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Pages in category "American blues harmonica players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 203 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily ... 1977 Eddie Shaw, 2015 George "Harmonica" Smith, 1980 Hubert Sumlin in Montreux, 1978 Koko Taylor ...
A category for Blues musicians who are primarily notable for playing Blues harp or other kinds of harmonica. ... Pages in category "Blues harmonica players"
Guitarist Buddy Guy performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006. Chicago blues is a form of blues music developed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s, in which the basic instrumentation of Delta blues—acoustic guitar and harmonica—is augmented with electric guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, harmonica played with a microphone and an amplifier, and sometimes saxophone.
Billy Branch – Born October 3, 1951, in Great Lakes, Illinois, blues harp player and vocalist Branch is a harmonica blues performer who plays electric Chicago blues. He leads his own band, "The Sons of Blues" and has released several albums for labels such as Evidence Records and Alligator Records. [32]
This is a list of musicians that are notable for their harmonica playing skills. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Juke Boy Bonner – (March 22, 1932 – June 29, 1978) Born in Bellville, Texas, as Weldon Bonner, Bonner was a Texas blues and West Coast blues guitarist and blues harp player as well as a vocalist. Though based primarily in Texas for most of his career, he did work in the 1950s in Oakland, California , and recorded there for Irma Records .
John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson (March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. [1] He is often regarded as the pioneer of the blues harp as a solo instrument. He played on hundreds of recordings by many pre–World War II blues artists.