Personnel includes: Walter Horton (vocals, harmonica), Joe Hill Louis (guitar, bass, bass drum, percussion), Calvin Newborn (guitar), Phineas Newborn (piano), Willie Nix (drums).
Principally Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1951. Includes liner notes and discography by Ray Topping.
Personnel: Big Walter Horton (vocals, harmonica); William Johnson, Calvin Newborn (guitar); Phineas Newborn, Jr. (piano); Willie Nix (drums); Joe Hill Louis (percussion).
Long before he arrived in Chicago, Horton was knocking 'em dead with his amplified harmonica wizardry in Memphis. Sam Phillips produced the classic sides that comprise much of this album in 1951, when Horton was billed as "Mumbles." Sizzling backup by guitarists Joe Hill Louis and Calvin Newborn urged the introverted harp giant on to dazzling heights on his earliest sides as a leader. ~ Bill Dahl
