Little Walter Again

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At  1:35 PM 1/17/95 -0800, Mike Curtis wrote:
>Excellent point.  And you're absolutely correct.  Not everything Walter
>did was up to snuff.  During his last years, he was noted for having
>substance problems.  Substance abuse will ruin even the best players.  but
>that's a whole 'nother topic.
>
>but when he was sober and clean, everything he did was excellent or
>better.  (I suppose I should qualify my blanket statements, especially
>with size 13-EEE's 8-(L)

According to Willie Dixon, Little Walter was always drunk, even from the
early days. He apparently was not a very good live performer either(Super
Blues was live in the studio) and sometimes took as many as 35 takes to get
a recording right.

Rkt