songs with good harmonica bits

[Doyle Redland 0]

I'm real close to getting started on learning to play the harmonica and would really appreciate any reccomendations of songs that you may know of that have a harmonica part that you like. Ill be leaning mostly towards blues rock and southern rock but examples from any genre would be welcome and much appreciated. every thing I've read up on indicates that a 10 hole diatonic in the key of c is the best for starting out on. I'm leaning towards a Lee Oskar brand over a Honer based upon the reviews I've read.

thanks again

[brinett9 0]

My music collection is just PACKED with great kazzoo and pan flute tunes.

 

Harmonica I cannot help you with.

[jerryskids 6,531]

Any Blues Traveler song?

[patweisers44 814]

Any Blues Traveler song?

ya think? john popper and his bandoleer filled with harmonicas

[nzoner 937]

If You Wanna Get To Heaven-The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

 

Train,Train-Blackfoot

[D_House 0]

Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life

 

Love that song.

[BlackClouds 24]

Hey Bartender - Blues Brothers

[patweisers44 814]

The Wizard - Black Sabbath

[brinett9 0]

Hey Bartender - Blues Brothers

[Guest Black Label Society]

Take the long way home - supertramp

[Jessy 0]

Ryan Adams, "Come Pick Me Up."

[Guest Black Label Society]

Jessy, you're my girl and everything, and I loves me my MN girls, but you listen to some shit music. Seriously.

 

JMHO.

 

BLS is coming in November, and NOT that I consider that 'quality' music by any stretch, you go to that with me, and I'll show you how to rock out with your um.....'labia'? out.......

[Jessy 0]

Jessy, you're my girl and everything, and I loves me my MN girls, but you listen to some shit music. Seriously.

 

JMHO.

 

BLS is coming in November, and NOT that I consider that 'quality' music by any stretch, you go to that with me, and I'll show you how to rock out with your um.....'labia'? out.......

 

Just be cause you don't like it doesn't mean it's ######. He wanted harmonica; that song's got harmonica.

 

I doubt I can go to that show. I'm staying with my cousin that weekend and I can't leave if she's home because she'll raid the liquor cabinet.

 

Plus, I hate the Quest. There's a show that night I'd go to at First Ave (Jamie Lidell + Hot Chip) if I could and another show the following night at First Ave (The Decemberists) that I think I'm going to see. That BLS show is always within days of something else I want to see.

[LarryBoy 0]

Whammer Jammer by J. Geils

 

Also Lazy by Deep Purple has a nice bit in the middle...

[TommyGavin 790]

The Wizard - Black Sabbath

beat me too it

 

[Guest Black Label Society]

Just be cause you don't like it doesn't mean it's ######. He wanted harmonica; that song's got harmonica.

 

I doubt I can go to that show. I'm staying with my cousin that weekend and I can't leave if she's home because she'll raid the liquor cabinet.

 

Plus, I hate the Quest. There's a show that night I'd go to at First Ave (Jamie Lidell + Hot Chip) if I could and another show the following night at First Ave (The Decemberists) that I think I'm going to see. That BLS show is always within days of something else I want to see.

 

You don't have to get all defensive honey buns. Sorry if I offended you......

[Jessy 0]

You don't have to get all defensive honey buns. Sorry if I offended you......

 

Not defensive nor offended. Just saying, my concert schedule is too full for me to see all the bands I want to see, much less a band I'm "meh" about.

[Guest Black Label Society]

Not defensive nor offended. Just saying, my concert schedule is too full for me to see all the bands I want to see, much less a band I'm "meh" about.

 

"meh" about BLS?!?!?!?

 

How DARE you.......

[skins1967 0]

" I Should Have Known Better "

" Love Me Do"

" Please Please Me"

 

- The Beatles

[brinett9 0]

" Love Me Do"

" Please Please Me"

These songs, much like The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues", do in fact feature harmonica prominently.

 

It's just a repetetive riff played over and over and over, though.

 

The works of Elwood Blues would be much more satisfying for the harmonica player.

[Revo 0]

Waylon Jennings: Lonesome, On'ry and Mean....and Honky Tonk Heroes

[Badmojo1006 0]

Midnight Rambler - The Stones

[gratefulted 14]

Easy Wind - Grateful Dead

What I Like About You - The Romantics

Blues Traveler - Run Around

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad

Led Zeppelin - Bring It On Home, Nobodys Fault But Mine

The Replacements - White & Lazy

Pretenders - Middle of the Road

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy

Paul Buttersfield - Anything!

[Ignignokt 0]

Pretenders - Middle of the Road

 

A few obvious ones:

Heart of Gold (and a gabillion others) -- Neil Young

Like a Rolling Stone (and a majillion others) -- Bob Dylan

Piano Man -- Billy Joel

Desire -- U2

Me and Bobby McGee -- Janis Joplin

[patweisers44 814]

Whammer Jammer by J. Geils

 

Also Lazy by Deep Purple has a nice bit in the middle...

"whammer jammer...let me hear you Dicky!!"

 

We are gonna Blow Your Face Out!!!!!!!!!!

[Electric Mayhem 35]

Take the long way home - supertramp

 

 

First one I thought of.

[D_House 0]

Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life

 

Love that song.

Also, Stevie released an album under the pseudonym Eivets Rednow (his name backwards) that was an instrumental harmonica album. I never heard it, but for a harmonica fan, I'd imagine it would be pretty focking good.

[Sho Nuff 720]

Take the long way home - supertramp

 

Supertramp...one of my guilty pleasures....

[ZeroTolerance 584]

Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels

Alice in Chains - Don't Follow

[porkbutt 892]

John Mayall - Room to Move

[He Like Me 0]

The beginning of Blue Sky Mine (Midnight Oil).

[cmh6476 1,008]

doesnt the times they are a changin have a bunch of harmonica in it?

[FutbolJugador 0]

beat me too it

 

 

 

Someone beat me to Neil Young- every song of his, practically.

[Dixie Chicken 0]

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy

Paul Buttersfield - Anything!

 

Get the Last Waltz by The Band. It has an excellant version of Muddy Waters doing Mannish Boy with the Band. It also has Paul Butterfield doing Mystery Train with them. Mystery Train is a glorious song.