[Harp-L] top 10 living, dead, and near dead harp players

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my top ten:

all apologies for my rock and roll harmonica preference,  but the blues had 
a baby and they named the baby Rock and Roll ( they also had a daughter and 
they named her Soul ). in no particular order excepting #'s 1 and 10.

1.william clarke
2.andy just
3. mark ford
4. james cotton
5. charlie musselwhite
6. paul butterfield
7. mark hummel
8. little walter
9.sonny boy williamson II
10. cletusaurus rex

honorable mention: steve cohen (milwaukee -and madison for that matter- , 
geo-historically closely related to the original chicago-style amplified 
blues harmonica ), paul delay, dennis gruenling, johnny sansone,slim 
harpo,carlos deljunco, walter"shakey" horton, billy gibson,jelly roll 
johnson, rod piazza,kim wilson, curtis salgado.
okay, okay, chromatic jazz:  . 1.bill barrett ,bbq "backbone" my vote for 
alltime best jazz album ( sorry miles) 2. mike turk who is probably a top 
ten diatonic player and a better chromatic jazz harmonica player than toots 
thielmans ( buy "turks works"  if you don't believe me and be your own 
judge), and 3. toots thielmans .

diatonic jazz:............ NOBODY

one should not properly compare apples to oranges, but that goes without 
saying.

and no list like this does the many many ass-kicking harmonica players out 
there any justice whatsoever.

but that's just one man's opinion,


cletus white