List of harmonicists
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This is a list of musicians that play harmonica.
Contents
Harmonica bands
- Borrah Minevitch Harmonica Rascals
- Troupe da Gaita
- Johnny Puelo and His Harmonica Gang
Harmonica ensembles
- The Harmonicats
- Adler Trio [link]
- Orchester Hohnerklang [link]
- Mike Stevens [link] - Diatonic
- Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues
- Tom Ball
- Carey Bell
- James Belushi
- Billy Branch
- Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf
- Paul Butterfield
- William Clarke
- James Cotton
- Paul Jones (singer) [link]. The Blues Band,. Manfred Mann.
- Paul deLay, notable for chromatic playing as well as diatonic
- Carlos Del Junco, Canadian harp player
- Rick Estrin
- Joe Filisko
- Steve Baker
- Harmonica John Fraser ([link]), Plays drums and harmonica simultaneously
- Paul Gillings [link] - British, Ex Junior World Champion, Diatonic
- Dennis Gruenling [link] - Jump Blues Chromatic, Diatonic
- Adam Gussow, member of Harlem blues duo Satan and Adam.
- Michael Peloquin, versatile player of many styles rooted in the blues
- James Harman
- Slim Harpo
- Jon Gindick
- Mark Hummell
- Christopher Lloyd-Baron
- John Mayall of the Bluesbreakers
- Lee McBee
- Delbert McClinton, gave John Lennon advice on how to play harp
- Jean-Jacques Milteau
- Charlie Musselwhite [link] - Diatonic, Chromatic
- Rod Piazza [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Rob Paparozzi [link] - Blues/Jazz, Diatonic/Chromatic
- Jerry Portnoy [link] - Diatonic
- Gary Primich [link] - Diatonic, Chromatic
- Snooky Pryor
- Annie Raines
- Jimmy Reed
- Keith Relf
- Peter Madcat Ruth ([link])
- Curtis Salgado
- Alan Schackner
- Corky Siegel of the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band
- George Harmonica Smith
- Powell St. John
- Sugar Blue, known for high speed playing.
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band
- Mike Tetrault ([link]), known for his great note-bending abilities and expertise with the technical side of harp playing
- Sonny Terry
- Captain Beefheart a.k.a Don Van Vliet
- Little Walter, great pioneer in amplified blues harmonica, Muddy Waters' first harmonica player.
- Big Walter Horton
- Junior Wells, played with Muddy Waters
- Mark Wenner
- Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Greg Szlapczynski
- Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Craig Twister Steward ([link]), former Harp artist with Frank Zappa, the Hendrix of the Harp
- Donovan
- Bob Dylan
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Jesse Fuller
- Woody Guthrie
- Mel Lyman of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band
- Sonny Terry
- Neil Young
- Tavares da Gaita
- Bono of U2
- Ryan Adams
- Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
- Gem Archer of Oasis
- Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
- Beck
- David Bowie
- Jack Bruce
- Alice Cooper
- Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
- Magic Dick (Richard Salwitz) of the J. Geils Band
- Roger Daltrey of The Who
- Pete Doherty of Babyshambles
- Bob Dylan
- Melissa Etheridge
- Ian Gillan of Deep Purple
- Justin Hayward-Young
- Peter Hope-Evans
- Mick Jagger
- John Lennon
- Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones
- Till Lindemann of Rammstein
- Huey Lewis
- Johnny Marr
- Matt Mays
- Ron McKernan of the Grateful Dead
- Van Morrison
- Lee Oskar of War, who has since designed his own popular brand of harmonicas
- Ozzy Osbourne, in his earliest days with Black Sabbath
- Wally Palmar of The Romantics
- Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin
- John Popper, perhaps the most famous living harmonica player, known for his fast playing.
- Keith Relf
- Rymodee from This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb
- Joe Satriani
- John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful, son of a classical harmonica player
- Bruce Springsteen
- Adam Stephens of Two Gallants
- Chris Squire of Yes
- Rachel Trachtenburg of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
- Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
- Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
- Stevie Wonder
- Neil Young
- Alanis Morissette
- Shakira
- Tom Petty
- Clint Black
- Norton Buffalo [link]
- Jimmie Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Phil PT Gazell
- Buddy Greene
- Kirk Jellyroll Johnson [link]
- Charlie McCoy
- Terry McMillan
- Mickey Raphael
- Wayne Raney, known for his "talking harmonica"
- Lance Monlux of The Refuge Band
- Larry Adler - Chromatic
- Bruno De Filippi - Chromatic
- William Galison - Chromatic
- Max Geldray of The Goon Show.
