Started learning harmonica after years of playing acoustic guitar . Never realized how much harmonica played into everything . I am learning on a C diatonic Hohner Special and am learning actual songs and I refuse to embellish until I have mastered actual songs with the single notes . This is a great list . Two of my favorites are the break in Deep Purple’s Lazy and the riff in the Ozark Mountain Daredevil’s If You Want To Get To Heaven .
@foureyedchick5 ай бұрын
0:47 Good video! I got 4 more: 1)"Follow You Down" by the Gin Blossoms 2) "Slow Emotion Replay" by The The 3) "Dirty Water" by The Standells 4) "Polk Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White
@Harmonicacom4 ай бұрын
Good ones! Follow You Down made this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@nichomarcell Жыл бұрын
I have a few memorable harmonica parts in my head: 1. Supertramp - take the long way home or school 2. Led zeppelin - you shook me/bring it on home 3. Allman brothers band - dont keep me wonderin 4. Chicago - in terms of two 5. Cream - traintime 6. Eagles - doolin-dalton There are more a few that i cant figure out but i surely know
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Hey Nicholas - 1. Yeah copyright bastards. I'm still holding a grudge from them giving me a copyright strike on my Funkyharp channel 12 years ago when I was just teaching the song (none of the original track was used in the vid!!!!) But yeah, it's one of the best!!! 2. Yeah great stuff (great Sonny Boy Williamson rip off) But I think When the Levee Breaks even more so should have made this list. 3. Cool. But my favorite is AB harmonica is One Way Out from Live at Filmore East (another Sonny Boy Williamson tune!) 4. Had never heard that! THANKS! 5. Yeah Jack Bruce is totally BADASS, God rest his soul. 6. Had never heard this before. THANKS!!
@brainworthy7 ай бұрын
I like your #1, 2, and 3 picks. It’s nice to get the conversation rolling with other picks from your viewers.
@rongerhardt6745 Жыл бұрын
My vote for two not mentioned are The solo in Bonnie Raitt’s rendition of Del Shannon’s Runaway and Whammer Jammer from J. Geils Full House album. Definitely not beginner pieces but both are absolute smokin’ harmonica solos
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Thanks for turning me onto Runaway! I had not heard that before! I believer that is Norton Buffalo playing?
@jaygordon17913 ай бұрын
@@Harmonicacom Yes that is Norton Buffalo he's switching harps during the solo
@jbpariah Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the effort, but no Bob Dylan? Seriously? Do you have any idea how many people took up the harmonica because of Dylan? He popularized the use of first position in a pop format. You don’t think Neil Young had Dylan in mind when he took up the acoustic and the harmonica? Or Joel when he used it for Piano Man? As one who knows first hand the lineage of rock, I’m constantly reminded by videos like this of how much gets lost and twisted over time. Dylan’s simple use of it on his groundbreaking Like a Rolling Stone was the. harmonica heard round the world. Oh, and by the way, when you hear a singer w/ attitude, that’s another road that leads back to Dylan. Dylan is by no means a virtuoso, but what he plays is often inspired and memorable. Check out Mr. Tambourine Man, Desolation Row, All Along the Watchtower, or the solo at the end of Tangled Up in Blue, which brought chills to the musicians recording with him live in the studio.
@landztranz Жыл бұрын
And The Times They Are a Changin'.
@BrunoLucusi Жыл бұрын
Bob Dylan isn't rock, is folk
@landztranz Жыл бұрын
@@BrunoLucusi True.
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Yeah I think Dylan qualifies as rock under "Folk Rock." MR. Tambourine Man I think represents some of his finest harmonica playing which is why I included it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@dalejolliffe8039 Жыл бұрын
Ummm, you seemed to have completely passed over the best rock harmonica song and player of all time. The J Girls Band's Wamma Jamma, played by the great Magic Dick. Dude, really?
@pyromancyglassart89757 ай бұрын
I kinda just found you and I love the way you put the tabs in there you’re doing a great job. Thank you so very much you’re making me advance in harmonica. Thank you.
@Harmonicacom7 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@ardalla5356 ай бұрын
Dylan's first album has some really good harmonica work.
@paulbainjr11 ай бұрын
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils need a little love here too.😎
@Harmonicacom11 ай бұрын
For sure! They made it on this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@joshcoxmusic9 ай бұрын
The 70s band Blackfoot had an amazing harmonica player too
@jivanbansi96406 ай бұрын
Do a top 10 list and put Aerosmith's " One Way Street" in the top 5. Mr. Tyler just kills it on the live version, or do a list of great harmonica songs that weren't hits, it would also make that.
