As a child Little Walter developed a deep love for music and started playing harmonica at a young age. He was largely self-taught as a teen. He soon became a regular in the New Orleans blues scene ...

“It is our pleasure to honor one of our own with this sign that states, ‘Historical Marker, Little Walter, 1930, Birthplace of Marion Walter Jacobs, known as Little Walter.’” ...

“Then, Little Walter came out with ‘Juke,’ a hit song in the 1950s, and the price went up and people couldn’t afford them anymore. Little Walter made the harmonica what it is today.