Little Willie Foster

about

Little Willie Foster (April 5, 1922, - November 25, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player and singer. Born April 5 or April 20, 1922 in Dublin, near Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, Foster came to Chicago in 1941, playing guitar, piano and harmonica. Big Walter Horton was his tutor. He played on Maxwell Street, and in a band with Homesick James, Floyd Jones and Moody Jones. Foster recorded in the mid-50s "Falling Rain Blues", "Four Day Jump", "Crying The Blues" and "Little Girl". Shortly thereafter, he was shot and semi-paralyzed; he improved, and remained able to play and sing, but only rarely in public. He died in 1987 in Chicago Ill. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Blues Harp Hero

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Disc 1 - Downhome Blues Classics - Chicago

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Blues Harp Heroes

The Devil Is a Busy Man

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Disc 2 - Downhome Blues Classics - Chicago

Chicago Blues Harmonicas

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Harp Blues

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Goin´Down To Eli´s (The Cobra & ABCO Rhythm & Blues Anthology 1956-1958)

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Harmonica Blues - Blowing from Memphis to Chicago

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Blues Beginnings - Early Raw Electric Blues Masters

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Harp And Soul

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Early Electric Blues

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