Instrument
Show 18: The Blues Harp Tradition
This is a harp show: train whistle, moan, shout, and bite all packed into one small instrument. The set argues that the harmonica did not just decorate the blues; it became one of its main voices, especially once players learned to bend and amplify it.
Host Narration
In honor of today's theme of Harmonica Blues, I have prepared a brief composition on my harmonica here that pays a little tribute to Guthrie's sound. Here's my song entitled "I've Got Those Copacetic Communion Blues." Here it is.
33Tracks
26Artists
5Theme Tags
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This is a harp show: train whistle, moan, shout, and bite all packed into one small instrument. The set argues that the harmonica did not just decorate the blues; it became one of its main voices, especially once players learned to bend and amplify it.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pastures of Plenty | Woody Guthrie | 1 | - | |
| 2 | Better Day | Sonny Terry,Brownie McGhee | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Viola Lee Blues | Cannon's Jug Stompers | 1 | - | |
| 4 | He's in the Jailhouse Now | Memphis Jug Band | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Got The Bottle Up And Gone | Sonny Boy Williamson I | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Beale Street Blues | Jesse Fuller | 1 | - | |
| 8 | Key To The Highway | Jesse Fuller | 1 | - | |
| 9 | Freight Train Blues | Bob Dylan | 1 | Yes | - |
| 10 | Goin' Down Slow | Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown | 2 | Yes | - |
| 11 | Bone Orchard | Golden Big" Wheeler" | 2 | - | |
| 12 | Ride and Roll | Sonny Terry | 2 | - | |
| 13 | I Wish I Had Somebody | Good Rockin' Charles | 2 | - | |
| 14 | Leaving Trunk | Taj Mahal | 2 | - | |
| 15 | Shake Your Hips | Slim Harpo | 2 | Yes | - |
| 16 | Rub-A-Dub | Billy Boy Arnold | 3 | Yes | - |
| 17 | I Wish You Would | Billy Boy Arnold | 3 | - | |
| 18 | You Don't Have to Go | Sam Myers | 3 | - | |
| 19 | Texas Flood | Whispering Smith | 3 | - | |
| 21 | Pledging My Time | Bob Dylan | 3 | - | |
| 22 | Have A Good Time | Big Walter Horton | 3 | - | |
| 23 | I'm a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3 | - | |
| 24 | I'm Feeling Alright | Big Mama Thornton | 3 | Yes | - |
| 25 | Down Home Shake-Down | Big Mama Thornton | 4 | Yes | - |
| 26 | Juke | Little Walter | 4 | Story | |
| 27 | Help Me | Sonny Boy Williamson II | 4 | Story | |
| 28 | Bring It On Home | Sonny Boy Williamson II | 4 | - | |
| 29 | Hoochie Coochie Man | Muddy Waters | 4 | Story | |
| 30 | Snatch It Back and Hold It | Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band,Buddy Guy | 4 | - | |
| 31 | Down Home Blues | James Cotton,Billy Branch,Carey Bell,Junior Wells | 4 | - | |
| 32 | What My Mama Told Me | Carey Bell | 4 | - | |
| 33 | Another Man Done Gone | Sugar Blue | 4 | - | |
| Good Morning School Girl | Sonny Boy Williamson I | - | |||
| High And Lonesome | Jimmy Reed | - |