List of harmonicists

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This is a list of musicians that play harmonica.

Contents 1 Harmonica bands 2 Harmonica ensembles 3 Bluegrass players 4 Blues players 5 Folk 6 Rock and roll 7 Country Music 8 Gospel 9 Irish music 10 Jazz 11 Classical music 12 See also 13 Miscellaneous

[edit] Harmonica bands

• Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals
• Troupe da Gaita
• Johnny Puleo and His Harmonica Gang

[edit] Harmonica ensembles

• The Harmonicats
• Adler Trio [1]
• Orchester Hohnerklang [2]
• The Society Boys [[3]]
• Sväng [4]

[edit] Bluegrass players

• Mike Stevens [5] - Diatonic

[edit] Blues players

• Philip Achille (Chromatic)
• Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues
• Tom Ball
• James Belushi
• Billy Branch
• Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf
• Paul Butterfield
• William Clarke
• James Cotton
• Paul Jones (The Blues Band, Manfred Mann)
• Paul deLay, (notable for chromatic playing as well as diatonic)
• Carlos Del Junco (Canadian harp player)
• Rick Estrin
• Joe Filisko
• Steve Baker
• Son Of Dave, (Benjamin Darvill)
• Harmonica John Fraser ([6]), (Plays drums and harmonica simultaneously)
• Paul Gillings [7] (British, Ex Junior World Champion, Diatonic)
• Marla Glen
• Dennis Gruenling [8] (Jump Blues Chromatic, Diatonic)
• Adam Gussow (member of Harlem blues duo Satan and Adam)
• Michael Peloquin (versatile player of many styles rooted in the blues)
• James Harman
• RJ Harman
• Slim Harpo
• Jon Gindick
• Mark Hummell
• Christopher Lloyd-Baron (Blues)
• John Mayall (Bluesbreakers)
• Lee McBee
• Jerry McCain, (featured on Rhino Records "Blues Masters Volume 4: Harmonica Classics" and known for his unusual Blues songs:"Burn the Crackhouse Down" and "Sue Somebody".)
• Delbert McClinton
• David Miller (musician) [9] (Diatonic, Chromatic)
• Jean-Jacques Milteau
• Charlie Musselwhite [10] (Diatonic, Chromatic)
• Rod Piazza [11] (Chromatic, Diatonic)
• Rob Paparozzi [12] (Blues/Jazz, Diatonic/Chromatic)
• Kye Parsons(Diatonic, Chromatic) (a harmonica virtuoso based in Maryland, USA, also known for his folk playing)
• Jerry Portnoy [13] (Diatonic)
• Gary Primich [14] (Diatonic, Chromatic)
• Snooky Pryor
• Annie Raines
• Jimmy Reed
• Keith Relf
• Jason Ricci
• Peter Madcat Ruth ([15])
• Dutch Mason
• Curtis Salgado
• Alan Schackner
• Corky Siegel (Siegel-Schwall Blues Band)
• George "Harmonica" Smith
• Powell St. John
• Sugar Blue (known for high speed playing.)
• Greg "Fingers" Taylor (Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band)
• Mike Tetrault ([16]) (known for his great note-bending abilities and expertise with the technical side of harp playing)
• Sonny Terry
• Captain Beefheart (a.k.a Don Van Vliet)
• Little Walter (great pioneer in amplified blues harmonica.) Muddy Waters (first harmonica player.)
• Big Walter Horton
• Junior Wells, (Muddy Waters)
• Mark Wenner
• Phil Wiggins (Cephas & Wiggins)
• Sonny Boy Williamson I
• Sonny Boy Williamson II
• Greg Szlapczynski
• Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• Craig Twister Steward ([17]), (former Harp artist with Frank Zappa, the Hendrix of the Harp)
• Roly Platt Versatile Blues, R&B, Country player - Canada
• Alan Wilson (Member of American Blues/Boogie Band Canned Heat, played with blues guitar greats such as Son House and John Lee Hooker.)
• Garrett "G. Love" Dutton ( G. Love and Special Sauce)
• Aharon Weinstein
• Ryszard "Skiba" Skibiński (in Polish)

[edit] Folk

• Donovan
• Bob Dylan
• Brian Skidmore
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott
• Jesse Fuller
• Woody Guthrie
• Mel Lyman (Jim Kweskin Jug Band)
• Sonny Terry
• Neil Young
• Tavares da Gaita
• Vikki Simpson (The Waifs)

