| Influences | Some harp players I like: Carlos del Junco, Sonny Boy Williamson I & II, Kim Wilson, Little Walter, Rick Estrin, George Smith, Charlie Musselwhite, Paul Butterfield, Sonny Terry, Norton Buffalo, Mark Ford, Rory McCleod etc, etc, etc...got to add Gary Primich in here, only discovered him recently and now he's gone.. a sad loss, a wonderful player.
General stuff: Taj Mahal,Ry Cooder, Tom Waits, Louis Jordan, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Big Joe Turner, Dr John, T-Bone Walker, Captain Beefheart, Professor Longhair, Amos Milburn, Neville Brothers, Bill Withers, Ray Charles, Gil Scott Heron, Canned Heat, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Ruth Brown, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Nina Simone, Keb Mo, Willie Dixon, Exuma, African Hi Life, Ambrose Campbell, Ska (lots of), Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Henry Fiol, Toots & the Maytells, Culture, Black Uhuru, Aswad, Steel Pulse, Specials, Madness, Clash, Siouxie and the Banshees, Talking Heads, Randy Newman, Howling Wolf, Junior Parker, Junior Wells, Junior Walker, Magic Dick, The Band, Les Negresses Vertes, Thelonius Monk, Roland Kirk, Miles Davis, Abdullah Ibrahim, Duke Ellington, Jay McShan, Wynonie Harris, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Rev Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Lightning Hopkins, Elmore James, JB Lenoir ............Think I'll stop before this gets completely out of hand...
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