@deaddocreallydeaddoc524410 ай бұрын
I'm sorry, but I cannot agree that these are the best harmonica songs of all time. As far as Top 40 goes, J Geils' Magic Dick's "Whammer Jammer," is by far the best to get the most airplay and light years beyond this simple stuff. I hadn't ever played any of them but picked up the harmonicas I keep by the couch in a tray and played each one of them for the first time (I knew the tunes) just to show my wife how easy they are.
@fredkeele65788 ай бұрын
Blackfoots Train Train has an awesome harmonica intro.
@keyjam98 ай бұрын
A j giels band song shoud be in there. Every body i knew had a j giels full house record.
@landztranz Жыл бұрын
Great, Luke! I've played most of these and they're real crowd pleasers! Thanks for posting!
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Good stuff bro. Keep on rocking that harmonica my man. 👊🏼
@davidaames7470 Жыл бұрын
awesome luke... ❤ you just made my day... i can say that the editing of videos have been improved... love from turkey...
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Aw thanks David! I have a good friend here in Hawaii named Serkan who is from Turkey. Thanks for noticing the editing bro! Rock on! 😎 Aloha from Hawaii.
@dellmanification10 ай бұрын
Check out the Eurythmics at the Nelson Mandela concert. Eurythmics featuring Jimmy Z - "There Must Be An Angel"
@martini19007 ай бұрын
Nr 1 should ofcourse be hook by blues travelers
@Harmonicacom7 ай бұрын
Great one!
@AlexIsBondarev2 күн бұрын
No Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith or Bob Dylan?
@aarinteich35856 ай бұрын
I like all these harmonica songs - thanks for doing, however, Canadian Gordon Lightfoot had a #1 in 1971: Lightfoot also scored four No. 1s on Billboards Adult Contemporary chart: “If You Could Read My Mind” (for one week in 1971),
@Serpenzeye3 ай бұрын
Led Zeppelin - "When The Levee Breaks "
@Harmonicacom3 ай бұрын
GREAT ONE! Made this list kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@nathanberry433911 күн бұрын
What about inxs suicide blonde ? That's an amazing riff that features throughout the song
@Harmione2 ай бұрын
Thank you for that video ! Very interesting !
@Harmonicacom2 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! You're welcome. It's my pleasure. Rock on! 😎
@ikust007 Жыл бұрын
Impressed how piano man has so much « feeling »
@KylgoreTrout1 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I know my own version of this song has deepened over time. Some really great ascending dirty draw notes!
@ikust007 Жыл бұрын
@@KylgoreTrout1 just started Hurt. On oa G. With bendings .
@karlmar26 ай бұрын
I play Miss You on a High G, in 3rd position
@Arkane1172 ай бұрын
How does Blues Traveler not make the list!?
@gregsmith292 ай бұрын
indeed!
@Harmonicacom2 ай бұрын
Made this list: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@user-tj9st1yz7f11 ай бұрын
I’m surprised you didn’t mention anything from the band WAR. Lee Oskar is one of the greatest. Nothing from the Blues Travelers?
@jonathanhernandez8941Ай бұрын
Zeppelin's Nobody's Fault But Mine
@MuscleMane Жыл бұрын
you got my respect for number 1 the doobies are so underrated it’s sad. i honestly think the last time he played was dang near when he recorded it 50 years ago. John McFee be playing the harm it would be kinda cool to see tom shred the harm again
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Right on. Yeah, that's one badass solo for sure! 😎
@HARPSMITH900 Жыл бұрын
Super cool lineup! However, for song #6 "Long Train Running"; the harmonica soloist was not Tom, but (uncredited) the late great Norton Buffalo. And for you harmonica geeks out there, to play it properly, you must use an U-Block embouchure ;o) Keep up the good work.