[edit] Rock and roll

• Curly Smith
• Ryan Adams
• Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
• Gem Archer (Oasis)
• Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
• Beck
• Bono (U2)
• David Bowie
• Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)
• Ray Thomas (Moody Blues)
• Jack Bruce
• Logan Burr
• Alice Cooper
• Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
• Rick Davies (Supertramp)
• Magic Dick (Richard Salwitz of the J. Geils Band)
• Roger Daltrey (The Who)
• Pete Doherty (Babyshambles)
• Bob Dylan
• Melissa Etheridge
• Andrew Farriss (INXS)
• Dave Gage [18] (tongue-switching rock diatonic and chromatic player ala Eddie Van Halen)
• Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil)
• Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
• Justin Hayward-Young
• Peter Hope-Evans
• Mick Jagger
• Billy Joel
• Scott Albert Johnson
• John Lennon
• Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
• Huey Lewis
• Johnny Marr
• Matt Mays
• Ron McKernan (Grateful Dead)
• Alanis Morissette
• Tommy Morgan
• Van Morrison
• Nick Hexum (311)- Played live, for cover of The Clash's White Man (In Hammersmith Palais)
• Lee Oskar (War)
• Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
• Wally Palmar (The Romantics)
• Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
• John Popper (Blues Traveler)(known for his fast playing.)
• Keith Relf
• Rymodee (This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb)
• Joe Satriani
• John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful)
• Bruce Springsteen
• Adam Stephens (Two Gallants)
• Chris Squire (Yes)
• Rachel Trachtenburg (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)
• Stephen MacPherson
• Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
• Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
• Stevie Wonder
• Neil Young
• Shakira
• Tom Petty
• Scott Thurston (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
• Enrique Bunbury (Héroes del Silencio)
• Simple Kid
• Warren Zevon
• Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday - Mostly Live)

[edit] Country Music

• Clint Black
• Norton Buffalo[19]
• Jimmie Fadden (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
• Phil PT Gazell
• Buddy Greene
• Kirk Jellyroll Johnson [20]
• Charlie McCoy
• Terry McMillan
• Mickey Raphael
• Wayne Raney, (known for his "talking harmonica")
• Bobbejaan Schoepen

[edit] Gospel

• Lance Monlux (The Refuge Band)
• Cameron Childs (He's Not There)

[edit] Irish music

• Patrick Clancy (The Clancy Brothers)
• Tony Eyers [21] (Diatonic)
• Brendan Power [22] (Chromatic, Diatonic)

[edit] Jazz

• Philip Achille (Chromatic, Virtuoso, Saxophonist, Piano and Double bass)
• Larry Adler (Chromatic)
• Bruno De Filippi (Chromatic)
• William Galison (Chromatic)
• Max Geldray (Goon Show)
• Enrico Granafei (Chromatic)
• Clint Hoover [23] (Chromatic, Diatonic)
• Richard Hunter [24]] (Chromatic)
• Julian Jackson (Chromatic)
• Ron Kalina (Chromatic)
• Don Les (Diatonic & Bass)
• Howard Levy (Diatonic)
• Grégoire Maret [25] (Chromatic)
• Laurent Maur [26] (Chromatic)
• Hendrik Meurkens [27] (Chromatic)
• Chris Michalek (Diatonic)
• Tollak Ollestad [28] (Chromatic)
• Jason Rosenblatt [29] (Diatonic)
• Jean "Toots" Thielemans (Chromatic)
• Les Thompson (Chromatic)
• Mike Turk [30] (Chromatic, Diatonic)
• Tinus Koorn [31] (Diatonic)
• Sandy Weltman (Diatonic)
• Frederic Yonnet [32] (Diatonic)
• Antonio Serrano [33] (Chromatic, Diatonic)

[edit] Classical music

• Philip Achille (Chromatic, Virtuoso, Saxophonist, Piano and Double bass)
• Larry Adler (Chromatic, Virtuoso)
• Robert Bonfiglio (Chromatic)
• Willi Burger (Chromatic Virtuoso)
• Ronald Chesney (Chromatic, Virtuoso)
• Franz Chmel [34] (Chromatic)
• Sigmund Groven (Chromatic)
• Jim Hughes (Chromatic)
• Jia-Ye He (virtuoso, chromatic, bass, etc. Sometimes accompanied by his daughter, Jenny He, usually on piano, but also on harmonica.)
• Cham-Ber Huang (Chromatic)
• Larry Logan (Chromatic)
• Tommy Morgan (Chromatic, Diatonic, Bass, etc.)
• Tommy Reilly (Chromatic)
• John Sebastian (Chromatic (John Sebastian, Sr. - father of John Sebastian, Jr. of The Lovin' Spoonful, folk and blues player)
• Douglas Tate [35] (Chromatic)
• Yasuo Watani (Chromatic)
• Yew Hong Chow (Chromatic, Virtuoso)

[edit] See also

Harmonica

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Felix - Chromatic, Tremolo, Indian Music, Percussion