death_date death_place years_active alias birth_place label article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
8 december 1981 chicago , illinois , united states late 1920s -- 1981 `` shakey '' horton , `` mumbles '' horton horn lake , mississippi , united states okeh , blind pig , various , vocalion , states , ace , alligator big walter horton
 solo_singer 6 april 1921 harmonica blues big walter horton -lrb- public domain -rrb- . jpg memphis , tennessee walter horton musician
big walter horton

walter horton , better known as big walter horton or walter `` shakey '' horton , -lrb- april 6 , 1921 -- december 8 , 1981 -rrb- was an american blues harmonica player .
a quiet , unassuming and essentially shy man , horton is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues .
willie dixon once called horton `` the best harmonica player i ever heard . ''
