Re: [Harp-L] Required Reading

[Paul Routledge <kingley@xxxxxxx>]

Well 5 are hard to pick from a few hundred!!!
Todays choice for me would be.

Top 5 Harp Albums

1. An Offer You Can't Refuse (Walter Horton)
2. Up All Night (Dennis Gruenling)
3. Live at The 2nd Fret (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
4. Harmonica Ace (George Smith)
5. Harpburn (Rod Piazza)

Top 5 Influential recordings
I have picked tracks rather than albums mostly.

1. All of Me (Billie Holiday)
2. A 50 second clip of Walter Horton playing John Henry (just walter  
and an amp no backing) Has to be the greatest lesson in Tone, Timing,  
Phrasing and Dynamics ever!
3. Extra Napkins (James Harman)
4. Beautiful City (Sonny Terry)
5. Bye Bye Bird (Sonny Boy Williamson II)

Paul
www.kingleyharp.co.uk