Harmonica Shah, born in Oakland, lived in TX for a time with his blues harp and guitar playing grandfather Sam Dawson who was a recording artist himself. Shah talks about the raw blues his grandfather sang and how it influenced him. He picked up the harp in 1976 and has put out a number of cd's since, his first in 2000.He plays some of the best ol blues harp going (IMHO). He's up in the blow bends in a number of his songs, enough that it's getting me up there trying some blow bends myself. continue reading...
Posted Tue, 09/24/2013 - 14:34 by Ryan Finley Walker
Since no one has mentioned it yet, there is a track on the new Black Sabbath album 13 with some great harp on it, entitled Damaged Soul. From what I've been reading online, it seems as though Ozzy has been falsely credited for the harp playing on this track (one listen to it and you can tell it's not Ozzy), and credit should go to Stanley Behrens. Either way, some really nice harp playing here and I'm glad they chose to feature it on the new album.