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The leader of Austin's Fabulous Thunderbirds and the great inheritor of the great Little Walter
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The great chromatic and cross harp player, bandleader, and singer, mentored by George Smith, who died (maybe broke) in 1996.
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The great living player, protege of George Smith and perhaps the greatest master of double cross harp.
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The precision, the tone, and the underlying swing! Out of Chicago, also sitting that Muddy Waters harp chair.
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Richard Salwitz of the J. Geils Band, the inventor of rock n roll harmonica. My all-time harpgod.
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The great living master and creative force of the blues harmonica, Paul Butterfield's non-evil twin.
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We have reached our rendezvous with blues harp racial destiny!
The two documentaries mentioned are "Horn from the Heart" and "Born in Chicago"
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The great player and mentor of masters (Rod Piazza, William Clarke, James Harman) George 'Harmonica' Smith, never quite adequately recorded. And his astonishing friend the criminally underappreciated Big Mama Thornton. "Me and him have been scuffling a long time."
Gunsmoke Blues
https://youtu.be/_ATwmyuhmeY?si=-T_By5lQJvJKeqwB
Big Mama Thornton and Big Walter! (and John Lee Hooker!)
https://youtu.be/GX8f70FW3lU?si=_G--_fYYjF6yfSQa
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The greatest of blues improvisers, as he showed on the London Muddy Waters Sessions.
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A history of blues and country harmonica (harp) in 20-or-so profiles of the great players.