- Enrico Granafei - Chromatic
- Clint Hoover [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Richard Hunter [link]] - chromatic
- Julian Jackson - Chromatic
- Ron Kalina - Chromatic
- Don Les - Diatonic & Bass
- Howard Levy - Diatonic
- Laurent Maur [link] - Chromatic
- Hendrik Meurkens [link] - Chromatic
- Chris Michalek - Diatonic
- Jean "Toots" Thielemans - Chromatic
- Les Thompson - Chromatic
- Mike Turk [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Tinus Koorn [link] - Diatonic
- Sandy Weltman - Diatonic
- Frederic Yonnet [link] - Diatonic
- Antonio Serrano [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Otavio Castro [link] - Diatonic in C
- Larry Adler - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Robert Bonfiglio - Chromatic
- Willi Burger [link]- Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Ronald Chesney - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Franz Chmel [link] - Chromatic
- Sigmund Groven - Chromatic
- Jim Hughes - Chromatic
- Cham-Ber Huang - Chromatic
- Larry Logan - Chromatic
- Tommy Morgan - Chromatic, Diatonic, Bass, etc.
- Tommy Reilly - Chromatic
- John Sebastian - Chromatic (John Sebastian, Sr. - father of John Sebastian, Jr. of The Lovin' Spoonful, folk and blues player)
- Douglas Tate [link] - Chromatic
- Yasuo Watani - Chromatic
See also
Harmonica
- Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues
- Tom Ball
- Carey Bell
- James Belushi
- Billy Branch
- Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf
- Paul Butterfield
- William Clarke
- James Cotton
- Paul Jones (singer) [link]. The Blues Band,. Manfred Mann.
- Paul deLay, notable for chromatic playing as well as diatonic
- Carlos Del Junco, Canadian harp player
- Rick Estrin
- Joe Filisko
- Steve Baker
- Harmonica John Fraser ([link]), Plays drums and harmonica simultaneously
- Paul Gillings [link] - British, Ex Junior World Champion, Diatonic
- Dennis Gruenling [link] - Jump Blues Chromatic, Diatonic
- Adam Gussow, member of Harlem blues duo Satan and Adam.
- Michael Peloquin, versatile player of many styles rooted in the blues
- James Harman
- Slim Harpo
- Jon Gindick
- Mark Hummell
- Christopher Lloyd-Baron
- John Mayall of the Bluesbreakers
- Lee McBee
- Delbert McClinton, gave John Lennon advice on how to play harp
- Jean-Jacques Milteau
- Charlie Musselwhite [link] - Diatonic, Chromatic
- Rod Piazza [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Rob Paparozzi [link] - Blues/Jazz, Diatonic/Chromatic
- Jerry Portnoy [link] - Diatonic
- Gary Primich [link] - Diatonic, Chromatic
- Snooky Pryor
- Annie Raines
- Jimmy Reed
- Keith Relf
- Peter Madcat Ruth ([link])
- Curtis Salgado
- Alan Schackner
- Corky Siegel of the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band
- George Harmonica Smith
- Powell St. John
- Sugar Blue, known for high speed playing.
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band
- Mike Tetrault ([link]), known for his great note-bending abilities and expertise with the technical side of harp playing
- Sonny Terry
- Captain Beefheart a.k.a Don Van Vliet
- Little Walter, great pioneer in amplified blues harmonica, Muddy Waters' first harmonica player.
- Big Walter Horton
- Junior Wells, played with Muddy Waters
- Mark Wenner
- Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Greg Szlapczynski
- Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Craig Twister Steward ([link]), former Harp artist with Frank Zappa, the Hendrix of the Harp
- Donovan
- Bob Dylan
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Jesse Fuller
- Woody Guthrie
- Mel Lyman of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band
- Sonny Terry
- Neil Young
- Tavares da Gaita
- Bono of U2
- Ryan Adams
- Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
- Gem Archer of Oasis
- Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
- Beck
- David Bowie
- Jack Bruce
- Alice Cooper
- Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
- Magic Dick (Richard Salwitz) of the J. Geils Band
- Roger Daltrey of The Who
- Pete Doherty of Babyshambles
- Bob Dylan
- Melissa Etheridge
- Ian Gillan of Deep Purple
- Justin Hayward-Young
- Peter Hope-Evans
- Mick Jagger
- John Lennon
- Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones
- Till Lindemann of Rammstein
- Huey Lewis
- Johnny Marr
- Matt Mays
- Ron McKernan of the Grateful Dead
- Van Morrison
- Lee Oskar of War, who has since designed his own popular brand of harmonicas
- Ozzy Osbourne, in his earliest days with Black Sabbath
- Wally Palmar of The Romantics
- Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin
- John Popper, perhaps the most famous living harmonica player, known for his fast playing.
