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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 Little Buddy Doyle. In 1953 he also played with Muddy Waters.