Kim Wilson, leader of Austin's Fabulous Thunderbirds, shares his expertise as the great inheritor of Little Walter's legacy, bringing a new level of blues authenticity to the music world.
19 Nov 2024
William Clarke
Send us a textThe great chromatic and cross harp player, bandleader, and singer, mentored by George Smith, who died (maybe broke) in 1996.
8 Nov 2024
Rod Piazza
Send us a textThe great living player, protege of George Smith and perhaps the greatest master of double cross harp.
30 Oct 2024
Jerry Portnoy
Send us a textThe precision, the tone, and the underlying swing! Out of Chicago, also sitting that Muddy Waters harp chair.
27 Oct 2024
Magic Dick
Send us a textRichard Salwitz of the J. Geils Band, the inventor of rock n roll harmonica. My all-time harpgod.
17 Oct 2024
Charlie Musselwhite
Send us a textThe great living master and creative force of the blues harmonica, Paul Butterfield's non-evil twin.
15 Oct 2024
Paul Butterfield
Send us a textWe have reached our rendezvous with blues harp racial destiny! The two documentaries mentioned are "Horn from the Heart" and "Born in Chicago"
8 Oct 2024
George 'Harmonica' Smith and Big Mama Thornton
Send us a textThe 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 Blueshttps://youtu.be/_ATwmyuhmeY?si=-T_By5lQJvJKeqwBBig Mama Thornton and Big Walter! (and John Lee Hooker!)https://youtu.be/GX8f70FW3lU?si=_G--_fYYjF6yfSQa
2 Oct 2024
Carey Bell
Send us a textThe greatest of blues improvisers, as he showed on the London Muddy Waters Sessions.
28 Sept 2024
James Cotton
Send us a textThe furiously rocking god of blues harmonica!
5 Sept 2024
Junior Wells
Send us a textThe incredibly right player and maybe the greatest blues singer I ever experienced.
2 Sept 2024
Racked: Jimmy Reed and Slim Harpo
Send us a textThe fine rack players, born mid-1920s, with classic songs galore. Big Boss Man. Baby Scratch My Back. Sorry about audible incoming emails. I can do better.
28 Aug 2024
Big Walter Horton
Send us a textThe great Big Walter Horton, also known as "Shaky" and "Mumbles". Perhaps Little and Big Walter are the two greatest "classic" blues harp players
19 Aug 2024
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Send us a textRice or Alex or Alec Miller, Little Boy Blue, or SBW2: A real asshole, seemingly. But one of the handful of greatest music artists of the 20th century. Help me, baby!I screwed up when I said that his band included Jimmy Rogers. Robert Junior Lockwood!
14 Aug 2024
Sonny Terry
Send us a textEpisode 4: The great Piedmont/country/acoustic/folk blues master Sonny Terry.
12 Aug 2024
Early Masters: Deford Bailey and Sonny Boy 1 (John Lee) Williamson
Send us a textThe very different but related country/blues styles of Opry star Deford Bailey (1899-1982), an incomparable virtuoso, and incomparable influence John Lee Williamson (1914-1948), known as Sonny Boy 1 (Rice Miller, Sonny Boy Williamson 2, swiped the name, but was an even better player).
8 Aug 2024
Why the Harmonica is a Great Blues Instrument
Send us a textbonus episode on why the diatonic harp is ideal for blues. country and other folk or roots genres, and a bit about how i learned to play circa 1971.
7 Aug 2024
Little Walter
Send us a textBy acclamation, the greatest blues player ever to blow a harmonica. Here are likely future episodes:Sonny Boy Williamson 1 and 2James CottonJunior WellsSonny TerryMagic DickPaul ButterfieldCarey BellJason RicciCharlie McCoyMickey RaphaelDeford BaileyGeorge SmithRod PiazzaKim WilsonWilliam ClarkeCharlie Musselwhite Jerry PortnoyLee Oskar
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