Big Walter Horton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Big Walter Horton

American blues harmonica player

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1917

Place of Birth: Horn Lake, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1981

Profession: musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Big Walter Horton

  • Walter Horton, better known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton (April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981) was an American blues harmonica player.
  • A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues.
  • Willie Dixon once called Horton "the best harmonica player I ever heard."Robert Palmer named him as "one of the three great harmonica soloists of modern blues", with the two others being cited as Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

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