Harmonica Blues / Various Harmonica Blues / Various LP Vinyl

It is a testament to the harmonica's status in music that even it's finest practitioners remain relatively unknown. Compiling a disc of harp players, as Yazoo has done here, isn't going to turn up a bunch of familiar names. As an early document of an instrument that remained essential to the blues well after it became an electric medium, however, Harmonica Blues is excellent. The instrument served numerous roles during the 1920s and 1930s (the period covered here), showing up in dance music, solo showcases, and blues; on street corners and in juke joints.

1. Railroad Blues by Freeman Stowers 3:07 2. Crazy About You by State Street Boys 3:02 3. Wang Wang Harmonica Blues by Carver Boys 3:00 4. My Driving Wheel by Lee Brown 2:55 5. Bay Rum Blues by Ashley and Foster 2:56 6. I'm Going To Write ; Tell Mother by Robert Hill 2:55 7. Blowin' The Blues by Chuck Darling 2:56 8. Harmonica Rag by Chuck Darling 2:17 9. Man Trouble Blues by Jaybird Coleman 3:04 10. I Want You By My Side by Jazz Gillum 3:27 11. Friday Moan Blues by Alfred Lewis 3:12 12. House Snake Blues by Chicken Wilson ; Skeeter Hinton 3:01 13. Need More Blues by Bobby Leecan ; Robert Cooksey 3:12 14. Davidson County Blues by De Ford Bailey 3:11