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Topic: Harp players

I've been inspired by the Keyboardist thread to start a thread on great harp players.

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Re: Harp players

Charlie Musselwhite
Little Walter
John Popper
Kim Wilson
Slim Harpo
Jimmy Reed.........

........and Larry Adler

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Junior Wells
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Re: Harp players

Jason Ricci - young guy, brilliant player
John Nemeth - known mainly for his terrific voice, but also a great harmonica player

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I had a chance to see Jimmy Hall on the same day as Joe in Winter Park this June. Tommy Shannon played with him... great show.

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Billy Gibson!

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Weve got a couple of great harp players in the Cleveland area, they are;

Wallace Coleman
Colin Dussault    [has opened for Joe at Canton Blues Fest and Mohican]

Here's a fun clip of Colin jamming with Dan Akroyd

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ2t4QKrEuU

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James Cotton, one of my faves. He's gettin' up there in age and dealing with health issues too. Catch him while you can.

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ohiodawg13 wrote:

James Cotton, one of my faves. He's gettin' up there in age and dealing with health issues too. Catch him while you can.

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I love Cotton as well but now its Norton Buffalo and Mark Hummel and magic dick for me

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L.D. Miller

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Formerly of the J.Geils Band

Magic Dick on the lickin' stick.

The reason the name is being censored is because we have a static list of names/terms that are automatically converted to symbols. That particular word is in the list.

And, no we aren't modifying the list to allow it.

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Andreas Vollenweider.......lol

Seriously though, in Canada we have Dirty Jim Zeller and Jerome Godboo, probably our two most well known anyway....

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Hook Herrera - Played on a tune on Gov't Mules Life Before Insanity album.
Thom Douchette - Live at the Filmore East
Robben Fords brother - name escapes me, but on the Blue Line album he tore it up on one of the tunes.
I think Howlin played harp too, right?

Theres so many - this is a great list you guys got going here.

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I think you are all forgetting Sonny Boy Williamson II - the guy was so influential on the 1960s blues boom. The Yardbirds inc Clapton recorded with him. He also wrote Bring It on Home covered by Led Zep, Eyesight For The Blind covered by The Who, One Way Out covered by the Allman Bros and Your Funeral My Trial covered by John Mayall and many more including Joe!

Of course there were earlier players, but it was Sonny Boy II and Little Walter whose work inspired so many more blues players to have a harp player in their bands. There would never have been a Butterfield or Musselwhite or any of the other guys without them to learn from. Please don't forget the founding fathers! smile

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Mike, I've got a couple of old Vollenweider albums on vinyl. Love 'em to bits. wink

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Andreas Vollenweider.......lol

Seriously though, in Canada we have Dirty Jim Zeller and Jerome Godboo, probably our two most well known anyway....

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Mike, I've got a couple of old Vollenweider albums on vinyl. Love 'em to bits. wink

mikeb wrote:

Andreas Vollenweider.......lol

Seriously though, in Canada we have Dirty Jim Zeller and Jerome Godboo, probably our two most well known anyway....

Me too.... talented lad

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