Best harmonica tracks you have ever heard ?

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited June 2012 in Music & Movies
I was just listening to ... Man with the harmonica on spotify lol and it got me thinking that I have never heard very many tracks with the harmonica played

Whats your favorite harmonica track ?
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2011
    Train Time
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2011
    Whammer Jammer by Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band.

    Have a listen

    <iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/As2wn2lKr4Q&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    I've seen this band 3x, and no one comes close on the energy scale.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited August 2011
    +1 for Magic Dick, not to metion Neil Young, John Poper of Blues Traveler (seeing them tommorow night), however I do beleive Junior Wells was one of the best Harp players check him out.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited August 2011
    John Mayall blows a mean harp.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2011
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2011
    Train Train by Blackfoot :wink:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP15lRprPs
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited August 2011
    obieone wrote: »
    Whammer Jammer by Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band.

    Have a listen

    <iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/As2wn2lKr4Q&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    I've seen this band 3x, and no one comes close on the energy scale.

    +1, stole my thunder. Cheers.:cool:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited August 2011
    In jazz anything done by Toots Thielemans.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited August 2011
    Dueling Harmonica's!
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  • toucanet
    toucanet Posts: 580
    edited August 2011
    WAR with Lee Oskar - Low Rider
    Lee Oskar - Before the Rain (Very Relaxing)
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited August 2011
    Charlie Musselwhite
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  • breal74
    breal74 Posts: 324
    edited August 2011
    Anything by Blues Traveler.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited August 2011
    Charlie McCoy has made quite a name for himself.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2011
    John Mayall--check out "Room to Move"
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited August 2011
    breal74 wrote: »
    Anything by Blues Traveler.

    While this isn't the best from Poppa John, he does a Killer harp on 'Too Much Food on my Plate' from Jason Mraz Live, I can't find the video of that song, so here's Curbside Prophet, http://www.hulu.com/watch/121724/jason-mraz-curbside-prophet-live :cool:
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  • kefranklin
    kefranklin Posts: 141
    edited August 2011
    I just got Thom Doucette's "The Douce is Loose" from the late 1970's. He did the harmonica work on the Allman's Fillmore East album and there is some pretty good stuff on this one.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2011
    For a careers worth of harp work, take a listen to Delbert McClinton, who BTW, reportedly taught the Beatles how to play it many years ago.:wink:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IP_-Ke81Ls&feature=related
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited August 2011
    breal74 wrote: »
    Anything by Blues Traveler.

    Absolutely! I've never heard anyone that can do what John Popper does. :eek:

    I Saw Blues Traveller live at the Cats Cradle, a club that holds around 5-600 - he/they were every bit as good as their recordings.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited August 2011
    Not really, but I just figured I'd throw this one out there.... :smile:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited June 2012
    Kim kicks it every so often !!!:mrgreen:

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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited June 2012
    Another vote for Big Popper.

    The way he can go in and out of whailing on the harp to singing at a super fast pace is amazing. I know it's the most overplayed song, but hear him do "Hook" live...pretty impressive. My favorite song of theirs is The Mountains Win Again even though that %$^&$ beer commercial messed it up in the 90's.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited June 2012
    Also agree with the Junior Wells comment from last year.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited June 2012
    Jimmy Vaughan's pretty good too! (SRV's little bro):cool:

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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited June 2012
    gdb wrote: »
    For a careers worth of harp work, take a listen to Delbert McClinton, who BTW, reportedly taught the Beatles how to play it many years ago.:wink:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IP_-Ke81Ls&feature=related

    Delbert himself has said that he didn't teach the Beatles to play harmonica.
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  • playback
    playback Posts: 101
    edited June 2012
    I'll throw in Stevie Wonders "I was made to Love Her"
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited June 2012
    gdb wrote: »
    Jimmy Vaughan's pretty good too! (SRV's little bro):cool:

    <iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J20KW9sbY_s&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited June 2012
    Canned Heat played with some of the greats. Give John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat. '' Whiskey & Wimmen '' a listen. Or with Clarence Gatemouth Brown.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited June 2012
    decal wrote: »
    Kim Wilson plays harp for the FabTbirds. Jimmy Vaughan is SRV's older brother and plays guitar.Read the cover man, read the cover.

    Try to read the monitors, I believe you're losing consciousness ! Rapidly !!!:lol: Read post #21 while yer at it.:rolleyes:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited June 2012
    To me and my ears.....Popper is WAY too frenzied and confused sounding and not just a little "unsettling". Then again, he's got plenty of fans without me in that number !:wink:
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,510
    edited June 2012
    toucanet wrote: »
    WAR with Lee Oskar - Low Rider
    Lee Oskar - Before the Rain (Very Relaxing)

    +1 to Lee Oskar. Also Cisco Kid, The World is a Ghetto, and more. One of the founders and a very integral part of War. Along with his solo work, he also manufactured harmonicas.
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