Harmonica-Heavy Songs?

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  1. Johnny Rocker

    Johnny Rocker Well-Known Member

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    Bob Dylan, king of the mouth harps.[​IMG] hoop there it is.:edthumbs:
     
  2. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    The Moody Blues-Had To Fall In Love, 1978
     
  3. Mr Sam

    Mr Sam "...don't look so good no more"

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    I was going to post obvious entries by my avatar, until I realized it's post #79 already.
    I guess this thread wasn't not made for him.

    It's almost miraculous Dylan got mentioned in the first post.
     
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  4. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    Billy Joel-Code of Silence, 1986
     
  5. GregM

    GregM The expanding man

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    Charles Ford Band--Blue & Lonesome
    Lynyrd Skynyrd--Hobo Song
    CCR--Poorboy Shuffle
     
  6. remover

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  7. obcbobd

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    A lot of early Stones.
    2120 S Michigan
    Confessing the Blues
    Look What You've Done
    etc.
     
  8. pickwick33

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    Then you must not have heard much mouth harp. Buy a Little Walter compilation or even (on the rock side) a Peter Ivers record and then get back to us. :cool:
     
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  9. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    On Baba O'Riley?! That's the song we're talking about, right?
     
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  11. keifspoon

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  12. keifspoon

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    Keith Relf finally brings it out at the end of this album, as Bobby Caldwell beats the living crap out his drums.

     
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  14. Johnny Rocker

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    [​IMG]
    Bro, I ain't going to argue with you, I know what I have. Forget about it.:righton:
     
  15. Johnny Rocker

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    Sounds like a plan, bubba!
     
  16. jdrueke

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    How about a little Blackfoot?

     
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  17. Finch Platte

    Finch Platte Lettme Rundatt Bayou

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    I used to have a record by them, I'm sorry it got lost somewhere along the line. :(
     
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  18. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    Get those ears cleaned...its violin on the studio version, and onstage it's a harmonica :)
     
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  19. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    Don't call me bro. I have one and you're not him :)
     
  20. MikaelaArsenault

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    Which version of Whammer Jammer is used in one of the Problem Child movies? Does anyone know?
     
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  21. billpeener

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    If you consider them songs, there's Springsteen's Good Eye and Jersey Devil.
     
  22. spinout66

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    Hookfoots 1st lp....Bluebird stands out.....Great lp -by the way....
     
  23. mgmgrand

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    I have to say this is a strange thread, with some people naming harp masters (Little Walter, Stevie Wonder, etc) and others naming rock recordings with harmonica played pretty badly. Mick Jagger is perhaps my least favorite harmonica player of all time. For me, he singlehandedly ruins Midnight Rambler with his squelched tone but the sound of Keith's saturated . (On the other hand, Sugar Blue's solo on "Miss You" is a thing of rare beauty.) Robert Plant isn't much better. Bob Dylan's playing is infamous (Larry Adler once commented that Dylan should not be allowed to play harmonica), but I actually find it works perfectly in the context of his recordings (unless listening to Blonde on Blonde on headphones). I also like Neil Young's melodic, non-bluesy approach, as far as rock and roll players go. But for the most part, if you want to hear great harmonica playing, you go to the blues section of your record store. For acoustic country blues, Sonny Terry is the defining sound. For Chicago blues, some of the best are Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, James Cotton and Big Walter Horton. Toots Thielmans was/is the greatest jazz harmonica player and an all around genius to boot.
     
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  24. quakerparrot67

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    not as obvious and you do have to listen for it, but the bass harmonica on 'wouldn't it be nice' is an essential part of the song's sound- from what i gan tell it takes the place of rythm guitar and throws in some great accents here and there, too.

    cheers,
    rob
     
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