> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:29:53 +0000 > From: "M. Nessmith" > Subject: Big Walter's secret harp rig revealed! > > Just killing time, I stumbled across a cool quote at > http://www.cascadeblues.org/History/WalterHorton.htm > > Jerry Portnoy on Big Walter Horton: > "I used to go over to his house with a bottle of VO, where we'd drink and > I'd try to get him to play for me. I just loved his sound. He had the most > beautiful sound. To me, that is what harmonica playing is all about. I saw > Walter play on every kind of sound system. I saw him play acoustic, on a > variety of amplifiers, with a variety of mics and PAs. It didn't matter. > When he played, it sounded great and you knew that it was Big Walter." > MN > Portnoy once told me, "You could hear it was Big Walter all the way down the street (from the club)." IMO he was the Tone King.
