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Re: Harp players

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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

If I remember right didn't Sonny chew out Clapton for not playing his songs right?

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Re: Harp players

Don wrote:
GoT MuLe 31788 wrote:

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.

Ben

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Re: Harp players

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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.

PC

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Re: Harp players

Randy Pratt, who plays excellent bass with The Lizards, also is a damn fine blues harp player in the reunited Cactus, and contributed to 'Cactus V' .

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Re: Harp players

See some great ones here! Don't forget the late William Clarke.

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You should check out Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson from Canned Heat. His harp work on the album "Hooker N Heat" is superb and he manages to keep up with Hooker all the way though, as the John comments himself.
There's a version of Burning Hell on this album. So sad that Wilson was dead in the few short months between the recording and release of that album.

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Re: Harp players

Greenose wrote:

You should check out Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson from Canned Heat. His harp work on the album "Hooker N Heat" is superb and he manages to keep up with Hooker all the way though, as the John comments himself.
There's a version of Burning Hell on this album. So sad that Wilson was dead in the few short months between the recording and release of that album.

Love that Burning Hell version too ... so different from Joe´s, but just as cool. cool

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I think it's been mentioned, but no one blows a chromatic harp like Stevie Wonder.

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I think we're missing one of the biggest.   ELWOOD BLUES smile .

The only harp player to trade his caddy for a mic - classic.

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Re: Harp players

Blind Mississippi Morris. He plays several times a week at BB King's club in Memphis. Does all kinds of blues covers from a who's who of the genre. And his guitarist Brad Webb plays a pretty mean slide.  No cover charge either.  Anyone heading to Beale Street this is a no brainer!

http://memphis.bbkingclubs.com/index.ph … p;Itemid=1

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