The Blues World of Little Walter

RELEASE
1988
LABEL
Delmark

Album Review

If you really want to hear what Little Walter sounded like in his pre-amplified days and early stages of development with the Muddy Waters band, this is the one to get. The title is a bit of a misnomer as Walter is featured more as a sideman to Baby Face Leroy, Muddy Waters and others on early Parkway, Regal and Savoy sides, but it's clear that Walter at this stage of the game should have been paying royalties to both Sonny Boys and Walter Horton in particular. One of the high points features explosive slide work from Waters on a pre-Chess version of "Rollin' & Tumblin'," as crude as a version as you'll ever hear and certainly not to be missed. Although many of these sides have appeared on other compilations (usually taped up off of old scratchy 78s), this one features superior sound taken from the original lacquer masters.
Cub Koda, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. I Just Keep Loving Her
  2. Muskadine Blues
  3. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 1
  4. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 2
  5. Boll Weevil
  6. Bad Acting Woman
  7. Red Headed Woman
  8. Moonshine Blues
  9. I Wanna Play a Little While
  10. Louise
  11. People Are Meddling (In Our Affairs)
  12. I Done You Wrong
  13. Low Down Sunnyland Train