George Harmonica Smith

[LackadaisicalE]

The top 6 harp players of all time in no particular order (imo):

Sonny Boy 2

Sonny Terry

Little Walter

Big Walter

Goerge Harmonica Smith

Junior Wells

Top 6 because noone is worthy of making it top 7! Or did I forget someone?

:)

[sdwauto]

@LackadaisicalE

Thanks---George was the king!!

[plecplec12]

PUTA Q PARIU!!! QUE BLUSERA!!!!! mas tambem ta pancadinho! hahahaahah... go george!

[gnativerson]

world class bluesman !

[mpo1107]

Blues For George.

[teebeeferris]

Thanks so much for that info , Great Band , Love that George

[sdwauto]

The band is The Hound Dog Blues Band, big Mama Thornton's band at the time.

Steve Wachsman on guitar, (That's me!) Todd Nelson-Drums

Bruce Sieverson-Bass Bill Potter--Sax. George was in our band with Big Mama.

[leptochloa]

@sdwauto KEYBOARD?

[sdwauto]

@leptochloa  Keyboard is J. D Nichols

[leptochloa]

@sdwauto

Thanks!

[LackadaisicalE]

@sdwauto man..musta been some experience!

I kowtow x3 at your feet, GSmith is a hero of ours, here way out somewhere in Scandinavia _o_ _o_ _o_

[barbequebobmaglinte]

When it comes to blues on the chromatic, George Harmonica Smith was and still is THE MAN!!!

[jteshuwah]

great stuff! dude's one of the best. new to harmonica and learning what i can about the great players! thanks for posting! anybody else you could recommend i check out?

[danilomarrone]

@jteshuwah Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, Big Walter, Little Walter, Madcat Ruth, Sonny Terry, Jason Ricci, Satan and Adam...Good luck!

[muscadinewine]

Wicked Chrome..and through the PA..you don't need them boutique amps

[cedricleecason]

@muscadinewine Amen!!!

[MrPHBarr1919]

Mighty fine blues.

[harmonicabill]

thanks for a grate post the biz

[Xromeothegreatx]

R.i.p grandpa you were a great man and i will see you again someday even tho you past away before i was born my grandma has always talked about you and showed me the pictures and videos of you guys on the porch you sure can play and the band is great too smith family ^

[aiyayiovav]

very nice the guitar

[mpo1107]

Man listen to that Chromatic...

[mpo1107]

Just Cool...

[barbequebobmaglinte]

When it comes to blues played on a chromatic harmonica, George Harmonica Smith is THE king, THE MAN. Notice to all you harp gear freaks, he's playing straight thru the PA and his tone is totally off the charts!!!

[pablopeich]

i had an orgasm

[1moejoes]

very cool!

[jlodovici]

AWW George Smith. What an influence he was to so many harmonica players, including my late husband William Clarke,. And I knew him personally, he was my son's godfather. This is absolutely great. Thanks so much for posting this video.

Jeannette Clarke

[eddrose2001]

@jlodovici Hello Jeannette I was introduced to William's music through a friend or his....do you remember...Keith Packer, his wife Annemarie and her son Mike?

[noyna9]

@jlodovici Your husband was a tad special too.

[mwngw]

First time I saw George was in '71 at the Golden Bear in HB. A pretty young Rod Piazza had opened with Juicy Harmonica and blew the audience away. Then, this tall black guy comes out and ripped everyone a new one. God George had me awestruck. His style and precision and showmanship were second to none. I can see where Rod picked up some of his style. RIP, George. I hope heaven has a Chromatic 512 for you.

[profharp]

GOOD Ol' "HERR SCHMIDT"! If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be playing harp today. I was 17, leaning outside of the Boston Tea Party on a car with him, but I didn't know it WAS him. If I only had mentioned that I was interested in playing harp....AHHHHHHHHH-"IF" is the biggest word in the English language. IF I could kick my own ass, I would. BUT--hindsight is always 40-40.

[vibrolux56]

I thought this was Bacon Fat, but without Rod?

Gunsmoke Blues is a great DVD for anyone that has not yet seen it. Muddy, Joe Turner, Big Mama Thorton, and George Smith. There are some great interviews along with the wonderful performances.

[vibrolux56]

Isn't this Bacon Fat without Rod Piazza? Gunsmokee Blues is a great DVD for anyone that has never seen it, Muddy, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thorton just great stuff, and some nice interviews too!

[joch230]

Can really tell where Rod Piazza got most of his Chromatic stuff from.

[TheHarpKing]

Pure GOLD! Thank you!!!! Just awesome

[riotofdablood]

old is gold

[aseifert57]

This is great. I've been looking for this since it disappeared from youtube last year. How do I get this video?

[teebeeferris]

You can get it on Amazon , its called Gunsmoke blues

[aseifert57]

Thanks so much. Oh man I just love George. He reaches into parts of me that most players can't even come close to. Being a harp player myself I can't understand the lack of material and notoriety he receives.

[kluffe81]

The band =Bacon Fat

[wallywalt]

Methinks the BAND deserves some Credits, too?

[teebeeferris]

I have no idea who the band is ??? Got any ideas ???

[Ledvolta]

big brother and the holding co?

(not sure)

[kweeniegoe]

fabulous! thanks for posting. About time there was some good footage of this master on da Tube!

[Harpmann]

Nice to see some George Smith videos back on youtube, it's been a while!

[kenpeace]

Wow! Great stuff. Thanks for posting.

[harmonicajohn]

I thought I heard another harp playing during the vocal.... Was this with Bacon Fat and Rod Piazza?

[Carlq]

Great video. Thanks for posting. Who are the other musicians?

[bigdennism]

Makes you just want to hug the speakers! d

[bluesjuke]

Thanks for the good example of George teebee!

[Zigblues]

Fantastic clip! Shows what a powerful player he was on the Chromatic. I'd love to see more...

Zig

[Rockers1957]

And dat's dem blues fer sur!

[Harplicks]

~THAT'S~ what I'm talkin' about. Mmmmm.

[BluesGeek]

Awesome....fuckin awsome!!!

so it's late...& & I just got home from a gig...but still got a half bottle of Blackberry Merlot to go...George was so always in the

Pocket! My Man!!! xxxxx

[blues4sale]

There are 2 Walter's and 2 Sonny Boy's but there is only 1 George Smith

[BluesGeek]

OK damnit...I'm really pissed now!

Pissed because I don't have this great footage that is!!! haahaa...Thanks Scotty...

You da Man! I got the 1971 Muddy stuff

with George from Oregon...but not this!

[JawboneandJolene]

beautiful teebee! more, more, more! mr. smith has been a hero of mine since i "discovered" him about 11 years ago. his influence on ALL the west coast swing harpmen is so obvious.

i heard a cut on blues radio, him doing an instrumental of "i left my heart in san fransisco" which near made me cry it was so sweet and beautiful.

for just plain great music you can't beat george. for inspiration if you're a harp player, you can't beat him either.

[fishfeathers]

...tremendous....I've looked before myself and could never find anything on George at all...thanks to the poster...that's a great public service there..!!

[guidoman]

I won't get mad! Thanks -he's my fave.

[wheelharp]

Wow! Thank you so much! George is my harmonica hero! If you have another cuts with George, please, upload them! ^:) Thank you again!

[MrCaribbean]

OHH man ,now thats some mean ole blues right there ;-) thats my kinda groove, NICE and SLOW! loveit, love it,love it!. hear that voice too!

[juniorfats]

One of the best nights I saw George was at Babe & Ricks with Hollywood Fats when Fats was just starting out and still had his long hair. They just tore the place up !

[BbMarineBand]

Fantastic!