kim wilson

[TupeloBlues]

Kim always brings his tone with him. There are other great players, but you never get tired of Kim-plus all the great musicians he has played on their albums. Pinetop Perkins at Antones comes to mind as a great CD.

[dannyjonesband]

all the members of the band should not change where they should and change when they shouldnt for added fun. kim wilson would just make it sound better that they had played it like that .. he'd be right all over it. really one of the best ever in so many ways...

he does seem to be playing for a dentists waiting room here tho!

[zwierzok]

Must be really hard to play for such an audience...

[Steadyfreddyboy]

I'm worrying about the people in the background...They don't really seem to like blues... WHAT THE FUCK is wrong with the folks? I mean, this is not 9/11, it's music!!!

[Dekoven06]

I know! They are lame!

[Lowdown13blues]

@Steadyfreddyboy ..... Awesome words !!!

[AZNMJ08]

try sitting in his living room and listening to him in the basement blowing that harp so sweet. This man is truly Little Walter incarnate. Unpugged , plugged it don't matter Kim Wilson is a legend.

[djrogers1989]

So True What he says "Once You Get Hooked On This Stuff= YOU DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO NOTHING ELSE"

I CAN LISTEN TO KIM WILSON ALLLLLL DAY LONG

[1bluesbrother]

WOW he wasnt even using his gig rig looks like sombody elses stuff and it still sounds GREAT!!!!

[wisedup]

Endless talk of the 'best' player,I dig Kim and James Cotton.

[Timrose89]

James Cotton is my harp hero!

[wisedup]

Amen to that!...he is amazing

[Marsbar17]

I can't go but just a couple weeks without hearing some Kim playing. He is truly great. Thanks for posting this! He is definately seasoned to my taste!

[Aminmojo]

The Rivality Today is Between..Kim Wilson and Jerry Portnoy..both are the Kings of the Harp

[Erikjr21]

anyone got a link of him playing unplugged that would be awsome

he is great

[cymruember]

I first saw Kim play in the Santa Barbara and Goleta, California, area back in 1973. He was fronting a band called Blue Midnight and had all kinds of great people sitting in: Luther Tucker, Albert Collins, and folks like that. Kim was already one of the best harp players around, even then, and he got better and better over a period of just a few months. Another one of the greats from that period, though out on the east coast, was Pierre Beauregard--then barely out of his teens.

[k2aileron]

Kim at Green Hall TX, when you get a chance. Well all right.

[feely121]

More Baby Boomer, white ass blues!

[rockandrollpiano]

I saw Kim in Gaildorf at a bluesfestival.

it was amazing!!!!!!!

[bluzdr]

what kind of harp does he play? anyone know?

[itsmeyoufool37]

bit late i know, but mainly marine band from Hohner

[PLEEUZ]

Kim is probably the best their is, but a close second is a guy by the name of Lee McBee. If you've never heard him play, get an older CD by Mike Morgan and the Crawl. He can smoke a harp and belt out a Blues tune as good as anybody out there.

[spec20]

Yeehaaaa, someone who knows about "The Crawl"! Lee is one hell of a harp player no doubt! Thanks for mentioning Mike Morgan, brought back fond memeories.

[dunskie]

Kim and James Harman are my two favs. Sugar Ray Norcia too.

[EyeMPabo]

I have tapes made at Rome Inn, Soap Creek, and other joints on Austin in 1977-1980. Kim Wilson was just as good back then as he is now. He really is the "Heir to the Throne left vacant by the untimely demise of Little Walter Jacobs." as one writer said back then. Other harp plares are good, but Kim Wilson is several cuts above. Incidentlly his favorite harp players (he told me) were Larry Adler, Toots Thielemans, and Charlie McCoy.

[HendrixIsGod47]

Wow, him and Cotton are the best alive by far. I can hear some of everyone in him both walters, junior wells, some george smith too. He's got his own tone though. Kim's truely amazing.

[rapchop]

Seasoned to taste indeed!

[jayscott49]

Muddy Waters said Kim was the best since Little Walter. But that's just his opinion?

[rudseng]

That`s "just" Muddys opinion? Muddy is not anybody, he is MUDDY!!!

[jayscott49]

Sorry to wind you up! I totally agree, the 'but that's just his opinion' was a joke. Muddy said that about Kim, and like you say, Muddy is Muddy, played with both of them, and if anybody's the authority, he's it.

[1ajwails]

you just have to listen to kim its like he picked up were little walter left off.you can also hear big walter in his playin'. he can also do sonnyboy 2nd he's the best all round harp player and super vocalist

[rudseng]

He is the one who repets himself less than all the others.

Walter Horton, Junior Wells, James Cotton, the three BIG, repeats themselfs all the time. Little Walter didnt! Kim is the closest you get!

[bluenote335]

He's definately a fine player... but the best around today? nah. I've watched all his vids and his bag of trix doesn't seem all that large. I'm hearin' alot of the same licks over and over.

[sashaharp]

rockin K Dub

[RonnieShellist]

Ditto. Thanks for posting this!

[danielvalentino]

Where do you get these videos from. That was amazing. Kim nails it with his description of the blues and what it means. I could watch this all day.

Thanks so much for posting...

Valentino

[123cab]

Sick harpin!