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18 maj 2024 · Phil Wiggins, a harmonica player of such range that he could make his instrument sound like a clarinet one minute, an accordion the next and then an entire percussion section — all in the...
20 maj 2024 · Phil Wiggins, legendary Piedmont blues harmonica master who played alongside guitarist/vocalist John Cephas, died May 7 in Takoma Park, Maryland at the age of 69.
William Clarke (March 29, 1951 – November 2, 1996) was an American blues harmonica player and singer. He was chiefly associated with the Chicago blues style of amplified harmonica, but also incorporated elements of jump blues , swing , and soul jazz into his playing.
Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs in 1930, is widely regarded as one of the greatest harmonica players in blues history. He revolutionized the role of the harmonica by amplifying it through a microphone, creating a powerful, distorted sound that became a hallmark of Chicago blues.
12 maj 2023 · Growing up in Chicago, American blues harmonica player and singer Paul Butterfield originally studied classical flute, but an interest in the blues quickly led him away from that and toward the harmonica.
22 kwi 2021 · John lee was the 1st Original Master Blues player of the Harmonica who rules the early 1900’s. He was killed in the later 1930’s in Chicago around 31st not far from his home over a robbery beating.
17 mar 2017 · James Cotton, the prolific Grammy Award-winning blues harmonica player, died yesterday of pneumonia at the age of 81. Affectionately nicknamed “Mr. Superharp,” Cotton was a pioneering force for...
