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American blues harmonica player (1930–1968)

"Walter Jacobs" redirects here.

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Season 1 Episode is a retrospective on the greatest ever blues harmonica player, Marion Walter Jacobs, aka Little Walter.

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For the American chemist, see Walter Abraham Jacobs.

This article is about the singer. For the radio personality, see Little Walter DeVenne. For the song by Tony! Toni! Toné!, see Little Walter (song).

Musical artist

Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix.^[1] His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica.^[2] He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008,^[3] the first and, to date, only artist to be inducted specifically as a harmonica player.

Biography

Early years