MY Baby Plays the Harmonica

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MY Baby Plays the Harmonica

A history of blues and country harmonica (harp) in 20-or-so profiles of the great players.

  1. Kim Wilson

    12/04/2024

    Kim Wilson

    Send us a text The leader of Austin's Fabulous Thunderbirds and the great inheritor of the great Little Walter

    26 min
  2. William Clarke

    11/19/2024

    William Clarke

    Send us a text The great chromatic and cross harp player, bandleader, and singer, mentored by George Smith, who died (maybe broke) in 1996.

    24 min
  3. Rod Piazza

    11/08/2024

    Rod Piazza

    Send us a text The great living player, protege of George Smith and perhaps the greatest master of double cross harp.

    27 min
  4. Jerry Portnoy

    10/30/2024

    Jerry Portnoy

    Send us a text The precision, the tone, and the underlying swing! Out of Chicago, also sitting that Muddy Waters harp chair.

    28 min
  5. Magic Dick

    10/27/2024

    Magic Dick

    Send us a text Richard Salwitz of the J. Geils Band, the inventor of rock n roll harmonica. My all-time harpgod.

    30 min
  6. Charlie Musselwhite

    10/17/2024

    Charlie Musselwhite

    Send us a text The great living master and creative force of the blues harmonica, Paul Butterfield's non-evil twin.

    27 min
  7. Paul Butterfield

    10/15/2024

    Paul Butterfield

    Send us a text We have reached our rendezvous with blues harp racial destiny! The two documentaries mentioned are "Horn from the Heart" and "Born in Chicago"

    27 min
  8. George 'Harmonica' Smith and Big Mama Thornton

    10/08/2024

    George 'Harmonica' Smith and Big Mama Thornton

    Send us a text The great player and mentor of masters (Rod Piazza, William Clarke, James Harman) George 'Harmonica' Smith, never quite adequately recorded. And his astonishing friend the criminally underappreciated Big Mama Thornton. "Me and him have been scuffling a long time." Gunsmoke Blues https://youtu.be/_ATwmyuhmeY?si=-T_By5lQJvJKeqwB Big Mama Thornton and Big Walter! (and John Lee Hooker!) https://youtu.be/GX8f70FW3lU?si=_G--_fYYjF6yfSQa

    30 min
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A history of blues and country harmonica (harp) in 20-or-so profiles of the great players.

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  • Creator
    little crispy
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2024 MY Baby Plays the Harmonica
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