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Now available on amazon.com:
 
 The Updated Edition of Kim Field’s Best-Selling
 
Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers:
The Evolution of the People’s Instrument
 
 


 
Announcing the publication of a new, updated,
and expanded edition of the first—and only—in-depth look
at the history of the world’s most popular instrument


“A must for all ‘harp’ fans.'”—Charlie McCoy
 
“The Encyclopaedia Britannica of the harmonica.”—Larry Adler

“This remarkable book is the best tool for the harmonica player outside of the instrument itself.”—Magic Dick


Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers charts in loving detail the influence of the harmonica
on all forms of American music: blues, country, jazz, rock and roll, pop, soul, and even classical.
Field traces the development of the harmonica from the ancient Chinese sheng to the
universally popular Hohner Marine Band to futuristic harmonica synthesizers.


Included are profiles of—and, in many cases, personal interviewers with—
nearly 70 harmonica masters, including:

Little Walter Jacobs
Jerry Murad and the Harmonicats
Kim Wilson
Stevie Wonder
DeFord Bailey
Borrah Minevitch and the Harmonica Rascals
 James Cotton
Junior Wells
 Bob Dylan
Jerry Murad
Paul Butterfield
Larry Adler
Charlie Musselwhite
Charles Leighton
Jimmy Reed
Lee Oskar
Jean "Toots" Thielemans
Jerry Portnoy
Charlie McCoy
Mickey Raphael
Magic Dick
Lee Oskar
Wayne Raney
Rice Miller
 Walter Horton
John Popper
Jimmy Reed
Sonny Terry
Howard Levy
Tommy Reilly
Slim Harpo
 

This new, updated edition includes a new epilogue, an expanded discography of the
finest harmonica recordings, and a listing of the best harmonica resources on the Internet.

368 pages, 40 photographs on glossy paper
Published by Cooper Square Press