Here's some weekend musical poetry: my choices of the best harmonica players of popular music. I made a list of 13, which I culled down to 5, which was no easy task. Here it is:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller)
Little Walter
James Cotton
Charlies Musselwhite
Paul Butterfield
Special mention goes to Alan Wilson of Canned Heat as one of numerous great neglected harp players . I couldn't come up with any decent video for Alan. Too bad.
Obviously, a list like this couldn't be more subjective. I'm willing to listen to other nominations for best harmonica players. Meantime, enjoy the above.
best,
Don
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n D>C. (we used to go to The Capitol Theatre every Sunday a movie and a live show always an harmonica group included her nibbs georgia gibbs, sophie tucker etc
the Harmonicats a fave this was early 50's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw0J6lICTQQ
John Mayall?
JLS
Don,
I am thrilled you mentioned Harmonica players! They had a special on NPR a month or so ago and it brought back memories of my grandfather "goin' to town" on his harmonica--he passed when I was 12. Thanks for the feature, it's an underappreciated art much like poetry I think.
my grandfather, Harry used to have three glasses of water on lid of the toilet.. one had salt-water and his false teeth in it
another salt-water and his glass eye
the third vinegar and his HARP a Honer he bought me a Marine Band Honer it's around here somewhere.. he died in 1952 so this harmonica is about as old as I am nearly 70!
Ed, Harmonicats ... whew that was great.
JLS - John Mayall definitely makes the top ten. I didn't add Junior Wells, he would also be in there.
P: Glad you enjoyed it!
Ed, I can see those 3 glasses right now. One can only imagine what might happen if he picked up the wrong one.... Don
here was also a midget Johnny Puleo who with his brothers had a harmonic/comedy act...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700306/
and
I found a 2002 drawing that will go with that "full moon / who will wipe" humorous risqué/ love poem..
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