat is so similar to an Arabian drum rhythm called “Samry”.

[miketheswan]

pretty sure lonely boy by the black keys is inspire by that song