MY Baby Plays the Harmonica
A history of blues and country harmonica (harp) in 20-or-so profiles of the great players.
MY Baby Plays the Harmonica
George 'Harmonica' Smith and Big Mama Thornton
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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The great player and mentor of masters (Rod Piazza, William Clarke, James Harman) George 'Harmonica' Smith, never quite adequately recorded. And his astonishing friend the criminally underappreciated Big Mama Thornton. "Me and him have been scuffling a long time."
Gunsmoke Blues
https://youtu.be/_ATwmyuhmeY?si=-T_By5lQJvJKeqwB
Big Mama Thornton and Big Walter! (and John Lee Hooker!)
https://youtu.be/GX8f70FW3lU?si=_G--_fYYjF6yfSQa
