Little Walter - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection: Little Walter - His Best Album

The Best of Little Walter album reflects blues music at its finest. Little Walker lived hard and died young, but it is a testament to his greatness that his songs still resonate today. In his two biggest hits, "My Babe" and "Juke," you find rock and roll taking its first baby steps. "Last Night" is one of those very rare songs that sounds just as great as an instrumental as it does with vocals. The bounding percussion of "Tell Me Mama" tells a story of a lover looking to escape out the back door as the husband walks in through the front. From "Meet Me In The Bottom" to "Running Shoes" countless blues songs have had similar themes, but rarely has it been done so brilliantly.