Mick Jagger or Roger Daltrey. I would say both are parallel

OFFS.

Before I reveal my opinion on whether it’s Mick or Roger, I’ll have tot back, contemplate, and give this the serious thought it so deserves. Hmm… Mick, or Roger?

Brian Jones

There is no doubt about this.

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Brian Jones

I believe Jagger learned much from Brian Jones in the very early days.
Before the Stones, Brian also gave a few tips to Paul Jones who later became the President of the UK harmonica society.
I was told this personally by Paul Jones.

Where as I think I have a reasonable idea as to what performances feature Brian’s harp and which feature Mick’s (1963-‘68), but does anyone have a list compiled?

Mick all the way. Maybe Brian from early on. Brian couldn’t never do what Mick does live on Midnight Rambler. Brian stopped development a few years before he passed



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Correction to my previous post.........Paul Jones is President of the National Harmonica League. He has also been named player of the year at least three times and played harmonica as a session musician......he’s very very good and some of that came from BJ.

BJ and Keith Richards also asked Paul Jones to be lead singer when BJ was forming the Stones....but he turned them down.

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I believe Jagger learned much from Brian Jones in the very early days.
Before the Stones, Brian also gave a few tips to Paul Jones who later became the President of the UK harmonica society.
I was told this personally by Paul Jones.

The harmonica is not an instrument that you can learn from other people, there's not a lot of tips or examples you can give. You really need to practice by playing along with records. It's fairly easy to get to a level you can play along with standard blues tunes, but it is really, really difficult to get beyond that, in my own experience.

Brian was in his early days by far the best harmonica player in Europe. It was the one instrument he truly mastered.

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I believe Jagger learned much from Brian Jones in the very early days.
Before the Stones, Brian also gave a few tips to Paul Jones who later became the President of the UK harmonica society.
I was told this personally by Paul Jones.

The harmonica is not an instrument that you can learn from other people, there's not a lot of tips or examples you can give. You really need to practice by playing along with records. It's fairly easy to get to a level you can play along with standard blues tunes, but it is really, really difficult to get beyond that, in my own experience.

Brian was in his early days by far the best harmonica player in Europe. It was the one instrument he truly mastered.

Mathijs

Absolutely wrong. There are countless harmonica teachers. You can learn through private lessons and/or a good YouTube instructor. There is nothing better than sitting down with a good harmonica player to show you the ins and outs of the harmonica. And you get beyond the basics by the usual way. Practice and practice just like everything else in life.

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Where as I think I have a reasonable idea as to what performances feature Brian’s harp and which feature Mick’s (1963-‘68), but does anyone have a list compiled?

Don't know if there's a list but you can check Nico's site to see who played on what songs. Some of Brian's playing includes Diddley Daddy, Not Fade Away, 2120 SMA, Look What You Done and Going Home.

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I believe Jagger learned much from Brian Jones in the very early days.
Before the Stones, Brian also gave a few tips to Paul Jones who later became the President of the UK harmonica society.
I was told this personally by Paul Jones.

The harmonica is not an instrument that you can learn from other people, there's not a lot of tips or examples you can give. You really need to practice by playing along with records. It's fairly easy to get to a level you can play along with standard blues tunes, but it is really, really difficult to get beyond that, in my own experience.

Brian was in his early days by far the best harmonica player in Europe. It was the one instrument he truly mastered.

Mathijs

Your correct Mathijs, my mother born in 1915 could play the harmonica perfectly, what ever she showed how to play I never get it ....probably a tongue issue that I didn't get

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Mick all the way. Maybe Brian from early on. Brian couldn’t never do what Mick does live on Midnight Rambler. Brian stopped development a few years before he passed

Exactly. Brian came out blazing and petered out. His harmonica playing, like a lot of his playing, was hypnotic and haunting. Mick took that and kept going with it until he reached a level beyond Brian. Of course Brian pretty much let his guitar playing lapse too, except for chugging along with a few chords on rhythm as time went on. They all advanced mightily on their instruments, except Brian. He could come up with a little something on a recorder or a mellotron, but he didn't master anything. Slide guitar, his greatest skill, appeared to come easy to him, which is maybe why it bored him. Still amazing he pulled off No Expectations.

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I believe Jagger learned much from Brian Jones in the very early days.
Before the Stones, Brian also gave a few tips to Paul Jones who later became the President of the UK harmonica society.
I was told this personally by Paul Jones.

The harmonica is not an instrument that you can learn from other people, there's not a lot of tips or examples you can give. You really need to practice by playing along with records. It's fairly easy to get to a level you can play along with standard blues tunes, but it is really, really difficult to get beyond that, in my own experience.

Brian was in his early days by far the best harmonica player in Europe. It was the one instrument he truly mastered.

Mathijs

Absolutely wrong. There are countless harmonica teachers. You can learn through private lessons and/or a good YouTube instructor. There is nothing better than sitting down with a good harmonica player to show you the ins and outs of the harmonica. And you get beyond the basics by the usual way. Practice and practice just like everything else in life.

This is just wrong. Because the harmonica is enclosed in and behind your hands, and most of the technique is out of sight as you play with your lips and the way you position the harmonica to your mouth, there really isn't much to show. It's not like with a guitar where you can teach proper body, arm and hand positions, and chord positions by simply showing it.

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I believe Jagger learned much from Brian Jones in the very early days.
Before the Stones, Brian also gave a few tips to Paul Jones who later became the President of the UK harmonica society.
I was told this personally by Paul Jones.

The harmonica is not an instrument that you can learn from other people, there's not a lot of tips or examples you can give. You really need to practice by playing along with records. It's fairly easy to get to a level you can play along with standard blues tunes, but it is really, really difficult to get beyond that, in my own experience.

Brian was in his early days by far the best harmonica player in Europe. It was the one instrument he truly mastered.

Mathijs

Absolutely wrong. There are countless harmonica teachers. You can learn through private lessons and/or a good YouTube instructor. There is nothing better than sitting down with a good harmonica player to show you the ins and outs of the harmonica. And you get beyond the basics by the usual way. Practice and practice just like everything else in life.

This is just wrong. Because the harmonica is enclosed in and behind your hands, and most of the technique is out of sight as you play with your lips and the way you position the harmonica to your mouth, there really isn't much to show. It's not like with a guitar where you can teach proper body, arm and hand positions, and chord positions by simply showing it.

Mathijs

The blues harmonica is different from the chromatic harmonica, as Brian pointed out in the video that His Majesty posted. I like both.

Back in the 60s, it was Brian.