RIP Matt Murphy. Saw him many times in the '70s when he was with James Cotton. I opened for those guys once in Belllingham and had a nice long chat with Matt in the dressing room. We got around to the topic of harp players and I figured that Matt, with his jazz chops and sensibilities, would be a big Little Walter fan. "Walter was great," he said, "but Sonny Boy could get stuff out of the harp that nobody else could." The records Matt did with Memphis Slim are really choice. A wonderful player.