[Harp-L] Famous "Harmonica players"

[Ross Macdonald]

Charlie's book - "50 cents and a boxtop" is a textbook on session musicianship and a hellofa great read!

> On January 22, 2019 at 10:57 AM Ronnie Schreiber <autothreads at xxxxx> wrote:
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> > It just has occurred to me another name of a good harp player: John 
> > Sebastian of the Loving Spoonful and maybe John Fogerty of CCR.
> I think this proves my original point. Most people, if they know the 
> name John Sebastian, know it because of the Lovin' Spoonful hits, or 
> more likely, the Welcome Back Kotter theme, not because of his (or his 
> father's) skills on the harmonica.
> 
> Just about all of the names mentioned in this thread are known to 
> harmonica enthusiasts, not, for the most part, the general public. 
> Charlie McCoy may be a legend around Nashville (and a hell of a nice 
> guy, too) but he's not a household name to the general public.  As a 
> matter of fact, I think you could make an argument that McCoy may be 
> better known around Nashville as a multi-instrumentalist and all around 
> musician than as strictly a harp player. I'll have to ask a friend of 
> mine who's a working harp player in Music City.
>