There s nothing to compare to the sound of an amplified Hohner Marine Band harmonica in the hands (and mouth) of a master like Little Walter, Walter Horton, Snooky Pryor or Sonny Boy Williamson. All of them were just as adept with the unamplified specimen but the addition of electricity takes this miniscule instrument into a different realm. Many musicians heard here were disciples in one way or another of John Lee Williamson (the original Sonny Boy), who played his harp through a microphone in clubs but never recorded that way. The list of these men is a long one, including Billy Boy Arnold, Walter Mitchell, Doctor Ross, Forrest City Joe and Robert Richard, while Little Walter influenced younger men like Junior Wells, Jerry McCain, James Cotton and George Smith.
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Tracklist:
Disc1
01. Boogie - Little Walter
02. Chicken - Baby Boy Warren (feat. Sonny Boy Williamson)
03. Just Whaling - Louis Myers
04. I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
05. My Love Is Here To Stay - Sammy Myers
06. I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
07. Jimmy's Boogie - Jimmy Reed
08. Snooky And Moody's Boogie - Snooky Pryor and Moody Jones
09. Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
10. Little Walter's Boogie - Walter Horton
11. Worried All The Time - Howlin' Wolf
12. Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
13. Sharp Harp - Champion Jack Dupree (feat. George Smith)
14. She May Be Yours - Joe Hill Louis
15. Junior's Wail - Junior Wells
16. That's What They Want - Jerry McCain
17. Easy - Jimmy DeBerry and Walter Horton
18. Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
19. Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross
20. Be My Baby - Sunnyland Slim (feat. Snooky Pryor)
21. Going Crazy - Pete "Guitar" Lewis
22. Pet Milk Blues - Walter Mitchell
23. Sugar Coated Love - Lazy Lester
24. Harmonica Jam - Hot Shot Love
25. Ride And Roll - Sonny Terry

Disc2
01. Juke - Little Walter
02. Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
03. I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann (feat. Walter Horton)
04. Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
05. Juke Box Boogie - Doctor Ross
06. She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe
07. Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers
08. Floyd's Blues - Floyd Jones (feat. Snooky Pryor)
09. Baby Tell Me Your Name - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson
10. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide - Sonny Boy Williamson
11. Evening Sun - Johnny Shines (feat. Walter Horton)
12. Steady - Jerry McCain
13. I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
14. She Don t Want Me No More - Jimmy Reed
15. Calling All Blues - Earl Hooker and Junior Wells
16. Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers (feat. Walter Horton)
17. I Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter
18. Jack Pot - Joe Hill Louis
19. Come On In This House - Junior Wells
20. Baker Shop Boogie - Willie Nix (feat. James Cotton)
21. Wigwam Woman - Robert Richard
22. Moody Blues - Slim Harpo
23. Highway My Friend - Howlin' Wolf
24. Trust My Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson
25. Jumpin' With Jarvis - Papa Lightfoot

Like Fantastic Voyage s best selling guitar-centric companion compilation Screaming And Crying, the tracks assembled by blues authority Neil Slaven for Just Wailing were selected for their musical value. Some are obscure but no less forceful for that. Some, like Little Walter s Juke and Blues With A Feeling , Billy Boy Arnold s I Wish You Would and I Ain t Got You , Slim Harpo s Got Love If You Want It , Lazy Lester s Sugar Coated Love , Sonny Boy s evocative Mighty Long Time , Junior Wells Calling All Blues and Sammy Myers My Love Is Here To Stay , will be familiar to fans of the gob-iron. By contrast, you ll be fortunate to discover Louis Myers Just Whaling , Sonny Boy s Chicken , Jimmy Reed s Jimmy s Boogie , Hot Shot Love s Harmonica Jam , Papa Lightfoot s Wine, Women And Whiskey , and Walter Horton s accompaniments for Otis Spann, Johnny Shines and Jimmy Rogers. One of the most intriguing things you ll discover during this set s two-hours-plus presentation is the individuality of each performer s approach to the harp. None, with the possible exception of Little Walter sideman Louis Myers, sounds anything other than original, which given the instrument s limitations, is a significant achievement. If you re coming fresh to this aspect of the blues, we can only echo the catchphrase of wartime comedian Tommy Trinder, You lucky people .