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Big Walter Horton

CTL-P-0112 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-00329 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0112. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

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Blues harmonicist Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton, an all-time great blues harp player who defined modern amplified Chicago-style harmonica; relocated to Chicago in 1953; died in Chicago on December 8, 1981; Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductee 1982 (All-Music Guide biography by Michael Erlewine, via Ann Arbor District Library).

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