- Keith Relf
- Rymodee from This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb
- Joe Satriani
- John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful, son of a classical harmonica player
- Bruce Springsteen
- Adam Stephens of Two Gallants
- Chris Squire of Yes
- Rachel Trachtenburg of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
- Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
- Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
- Stevie Wonder
- Neil Young
- Alanis Morissette
- Shakira
- Tom Petty
- Clint Black
- Norton Buffalo [link]
- Jimmie Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Phil PT Gazell
- Buddy Greene
- Kirk Jellyroll Johnson [link]
- Charlie McCoy
- Terry McMillan
- Mickey Raphael
- Wayne Raney, known for his "talking harmonica"
- Lance Monlux of The Refuge Band
- Larry Adler - Chromatic
- Bruno De Filippi - Chromatic
- William Galison - Chromatic
- Max Geldray of The Goon Show.
- Enrico Granafei - Chromatic
- Clint Hoover [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Richard Hunter [link]] - chromatic
- Julian Jackson - Chromatic
- Ron Kalina - Chromatic
- Don Les - Diatonic & Bass
- Howard Levy - Diatonic
- Laurent Maur [link] - Chromatic
- Hendrik Meurkens [link] - Chromatic
- Chris Michalek - Diatonic
- Jean "Toots" Thielemans - Chromatic
- Les Thompson - Chromatic
- Mike Turk [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Tinus Koorn [link] - Diatonic
- Sandy Weltman - Diatonic
- Frederic Yonnet [link] - Diatonic
- Antonio Serrano [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Otavio Castro [link] - Diatonic in C
- Larry Adler - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Robert Bonfiglio - Chromatic
- Willi Burger [link]- Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Ronald Chesney - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Franz Chmel [link] - Chromatic
- Sigmund Groven - Chromatic
- Jim Hughes - Chromatic
- Cham-Ber Huang - Chromatic
- Larry Logan - Chromatic
- Tommy Morgan - Chromatic, Diatonic, Bass, etc.
- Tommy Reilly - Chromatic
- John Sebastian - Chromatic (John Sebastian, Sr. - father of John Sebastian, Jr. of The Lovin' Spoonful, folk and blues player)
- Douglas Tate [link] - Chromatic
- Yasuo Watani - Chromatic
See also
Harmonica
- Bono of U2
- Ryan Adams
- Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
- Gem Archer of Oasis
- Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
- Beck
- David Bowie
- Jack Bruce
- Alice Cooper
- Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
- Magic Dick (Richard Salwitz) of the J. Geils Band
- Roger Daltrey of The Who
- Pete Doherty of Babyshambles
- Bob Dylan
- Melissa Etheridge
- Ian Gillan of Deep Purple
- Justin Hayward-Young
- Peter Hope-Evans
- Mick Jagger
- John Lennon
- Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones
- Till Lindemann of Rammstein
- Huey Lewis
- Johnny Marr
- Matt Mays
- Ron McKernan of the Grateful Dead
- Van Morrison
- Lee Oskar of War, who has since designed his own popular brand of harmonicas
- Ozzy Osbourne, in his earliest days with Black Sabbath
- Wally Palmar of The Romantics
- Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin
- John Popper, perhaps the most famous living harmonica player, known for his fast playing.
- Keith Relf
- Rymodee from This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb
- Joe Satriani
- John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful, son of a classical harmonica player
- Bruce Springsteen
- Adam Stephens of Two Gallants
- Chris Squire of Yes
- Rachel Trachtenburg of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
- Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
- Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
- Stevie Wonder
- Neil Young
- Alanis Morissette
- Shakira
- Tom Petty
- Clint Black
- Norton Buffalo [link]
- Jimmie Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Phil PT Gazell
- Buddy Greene
- Kirk Jellyroll Johnson [link]
- Charlie McCoy
- Terry McMillan
- Mickey Raphael
- Wayne Raney, known for his "talking harmonica"
- Lance Monlux of The Refuge Band
- Larry Adler - Chromatic
- Bruno De Filippi - Chromatic
- William Galison - Chromatic
- Max Geldray of The Goon Show.
