Re: [Harp-L] Harmonica firsts

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

For the earliest country harp recordings, you might look to either Vernon Dalhart or Henry Whitter (Whittier in some renderings), though whether Dalhart was country or pop-with-a-ten-gallon-hat is arguable. Plenty of old-timey records included harp in the 1920s, including Dr. Humphrey Bate and several others.

For rock it depends in what you're willing to call rock. The hillbilly boogie records of the late 1940s featuring Wayne Raney and Lonnie Glosson under both Raney's name and that of the Delmore Brothers might qualify, or possibly some of the early records of Onie Wheeler, even though all these artists are looked on as more country than rock. 

(For something closer to rock&roll, maybe some of Little Walter's work or that of Billy Boy Arnold on his own or with Bo Diddley might qualify).
 
Winslow Yerxa
Author, Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
            Harmonica Basics For Dummies, ASIN B005KIYPFS
            Blues Harmonica For Dummies, ISBN 978-1-1182-5269-7
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 From: Glenn Weiser <banjoandguitar100@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 7:40 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Harmonica firsts
 

Okay, so now that I figured out when the first bluegrass harmonica recording occurred, it strikes me that I am pretty hazy on when the harmonica first appears in other genres.
So to this august assemblage I put the following questions:
What was the first blues harp recording?
What was the first country music harmonica recording?
What was the first rock and roll harmonica recording?
Anyone know out there?

 
Glenn Weiser
Web: www.celticguitarmusic.com


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