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Points: 490 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 04:08
There's a harmonica on Peter Hammill's Viking (from Fool's Mate)
and a nice solo at the end of Procol Harum's Your Own Choice (from
Home). Gary Brooker also played harmonica on other tracks (not
necessarily prog though). Oh, I forgot Supertramp!
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Points: 825 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 04:03
Originally posted by Geck0I also agree that there is room for <br />more harp in prog, not over blown <br />mind, but the odd experiments would be cool... <br />[/QUOTE Geck0I also agree that there is room for
more harp in prog, not over blown
mind, but the odd experiments would be cool...
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do you specifically mean the "overblow" technique? i
can bend a few notes to add some distorted bluesy
flavour but i'm n


do you specifically mean the "overblow" technique? i
can bend a few notes to add some distorted bluesy
flavour but i'm nowhere near as far as that. any
suggestions how to start? we'd probably have to
move to a harp forum for this...

just thought of a few more: there is a harmonica on
peter gabriel's "kiss that frog" and it is PG playing it
(saw it live). there is a short harp riff in the beginning
of "paper blood" by ELP (played by greg lake) – keith
emerson played some harmonica on the recent THE
NICE tours. nothing to write home about, though.
plus there is a pretty impressive solo during the
middle part of "jungle ride" by fish. steve hackett is
known to be a very keen harp player, although most
people seem to prefer that he wasn't ok, that's a
wrap!
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Points: 12817 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 03:56
A lot of blues based proggers used the harp, since the instrument was integral to a lot of delta and subsequent Chicago blues. One of my favourite blues based numbers is Zappa's Crew Slut. Jaco Pastorius in his solo career used harp players such a Toots Thielmann, e.g  nice harp and bass duo of Blackbird - although the sax is far more expressive instrument for jazz fusion.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 03:49
Ah, I've heard of John Popper and Mark Feltham (he played on some Rory Gallagher albums I think).

I agree about the blues cliché thing.  I love the blues and I can play blues riffs, but I want to use the instrument for different styles.  I normally try and play along to everything (not necessarily successfully mind), whether it be prog, blues of ballads.

I can play along to a bit of VdGG's 'The Aerosol Grey Machine'.

I also agree that there is room for more harp in prog, not over blown mind, but the odd experiments would be cool... If only I had CuBase, I could make my own harmonica based tunes.
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Points: 825 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 03:37
progressive harp playing: john popper of blues
traveler, but you probably knew that already...

most folks here might cringe at the subject because
it conjurs up visions of chris squire during the scond
verse of "and you and i" ("the preacher the teacher"
section)

ian anderson of jethro tull is known to play a fair bit of
harmonica alongside his usual paraphernalia of
instruments – YES employed james zavala – the
bloke who played the wicked solos on "missionary
man" by eurythmics – on "love will find a way" (squire
mimes the harp solo in the video, actually). other
than that, mark feltham's work with talk talk and mark
hollis is very interesting. can't think of anyone else
right now.

prog rock with its wide spectrum should be able to
accomodate the odd harmonica as long as it stays
clear of the blues cliche. i like the instrument, it is
simple yet effective and i play a bit myself. have fun!
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 03:22

It's rather normal playing, Jozef Skrzek is mainly known for his skills for keyboards (and he is also a good vocalist !) and the mouth-organ is very occasional.
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 03:09
Cheers Lucas, I shall do.

Is it normal type playing, or more experimental playing?  Harmonicas are limited, I realise, but I've always thought there maybe a way of incorporating it into prog.  Multi-layered harmonica, recording it backwards..., I guess these things have been done before.
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Check out the polish fusion band SBB, Jozef Skrzek, their leader plays mouth-organ on most of their albums.
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2005 at 03:02
Greetings everyone.

I play harmonica and I am therefore interested in any progressive bands that incorporates the harmonica?  Not necessarily in a progressive way however.

I know the mandolin player from Lindisfarne plays Harmonica for VdGG in their late line-up, but is there any more instances?

I'm curious to hear harmonicas used in a different way (if that is possible), from the standard blues sound.

Any help would be appreciated.
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