Who Are Your Favorite Harmonica Players?

[K Williams]

Who are your favorite harmonica...aka harp...players?

I'll go with these guys:

Little Walter
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sugar Blue
William Clarke
Magic Dick (from the J. Geils Band)
James Cotton
John Popper
Adam Gussow
Rick Estrin

 

[K Williams]

My setup...

 

[Craig Mac]

G. Love is my favorite

 

[socalsailor]

John Popper for sure. Not many guys even know how to play chromatic harmonica, much less rock it out like he does.

 

[THEMISCHMAN]

G. Love is my favorite

Agreed. G. Love is pretty badass on the harp.

 

[bassboat]

Phil Wiggins
Got to see Cephas and Wiggins about a month before John Cephas passed.

 

[3/5King]

I bought a blues harp but haven't yet taken any real time to play it but I listen to Blues instramentalsits, delta blues, all different kinds of blues and simply love the sound of it. I'll have to look up these guys you've listed.

 

[oside]

We have a local guy here in San Diego, my buddy, Billy Watson. Love watching his shows. He has tons of energy!

 

[3/5King]

Phil Wiggins
Got to see Cephas and Wiggins about a month before John Cephas passed.

That's something wicked right there..

 

[K Williams]

Phil Wiggins
Got to see Cephas and Wiggins about a month before John Cephas passed.

Aw man...that was awesome!

 

[K Williams]

I bought a blues harp but haven't yet taken any real time to play it but I listen to Blues instramentalsits, delta blues, all different kinds of blues and simply love the sound of it. I'll have to look up these guys you've listed.

This website has a ton of info:

http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/home.html

 

[3/5King]

This website has a ton of info:

http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/home.html

I'll definitely check it out

 

[mi000ke]

This guy.... (at 2:27)

 

[Catawbamatt]

Fingers Taylor from jimmy buffet and the coral reefer band

 

[K Williams]

This guy.... (at 2:27)

Chromatic jazz...

 

[K Williams]

John Popper for sure. Not many guys even know how to play chromatic harmonica, much less rock it out like he does.

I saw him live twice at Manny's Car Wash in NYC in the late 1990s.

 

[socalsailor]

Must have been an experience...

 

[K Williams]

Must have been an experience...

Yep!!

 

[deadrift]

Norton Buffalo
Jason Ricci

 

[K Williams]

Pure tone!!!