1ST HARP SONG?
Sat, 12/13/2025 - 19:57
What was the first song you heard with harmomica on it that made you want to learn harp?
Mine was "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel the Delbert McClinton on harp.
Tue, 12/16/2025 - 20:25
#2
Junior Wells' "Help Me"
Tho' I didn't take up harmonica until decades later (50 years later!), the harp tune that bit me and led me to the blues was Junior Wells' version of Rice Miller's classic "Help Me," the very first cut on the Samuel Charters-produced Vanguard 3-LP set, "Chicago - The Blues - Today!" Still gives me chills. Wells' version is now a staple on my harmonica/vocal set list.
Ukulele Rob plays Hohner™ harmonicas customized by Kinya Pollard, The Harpsmith™
Cream's version of Spoonful, on their first album, Fresh Cream. Jack Bruce played a two-note part, the notes E and G. The song was in E, and I first tried it on a C harp. The notes came out easily enough, but the chords sounded weird. Of course, Jack was unsing an A harp. Thus began my puzzled initiation into the world of blues harmonica and second position.