Thursday, April 21, 2011

My Top Ten Blues Harmonica Solos

Of course such a list cannot ever be complete unless one has heard every blues song ever recorded featuring the harmonica, but these are my top picks based on what I have heard so far.

1.  I Just Want to Make Love to You -- Muddy Waters featuring Little Walter
     from His Best:  1947-1955

2.  Devil's Foot -- Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers
     from Keepin' It Real

3.  Desert Island -- Johnny Mars
     featured on Blues on Fire (Easydisc collection)

4.  So Easy to Love You -- Carey Bell
     from Mellow Down Easy

5.  Off the Wall -- Little Walter
     from His Best

6.  Blues in My Sleep -- James Cotton
     from Best of the Verve Years

7.  Sad Hours -- Little Walter
     from His Best

8.  We Gonna Move to Kansas City -- Big Walter Horton
     from Fine Cuts

9.  Moving in a West Coast Way -- Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers
     from Keepin' It Real

10.  Easy -- Carey Bell
       from Deep Down

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