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Title: Could not finish it
Review: As important as Little Walter was, he was done a disservice by the authors (three of them!) of this book. I'm a blues enthusiast, so I really looked forward to this. But the over-analysis of every song (released and unreleased, including all takes on the reel) and the constant assumptions based on obscure sources like gig posters (his name was misspelled! gasp!) and singles charts ("such and such guy was on the radio, so Walter surely heard him while in St. Louis and was therefore influenced...").I read about 100 pages, and Blues with a Feeling lacked just that: feeling. It was like reading a college textbook. Greatly disappointing. Blues fans should instead seek out titles such as I Am the Blues (Willie Dixon), Can't Be Satisfied (Muddy Waters, of course), or Blues All Around Me (BB King).
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