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
OK you're the second person whose said that! Where did you hear that? If that's the case, Wikipedia is WRONG and should be corrected. Rock on! 😎
@HARPSMITH900 Жыл бұрын
@@Harmonicacom I grew up in the San Jose, CA Music scene where the Doobie Brothers started their band (near San Jose State). Fortunately before Norton Buffalo passed, David Barrett’s Harmonica MasterClass had Norton as a guest. I facilitated the evening’s Cracker Barrel session. Front and center (even Mark Hummel was hanging on Norton’s every note). I asked Norton specifically about “Long Train Running” and Bonnie Raitt’s redo of “Runaway”. For LTR, the recording duties were standard fare. For Runaway, however, his solo required six diatonic harmonicas. He demonstrated to our group precisely how he pulled off that amazing piece of harmonica gymnastics by stacking six harmonicas on top of each other. His U-Block embouchure made it possible. RIP Norton Buffalo 😎
@MrBassman914 ай бұрын
Lindisfarne- Meet Me On The Corner!
@lililovesshaunyboy Жыл бұрын
Those are great harmonica songs. Some other phenoms harmonica songs include: Shawn Colvin - Get Out of this House And The late and so terribly great Warren Zevon: Bill Lee Splendid Isolation The Factory
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
All great songs that I had never heard before!!! 😳 And some funny lyrics to boot. Thanks for sharing! 👊🏼
@florianstefano5309Ай бұрын
Paul Butterfield blues boogie....rip 😢
@strambers Жыл бұрын
Excellent Maestro!!
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
🤘🏼
@DjoCottard7 ай бұрын
Vraiment sympa comme vidéo.
@au_rockn6797 Жыл бұрын
Smashed that like button Luke! 👍
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
I really do appreciate that my friend! 🙌🏼
@InigoMontoya-4 ай бұрын
When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin version)?
@Harmonicacom4 ай бұрын
Great one. Made this lists kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@user-mc2sv3zg9d Жыл бұрын
Thank master seguidor desde argebtina.... bery good
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
¡Gracias por mirar, mi amigo! Mi Madrina es de Argentina.
@jopflah4166 ай бұрын
Look What You Done….Rolling Stones
@carterjayhovland9575 Жыл бұрын
I use a Dm harmonica for Miss You. Mathces the song perfectly. Try it. How about Midnight Rambler?
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Have you seen this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4DGkmONbq97jtk
@WolfsBlues Жыл бұрын
Awesome man…🤘
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀🤘🏼
@Mario.alsanchez11711 ай бұрын
Thx
@ikust007 Жыл бұрын
❤️ of gold …ouf:))
@eddiesutton6663 Жыл бұрын
A harmonica song I like is Love Is Strong by The Rolling Stones.
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
WOW! I had never heard that song before. Thanks for sharing this Eddie.
@shabinnoor4737 ай бұрын
Times of Trouble by Temple of The Dog ( Chris Cornell )
@jeffbenson78434 ай бұрын
Blackfoot - Train
@rancemohammitz46285 ай бұрын
My two cents worth- Steve Miller Band's "Fanny Mae". I'm not sure but I think it was Norton Buffalo gettin' it done.
@Harmonicacom4 ай бұрын
Yep, Norton Buffalo was so great.
@Mario.alsanchez11711 ай бұрын
😌piano Man I almost died 😂😂😂😂
@shabinnoor4737 ай бұрын
What about a better man by Thunder ?
@rickss693 ай бұрын
Missed it completely...Zepplin's "When the Levee Breaks".
@Harmonicacom3 ай бұрын
One of my favs! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@markzelepugas6046 Жыл бұрын
Norton Buffalo played harmonica on Long Train Runnin!!!
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
WHAT???? Where'd you hear that Mark? Wikipedia says: Johnston performed the lead vocal and the rhythmic guitar strumming that propels the song and also performs the harmonica solo. (And Wikipedia's NEVER wrong. 😉)
@sandorrabe5745Ай бұрын
Where's Long Way Home by Supertramp or is that not rock enough???????
@jeroenwesseling9316 Жыл бұрын
Where’s mIdnight rambler if you talk about rock
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Yeah especially the live from MSG one is good. I guess Miss You is more Disco, eh?
@user-ns2py9iq8j Жыл бұрын
You have to check out Devils Gate by The Angels - an Australian band from the ‘70’s but still rocking hard. Harp on that is played by the rhythm guitarist John Brewster
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
WOW!! 😳 Had never heard that song before. That's some BLAZING harmonica!
@beesechurger46885 ай бұрын
I’d have put love me do by the Beatles
@Harmonicacom4 ай бұрын
Great one! It made this list: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@larganvidip9603Ай бұрын
Canned Heat?
@ikust007 Жыл бұрын
Génial !
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! 😎🙌🏼🎶
@vincentpaul8352 ай бұрын
'The Wizzard' by Black Sabbath. Tough song to play if you can't bend notes.
