Harmonica is the secondary protagonist of Sergio Leone’s epic 1968 Spaghetti Western film, Once Upon a Time in the West. He is…
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Best harmonica for beginners
Diatonic For beginners, a good harmonica to start with is a diatonic harmonica in the key of C. The diatonic…
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Mr. Tambourine Man (Live at the Newport Folk Festival. 1964). Bob Dylan and his Harmonica…
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Sonny Terry, original name Saunders Terrell, (born October 24, 1911, Greensboro, Georgia, U.S.—died March 11, 1986, Mineola, New York), was…
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Zoom harmonica lessons and video calls are definitely an elegant solution to start to play this fantastic instrument. Due to the COVID-19…
Continue readingModern Blues Harmonica Players: Sugar Blue
Sugar Blue sings and plays Hoochie Coochie Man on harmonica. This is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and…
Continue readingStevie Wonder performance with his chromatic harmonica
Stevie Wonder performs “Alfie” with his chromatic harmonica in the East Room to tribute Hal David and Burt Bacharach as…
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Larry Adler was certainly one of the greatest harmonica player of all times. He played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph…
Continue readingToots Thielemans, Jazz Legend.
Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician mostly known for his harmonica playing, as well as his guitar and whistling…
Continue readingSonny Boy Williamson II, the lonely man
Sonny Boy Williamson II was an American blues singer & harmonica player at the emergence of ‘electric blues’. Some of his…
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