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Walter Horton

Born April 06, 1921 in Horn Lake, Mississippi, USA (other sources say 1917 and 1918). Died December 8, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. American blues harmonica player usually billed as Big Walter Horton or Walter "Shakey" Horton, He learnt to play in the thirties in Memphis, started recording in 1939 with . In 1953 he also played with .