Long before he arrived in Chicago,
Horton was knocking 'em dead with his amplified harmonica wizardry in Memphis.
Sam Phillips produced the classic sides that comprise much of this album in 1951, when
Horton was billed as "Mumbles." Sizzling backup by guitarists
Joe Hill Louis and Calvin Newborn urged the introverted harp giant on to dazzling heights on his earliest sides as a leader.
–
Bill Dahl, Rovi