Swinging The Blues

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Little Willie Anderson was a young guy on the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s who wanted so much to be like...

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  • Little Willie Anderson was a young guy on the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s who wanted so much to be like Little Walter that he signed on as Walter’s valet. Willie learned a lot from the harmonica master and started sitting in around town. Willie was still on the scene during the 1970s and early 80s. He cut this album for Bob Corritore’s Chicago label B.O.B. Records., from which Earwig bought the master and reissued it on CD.

    “On this reissue of that 1981 LP, Willie is backed by some of the cream of Chicago sidemen: guitarists Robert Jr. Lockwood, Jimmy Lee Robinson, Willie Black, Sammy Lawhorn, and drummer Fred Below. Little Willie’s tone has a raw biting edge and impassioned power. Like Walter [Jacobs], his blowing is horn-influenced… Anderson is consciously carrying a flame here, but not with quiet reverence. He blows for broke, and this is one of the most exciting harp albums since Walter’s death.”
    – CityPages

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Genre: Blues
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