Favorite harmonica song...

[Doug 54]

yea, I know.

But MOST Stevie Wonder's songs where he plays is pure joy.

[hekawi]

[fuzzbender]

Originally Posted by hekawi

beat me to it!

[kplamann]

[AlexArkansas]

Pretty much anything by this guy:


Or this guy:

[mal paso]

Tough to beat Hekawi!




I like this one, simple and pretty

[Telemarkman]

I second Toots Thielemans, but "Bluesette" is probably my favorite ...

The very best version isn't on YouTube, but there are enough to choose from.

This is musicianship on the highest level, on an instrument thats actually very limited ...

[AlexArkansas]

As a chromatic bumbler, I can attest to the degree of difficulty. The fact that Toots can play bebop like he's playing a sax is pretty mind-boggling. Here's another version of Bluesette, this one featuring Stevie Wonder. Most people don't realize that he's a world-class chrom player himself.

[gitold]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10EX5Q5iZw
Dont know how to download the sond on the site but check this out.
One more Heartache by Paul Butterfield.I started playing the harp after I heard this song in 67 at the tender age of 13. It's acoustic harp with no amp.

[Telemarkman]

Originally Posted by AlexArkansas

As a chromatic bumbler, I can attest to the degree of difficulty. The fact that Toots can play bebop like he's playing a sax is pretty mind-boggling.

A piano is of course a much more sophisticated instrument, and more "natural" to play. You can use both hands and get up to ten notes at the same time. But once you have hit the notes, there's actually not much more you can do with them.

A harmonica - while simple and limited - is more than almost any other instrument an extension of yourself. You have a possibility to shape the notes that you don't have on most other instruments.

To me Toots is one of the greatest musicians ever!

[Califiddler]

Roadhouse Blues is certainly one of my favorites, with very tasteful harmonica by John Sebastian.

[dan1952]

"Please Please Me." I could do this. Life changing for me, and a whole lot of others, too.

[elihu]

Lots of favorites including Whammer Jammer by the J. Giles Band, Juke from Little Walter and i love how Jimmie Reed can say so much with just a few notes, like on Honest I Do. That Sonny Boy Williamson cut Bye Bye Bird reminds me of John Mayall's Another Man Done Gone from the Beano album-i'd bet money that John copped that style from him.

[czook]

Originally Posted by elihu

Lots of favorites including Whammer Jammer by the J. Giles Band, Juke from Little Walter and i love how Jimmie Reed can say so much with just a few notes, like on Honest I Do. That Sonny Boy Williamson cut Bye Bye Bird reminds me of John Mayall's Another Man Done Gone from the Beano album-i'd bet money that John copped that style from him.

Little Walter, Sonny Boy I & II, Jimmy Reed, Paul Butterfield, All the harp players that sat in with Muddy Waters, Charlie McCoy (Orange Blossom Special),
and many others in the older days.

Present day there are not better than Howard Levy, Carlos Del Junco, Sugar Blue, Jason Ricci, Mark Hummel, Dennis Gruenling, Charlie Musslewhite, and a dozen I forget.

Magic Dick of J. Geils did Whammer Jammer, a song that inspired many to play.

My personal favorite is Carlos del Junco doing 'Another Man Done Gone'. If you haven't heard it, you should. http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Another+...k/4lIkOg?src=5

[Tommy Biggs]

I always liked Muddy Waters Crosseyed Cat (James Cotton), I realize it's not the greatest example of harp playing, but I like it...

[adeiderich]

Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giGGK3Fk9co

[Doug 54]

I gotta say some of those bass harmonic parts in the BB's Pet Sounds and other records like S&G's "The Boxer" are truely riveting!

[CoachJM]

Room To Move - John Mayall

It's Bad You Know - R. L. Burnside

JM

[gatorfiend]

Swamp Woman Blues by Smiley Burnette. It's a track off a hillbilly boogie compilation I have. Thanks to this thread I looked him up on Wiki. Pretty interesting guy that I'll have to look into more. Kinda liked the harmonica on Black Sabath's first album, which I believe was played by Ozzy.

[hekawi]

Originally Posted by Doug 54

I gotta say some of those bass harmonic parts in the BB's Pet Sounds and other records like S&G's "The Boxer" are truely riveting!

Tommy Morgan played on Pet Sounds





that's Charlie McCoy on The Boxer