On the first album Johnny Shines is joined by Big Walter Horton on harmonica, one of the least appreciated but most soulful of the Blues harp players and will up there with Little Walter or Willie ...

His playing graces numerous records behind Johnny Shines, Johnny Young, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor, and others. He also taught a number of younger players, including ... Big Walter “Shakey ...

Johnny Shines, one of the original Delta blues performers, was born April, 25, 1915 in Frayser, Tennessee, a Memphis suburb. Both his brother and an uncle played guitar, He first started playing in ...