IndianaHarpKid
20 posts
Jul 24, 2013
10:33 PM
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What are some songs featuring bass or chord harmonica? The only ones I can think of are Wouldn't It Be Nice by The Beach Boys, and Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite. Are there any other well known songs that have bass harmonica in them?
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WinslowYerxa
373 posts
Jul 24, 2013
11:11 PM
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From the Beach Boys: I Know There's An Answer on Pet Sounds and several cuts on the Smile album. All played by Tommy Morgan.
From the Beatles, Fool on the Hill.
Jason Ricci and Todd "Buckweed" Edmunds used chord and bass respectively on some of the cuts of Rocket No. 9, but I can't say which ones off the top of my head.
if you ever catch reruns of the 1960s sitcom Green Acres, bass harmonica was featured in the theme song.
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Winslow
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WinslowYerxa
374 posts
Jul 24, 2013
11:12 PM
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Of course, the Harmonicats' recording of Peg O' My Heart sold something like 7 million copies. Would that count as well known?
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Winslow
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IndianaHarpKid
21 posts
Jul 24, 2013
11:21 PM
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I really wasn't talking about stuff like the Harmonicats', but that information about Rocket No. 9 was really helpful. I've been meaning to pick up a copy of it for awhile, and that just made it jump up to the top of my next albums to buy list.
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Adam Hamil
89 posts
Jul 25, 2013
5:31 AM
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Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer". I believe it was Charlie McCoy.
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Foxhound
1 post
Mar 06, 2014
6:18 AM
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"I really wasn't talking about stuff like the Harmonicats'...." - IndianaHarpKid
Well you should. They were perhaps the most successful harmonica artists of all time and should be an inspiration to aspiring harp players everywhere.
Last Edited by Foxhound on Mar 06, 2014 9:55 AM
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The Iceman
1506 posts
Mar 06, 2014
6:28 AM
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Green Acres...Arnold the Pig.
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The Iceman
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nacoran
7575 posts
Mar 06, 2014
9:21 AM
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Winslow, it's funny, as a kid I listened to Beatles records over and over, but most of it is on vinyl or cassette, so I listen less these days. As a kid, I didn't have the ear to spot harmonica, but as soon as you said 'Fool on the Hill'... it's funny how our brain can hold on to so much unsorted information!
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Michael Rubin
854 posts
Mar 06, 2014
1:29 PM
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I recently put out a CD by The Susquehanna Hat Company called For Love of the River. I am the bass player on harp. http://cdbaby.com/cd/thesusquehannahatcompany
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AW
159 posts
Mar 06, 2014
3:21 PM
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Was it bass harmonica in the Addams Family theme?
I got the Susquehanna Hat Company CD. It's a really fun listen. Kind of the Decemberists meet They Might be Giants.
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Michael Rubin
855 posts
Mar 06, 2014
4:46 PM
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Thanks AW!
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