Country and western was the cradle of the harmonica
in the USA. "I’m a poor lonesome harmonica player".
In a western, the harmonica player is never the
bad guy...
Stompin' in the
barn...
Along with Herman Crook and Humphrey Bates,
the black harmonica player Deford Bailey was a featured member of the "Grand Ole
Opry" radio broadcast from 1926 to 1941.
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Harmonica Masters (Yazoo)
"Take your foot out of the mud and put it in the sand"
par Doctor Humphrey Bates's Possum Hunters
The style evolved after the war thanks to
Wayne Raney and Onie Wheeler.
Delmore Brothers avec Wayne Raney
(Ace cdch 455)
Le Nashville sound...
In the 60's Charlie Mc Coy becomes the
reference, due to his musicality and virtuosity. He backs up Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Bob Dylan... and many country, pop, and rock stars. He is one of the few to master the
particular groove of the fiddle tunes and the extreme precision of the bends in the
ballads.
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Charlie Mc Coy «Live in Paris»
(PSB pv 92318)
There are interesting harmonica licks on
records by Willie Nelson or Emmylou Harris (Mickey Raphael), Waylon Jennings or Jerry Jeff
Walker (Don Brooks). Treat your ears to the work of Terry Mc Millan, P.T. Gazell and Jimmy
Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band too.
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