Songs with Harmonicas. Which are the best?

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Saturday Jul 21, 2012

I was listening to Baba O'riley tonight and Roger Daltry does a decent Harmonica solo in it. So it led me to wonder what some of your favorite songs with harmonica in them are?

Here is Baba O'riley (Teenage Wasteland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUBTX9kKEo

What are some others?

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX5yhpO52AA

riksylvania · Post by **riksylvania** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

Just listen to the entire Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson catalogues.
Little Walter was the first guy who started playing through a tube amp overdriven and made it cool to be a harp player. He still has the best tone of all time, IMHO. Aside from his solo career, he spend most of his career in Muddy Waters' band.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

I never heard of Little Walter. I will have to check him out.

AllHolLowsEVe · Post by **AllHolLowsEVe** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

Always was a huge fan of Tom Petty's "You Don't Know How it Feels" It's not an earth shattering harmonica lick. But it's catchy and accents the song nicely. The band Blessid Union of Souls always made good use of the harmonica in many of their songs as well.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

Always loved "Runaround" by Blues Traveler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ousaiByU1ko

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

Sonny Boy Williamson (I & II), Little Walter, James Cotton, Junior Wells.

Little Walter, Juke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGpv-UeiDI

Sonny Boy II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHzyMbxRu3c

James Cotton:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeuco0PgJs

Junior Wells:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrbqaKmUCY8

Another master, Toots Theilemans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNpKbvoIPE8

Mandmeisterx · Post by **Mandmeisterx** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

I was always partial to Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts.

StumbleFingers · Post by **StumbleFingers** » Sunday Jul 22, 2012

"Whammer Jammer" by the J. Geils Band is a fun tune, featuring the incomparably named Magic Dick on harp. There are a ton of live versions on YouTube. I love his hook on "Give It To Me", all two notes of it. So simple but it makes the song.

I always suspected that Little Walter was a big influence, maybe subliminally, on a lot of electric guitarists who came after. He had that molten distortion and wild phrasing well before guys like Hendrix came along.

Jsun76 · Post by **Jsun76** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Train Train - Blackfoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUsxDfAaOfc

lynch1 · Post by **lynch1** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Im with Jsun76....Train, Train.....awesome song....our band is actually doing that song, unfortunately none of us know how to play harmonica, so we are eliminating the intro..

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

lynch1 wrote:Im with Jsun76....Train, Train.....awesome song....our band is actually doing that song, unfortunately none of us know how to play harmonica, so we are eliminating the intro..

use a wah pedal and a slide

robinhood · Post by **robinhood** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Billy joel- piano man

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

How about 'You don't know how it feels' from Tom Petty?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PZoD8fG2fk

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

Huey Lewis And The News - Workin' For A Livin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klzq3zpayeY

War - Low Rider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4yhp9L6Ok

Neil Young - Heart of Gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi1cpR8_PFQ

Don Hughes · Post by **Don Hughes** » Monday Jul 23, 2012

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - "If You Want To Get To Heaven"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm_-JQ0KqFg

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

These have some small harmonica parts in them.

Black Sabbath - The Wizzard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQ5jhtFypg

The Romantics - What I Like About You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvHKjDKY_O8

U2 - Trip through your wires

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmA1KVn1 ... re=related

Julian Lennon - Too Late for goodbyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNBVY2D ... re=related

robinhood · Post by **robinhood** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

A song that holds sentimental value to me.

Take the long way home by supertramp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSwaGgAj ... ure=fvwrel

AllHolLowsEVe · Post by **AllHolLowsEVe** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

Hell yeah Beth! Supertramp has always been a vasty under-rated band. Breakfast in America is a classic record!

robinhood · Post by **robinhood** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

AllHolLowsEVe wrote:Hell yeah Beth! Supertramp has always been a vasty under-rated band. Breakfast in America is a classic record!

+1

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoylkQckWg

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jul 24, 2012

The Wizard- Black Sabbath

http://youtu.be/J90HP5tcDF0

B-Spiffy · Post by **B-Spiffy** » Wednesday Jul 25, 2012

Of course I'm going to say The Wizard. Blackfoot, Little Walter and are both good ones too. I would add Howlin Wolf's 'How Many More Years' as an excellent track. But when I think of harmonica my mind goes to John Popper. 'But Anyway' and 'Carolina Blues' are two very good ones. Love the sound of a harp played through a green bullet. I've always wanted to play Harmonica. But everytime I try, it sounds like I'm using a duck press with a live duck. Although I do play the baddest air-harp around. I'll cut heads with anyone!

Wolf http://youtu.be/4Ou-6A3MKow

B.T. http://youtu.be/OkeRblSUtaE

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Jul 25, 2012

Stevie Wonder - Fingertips (Parts I & II)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ubgVjp3CY

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday Jul 26, 2012

Stevie Wonder - Isn't she lovely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gckGhM7GmWM

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