@Harmonicacom2 ай бұрын
Made this list. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@kimamen1766 Жыл бұрын
Sorry but if anyone should be in this group of harmonica players it should be John Mayall.
@PonziZombieKiller Жыл бұрын
Dawg gawg whoop
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Whoop whoop! 🙌🏼
@markprovost89624 ай бұрын
I didn't see Whammer Jammer up there....
@bobw24718 ай бұрын
Miss You at 3:00
@6dna Жыл бұрын
When i die bs&t, stevie wonder songs, ozark mountain daredevils and how can you ignore j. Geils?
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Mmmmm.... wait what is bs&t? Your next two made this list www.harmonica.com/25-iconic-harmonica-riffs/ Yeah, J. Geils is great but I'm saving him for a best blues solos list...
@davidwak680 Жыл бұрын
How about "What I Like About You" by The Romantics?
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Aw YEAH!! Such a great one! So much ENERGY!!
@davidwak680 Жыл бұрын
@@Harmonicacom Always reminded me of a mid 60s garage Rock tune. I'm biased being from the Detroit area.
@johnyoung20235 ай бұрын
Whiskey myers. John Wayne
@o_phantomas2299 Жыл бұрын
Hey Luke! Can I find you on any other social media platform?
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
I JUST started a TikTok account @harmonica.com and Insta @luketheharmonica.comguy. Thanks for watching! 😎🙌🏼🎶
@shabinnoor4737 ай бұрын
Dont follow by Alice in Chains
@gudlisner501 Жыл бұрын
I take it that the presenter of this video never got to hear the album “Highway 61 Revisited” or “Blood on the Tracks”. I could go on but suffice to say too many gaps to take this guy seriously.
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
Blood on the tracks is probably my favorite Dylan album actually! Is there a particular song of Dylan's that you think he plays really well on? I think Mr. Tambourine Man is his best which is why I included it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@gudlisner501 Жыл бұрын
@@Harmonicacom The way that he uses the harmonica to isolate the last verse of “Desolation Row” takes this song to another level, underline its genius. It’s 56 years ago since I first heard it and every time I hear, it I get as fresh insight.
@donaldbarnhardt99066 ай бұрын
you missed john mayal
@flyonwall3606 ай бұрын
Wammer Jammer? 30 Days In the Hole?
@emojiman4560 Жыл бұрын
You left out The Red Devils Lester Butler.... Musta Forgot about Him
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
I wasn't familiar with the Red Devils. Just checked them out. KILLER harp. But sounds more like blues? (I was trying to avoid 12-bar bluesy stuff for this list.)
@pras4810811 ай бұрын
Metallica's version of Tuesday's Gone should've made the list.
@bellatrixg3 ай бұрын
No Whammer Jammer?! No "If You Want to Get to Heaven"? No Lee Oskar? No Stevie Wonder? And putting Neil Young up as a top rock harmonica player is like saying he is one of the top guitarists of all time.
@Harmonicacom3 ай бұрын
LOL. Good one. Most of yours made this this list: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk Only reason Lee didn't make it is his copyright holders are jerks.
@bellatrixg3 ай бұрын
@@Harmonicacom Fair enough, but what about Corky Siegel (Siegel-Schwall Band) and Norton Buffalo and Howard Levy?
@user-zn6bn9cu3k2 ай бұрын
Lol
@darryllspalding9680 Жыл бұрын
seriously no time for top any number lists of any subject
@Harmonicacom Жыл бұрын
🤣
@doncharlesworth4748 Жыл бұрын
No Bob Dylan, no Magic Dick?
@GMoneyDon7 ай бұрын
No Magic Dick,,The J Girls Band,,you left out the best besides John Popper,,Blues Traveler
@Harmonicacom7 ай бұрын
I love Popper! Gave him props in this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@markthompsoncpa11 ай бұрын
Great I hate BJ
@WexyFlex10 ай бұрын
Horrible list .... no Ozark Mountain Dare Devils???
@Harmonicacom10 ай бұрын
They're here though! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk
@ailurophile1711 ай бұрын
Pretty lame assortment of "tunes," I must say! Whoever put this list together probably hasn't had their radio tuned to anything but "classic rock" (biggest misnomer EVER!) for about the last 50 years or so. There are DOZENS of more rockin' songs with harp accompaniment than this!
@Harmonicacom11 ай бұрын
Are the ones you're referring to in this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXTUZXZtbZt0fMk