- Enrico Granafei - Chromatic
- Clint Hoover [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Richard Hunter [link]] - chromatic
- Julian Jackson - Chromatic
- Ron Kalina - Chromatic
- Don Les - Diatonic & Bass
- Howard Levy - Diatonic
- Laurent Maur [link] - Chromatic
- Hendrik Meurkens [link] - Chromatic
- Chris Michalek - Diatonic
- Jean "Toots" Thielemans - Chromatic
- Les Thompson - Chromatic
- Mike Turk [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Tinus Koorn [link] - Diatonic
- Sandy Weltman - Diatonic
- Frederic Yonnet [link] - Diatonic
- Antonio Serrano [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Otavio Castro [link] - Diatonic in C
- Larry Adler - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Robert Bonfiglio - Chromatic
- Willi Burger [link]- Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Ronald Chesney - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Franz Chmel [link] - Chromatic
- Sigmund Groven - Chromatic
- Jim Hughes - Chromatic
- Cham-Ber Huang - Chromatic
- Larry Logan - Chromatic
- Tommy Morgan - Chromatic, Diatonic, Bass, etc.
- Tommy Reilly - Chromatic
- John Sebastian - Chromatic (John Sebastian, Sr. - father of John Sebastian, Jr. of The Lovin' Spoonful, folk and blues player)
- Douglas Tate [link] - Chromatic
- Yasuo Watani - Chromatic
See also
Harmonica
- Lance Monlux of The Refuge Band
- Larry Adler - Chromatic
- Bruno De Filippi - Chromatic
- William Galison - Chromatic
- Max Geldray of The Goon Show.
- Enrico Granafei - Chromatic
- Clint Hoover [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Richard Hunter [link]] - chromatic
- Julian Jackson - Chromatic
- Ron Kalina - Chromatic
- Don Les - Diatonic & Bass
- Howard Levy - Diatonic
- Laurent Maur [link] - Chromatic
- Hendrik Meurkens [link] - Chromatic
- Chris Michalek - Diatonic
- Jean "Toots" Thielemans - Chromatic
- Les Thompson - Chromatic
- Mike Turk [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Tinus Koorn [link] - Diatonic
- Sandy Weltman - Diatonic
- Frederic Yonnet [link] - Diatonic
- Antonio Serrano [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Otavio Castro [link] - Diatonic in C
- Larry Adler - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Robert Bonfiglio - Chromatic
- Willi Burger [link]- Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Ronald Chesney - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Franz Chmel [link] - Chromatic
- Sigmund Groven - Chromatic
- Jim Hughes - Chromatic
- Cham-Ber Huang - Chromatic
- Larry Logan - Chromatic
- Tommy Morgan - Chromatic, Diatonic, Bass, etc.
- Tommy Reilly - Chromatic
- John Sebastian - Chromatic (John Sebastian, Sr. - father of John Sebastian, Jr. of The Lovin' Spoonful, folk and blues player)
- Douglas Tate [link] - Chromatic
- Yasuo Watani - Chromatic
See also
Harmonica
- Larry Adler - Chromatic
- Bruno De Filippi - Chromatic
- William Galison - Chromatic
- Max Geldray of The Goon Show.
- Enrico Granafei - Chromatic
- Clint Hoover [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Richard Hunter [link]] - chromatic
- Julian Jackson - Chromatic
- Ron Kalina - Chromatic
- Don Les - Diatonic & Bass
- Howard Levy - Diatonic
- Laurent Maur [link] - Chromatic
- Hendrik Meurkens [link] - Chromatic
- Chris Michalek - Diatonic
- Jean "Toots" Thielemans - Chromatic
- Les Thompson - Chromatic
- Mike Turk [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Tinus Koorn [link] - Diatonic
- Sandy Weltman - Diatonic
- Frederic Yonnet [link] - Diatonic
- Antonio Serrano [link] - Chromatic, Diatonic
- Otavio Castro [link] - Diatonic in C
- Larry Adler - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Robert Bonfiglio - Chromatic
- Willi Burger [link]- Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Ronald Chesney - Chromatic, Virtuoso
- Franz Chmel [link] - Chromatic
- Sigmund Groven - Chromatic
- Jim Hughes - Chromatic
- Cham-Ber Huang - Chromatic
- Larry Logan - Chromatic
- Tommy Morgan - Chromatic, Diatonic, Bass, etc.
- Tommy Reilly - Chromatic
- John Sebastian - Chromatic (John Sebastian, Sr. - father of John Sebastian, Jr. of The Lovin' Spoonful, folk and blues player)
- Douglas Tate [link] - Chromatic
- Yasuo Watani - Chromatic
See also
Harmonica
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