I ask because I'm looking for some music to get into. Jagger has mentioned Slim Harpo but I'm curious who are the other contenders. Really the question should be plural. Who are the greatest harp players of all time...?

-Drake

Little Walter

I am with Lennie---Little Walter, hand down.

Little Walter / Slim Harpo

(Lester Buttler (Red Devils))

Little Walter...Sonny Boy 1 & 2 but then again "Shakey"
Walter Horton gives 'em a run on Easy and Grandmother
Got Grandfather Told then there's James Cotton...Willie Nix
Hot Shot Love and for sheer down home blastin' try that one man band Joe Hill Louis...



Try tracking this baby down has some rare Lil Walter gems such as
alternate takes of Juke....High Temperature....Crazy Mixed Up World...Blues With A Feeling...etc



ROCKMAN

Cupid.

Couldn't resist.

Actually, Little Walter, yes. He invented the whole, wail-it-though-a-microphone-so-it-distorts thing.

... you'll never want to bother with the Stones' 'Confessin' the Blues' again!

Well in that case then ....





ROCKMAN

The harp itself

"...Now...the harp as got 6 strings..6 strings in a harp, and when you turn it upside down, you'll see....
...in other words, you can own a harp, but you don't know how to play it!"

I couldn't remember the whole speech...maybe some of you do ?
The crazy woman in Hyde Park 1969....



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Aw yeah Drake if ya want some mean harp playin'
check out any of the Jack O' Fire CDs from the
early 90's....Walter Daniels is amazing as he takes
on anything from pre-war blues...Blind Willie McTell..
Chicago Blues...Wolf/Sonny Boy/Willie Dixon....thru to
soul from the 60's...an amazing roof blasting Green Onions
and on into later day stuff such as Cramps...Joy Division...Wire...Amazing STUFF!!!!





ROCKMAN

How about John Popper?

Sweet! I got myself a list to work with now. MANY many thanks!

-Drake

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> "...Now...the harp as got 6 strings..6 strings in
> a harp, and when you turn it upside down, you'll
> see....
> ...in other words, you can own a harp, but you
> don't know how to play it!"
>
> I couldn't remember the whole speech...maybe some
> of you do ?
> The crazy woman in Hyde Park 1969....


i remember that loon.......insanity/genius

Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> Little Walter


yep

Little Walter Jacobs, by a mile. The "Hendrix of the Harp"...I have been playing 30 years +, and still cant do most of his riffs...

some other killers are:
Sonny Boy Williamson
Junior Wells
James Cotton
Doug Jay "Charlottesville Blues Allstars, Doug Jay and the Blue Jays
Kim Wilson Fab Thunderbirds, others.
Mark Weinner, Nighthawks
Tom Doucet Allman Brothers
Will Scarlet, Hot Tuna
Allan Wilson, Canned Heat
and of course Brian Jones

JR

Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> Erik_Snow Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > "...Now...the harp as got 6 strings..6 strings
> in
> > a harp, and when you turn it upside down,
> you'll
> > see....
> > ...in other words, you can own a harp, but you
> > don't know how to play it!"
> >
> > I couldn't remember the whole speech...maybe
> some
> > of you do ?
> > The crazy woman in Hyde Park 1969....
>
>
> i remember that
> loon.......insanity/genius


Who can forget such a woman?
Suddenly I remember what the speach ended with...

"You can be a great harp player, but you don't believe in God!"

Mick wouldn't allow John Popper to play onstage with the Stones in 97 since he "plays too many notes".

Poor John!

"But I wo... I... but... I don't have t... "

Try and track this one on downnnnnnnn.
Has "Shakey" Hortons - Grandmother Got
Grandfather Told and Willie Nix's Baker Shop Boogie.....Dirty Stuff!!!





ROCKMAN

Little Walter
Sonny Boy Williamson
Junior Wells

Mick Jagger

stones-relics wrote:

Tom Doucet Allman Brothers

Recently met him at a club when Tinsley Ellis and Kent Duchaine were playing. Real class act guy and a hell of a harp player.

lets not forget Paul Butterfield or Allen Wilson,the Blind Owl. P.S. thats not really Harpo in that picture,just someone dressed like him.



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I've always been a big fan of Jerry Portnoy.

Jerry was Muddy Waters harmonica player throughout most of the 70's.

After Muddy, Portnoy has had a successful solo career and has played on many artists recordings and toured with many others including Eric Clapton.

LARRY ADLER... the music to midnight cowboy, born in 1914 and self taught. i rest my case