[Harp-L] songs every harp player must know

[Eric Miller]

So, I asked in an earlier thread for some easy blues harp standards. I got
a pretty good list of those now, thanks for that.

I know there are some blues harp songs that, regardless of difficulty
level, stand out as being on a short list of "every blues harp player must
be familiar with them.", sort of like Freebird or Stairway to Heaven for
the non-harp crowd.

I suppose songs like Whammer Jammer, Juke, Hey Little Schoolgirl, Key to
the Highway, are what I'm referring to. *What are some others like these?*

I'm really sorry if this seems like a stupid or odd question...my reason
for asking is purely to build my listening study library. I'm very serious
about this instrument, and rather than wander through the blues harp world
aimlessly, would much rather follow some informed guidance. (I do enough
wandering as it is)

[Timothy Kane]

I'd say If You Wanna Get to Heaven by Ozark Mountain Daredevils might fall in this category. Little Walter's Mellow Down Easy and James Cotton's Creeper would probably be another couple. Me personally, I think that Musselwhite's Christo Redemptor is one that every harp player should learn in good time, but it can prove difficult at times.

 

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[Winslow Yerxa]

At the risk of tunring this into a commercial, I devote an entire chapter (Chapter 21) to this subject in my new book, "Blues Harmonica For Dummies," with 8 pages in fine print listing blues harp songs, first by period/substyle, then by song name, artist, harp player if not the main artist, key of harmonica, key of song, and position.

This gives you a quick, handy, and very thorough reference, along with everything else in the book, which covers the core essentials of blues harmonica in some depth.

Winslow

Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
            Harmonica Basics For Dummies, ASIN B005KIYPFS
            Blues Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-1-1182-5269-7
Resident Harmonica Expert, bluesharmonica.com
Instructor, Jazzschool for Music Study and Performance

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From: Eric Miller <miller...@gmail.com>
To: har...@harp-l.org
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:52 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] songs every harp player must know

[bfr...@austin.rr.com]

if you can learn to play 'one more heartache' by butterfield, you will have the skills to play almost anything. :)

[Boogieman Peeps]

#1 - "Rainin' In My Heart" by Slim Harpo
#2 - "Scratch My Back" by Slim Harpo
#3 - whatever suits you the best

[Gary Calahan]

"One More Heartache"......I will second the opinion! My recollection was
several licks in the song that were challenges for me.....including the
vocals. I never did iron those licks out. None the less a GREAT song done
by a great musician!

[Eric Miller]

I'd like to add "B-Thing" to this list.


On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Boogieman Peeps
<boogiem...@gmail.com>wrote:

[bfr...@austin.rr.com]

my fave: 'one more heartache' butterfield....if you can play THAT, you can play!

[Eric Miller]

that was pretty crazy: I had the youtube
version<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10EX5Q5iZw>of One More
Heartache playing in another tab when that email hit my inbox.

wild.