The harmonica was invented in Europe a century or so before it became one of the most definitive colors of American music.
Yet it seems typical of the U.S. attitude toward its own culture that the harmonica was dismissed here until Adler proved it could handle Debussy and Brahms.
Arthur's soliloquises about his mother asking him to play the harmonica on her deathbed could have come straight from the League of Gentleman and had the audience in hysterics.
In addition to surviving Katrina, JD is recovering from a mugging that left him with a shattered jaw, devastating considering that one of the instrument he plays is the harmonica.
The harmonica has long been regarded as the humblest of musical instruments, and yet, as Mr. Thielemans and Mr. Maret show, when played at its best, it is more than capable of expressing the deepest feelings in the human experience.
After Love Me Do, it is probably the most famous Harmonica riff in the Beatles' history.
He played guitar on Rolling Back The Rivers and harmonica on Love Is The Key.
She normally tours with a harmonica player to give the midrange a warm, reedy buzz "Harmonica is great for travel, " she noted but here she wanted an accordion, which also helped color her two landmark albums of the mid-'90s.
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Jagger played harmonica like the hellhounds had found his trail again and suddenly, the rock band that had been struggling to sound relevant got its groove back.
Any day now the vice president will pull out a harmonica and strip off his dress shirt to reveal the tie-dye beneath, ready to roam and ramble across this nation of subdivisions.
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Former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine performed the National Anthem on a harmonica.
He was known to play "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" on his harmonica.
In all of its two and a half minutes, "Silver Moon" finds singer Eric Earley guiding the band through a hooky chorus, backed by the infectious sounds of a harmonica.
Rocking out to the blaring guitar riffs, wailing harmonica and gut-rattling drum rolls by house band Kostiza is a great way to kick off a night of bar hopping.
Another brilliantly odd pairing arrives when Squeeze pair up with Manfred Mann singer, and now Radio 2 presenter, Paul Jones - on harmonica - to perform the album's title track.
Casting Shadows is steeped in the country twinges of lap steel, harmonica, banjo, strings, and acoustic guitars.
The collection includes Bob Dylan's harmonica, Elton John's shoes, Paul McCartney's guitar, Bo Didley's handmade guitar and a white, tassled poncho worn by Janice Joplin.
And I said, you know, it would be kind of cool if we put a harmonica solo on that track instead of the sax.
This year's Stomp will feature Robert Parker ("Barefootin'"), Jean Knight ("Mr. Big Stuff") and Lazy Lester, a Louisiana blues harmonica player whose song--first recorded in the 1960s--lent the festival its name.
Accompanied by a full string orchestra, he plays "Midnight Sun" with gravitas and then, a few tracks later, engages in a harmonica-and-bass duet (with Marc Johnson) on the "Spartacus Love Theme" that's more about intimacy than grandeur.
He played harmonica and taught himself songs on a guitar, starting with "When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland, " a Carter Family favorite.
Among them was the Robert Johnson classic "Walking Blues, " with Raitt on slide guitar and bluesman Junior Wells on harmonica.
Producer Jason Samel had been walking around Zucotti park in the early days of the protest when he was blown away by a singer-songwriter playing on some steps with a guitar and a harmonica.
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