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Harmonica Ace: The Modern Masters ()

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Harmonica Ace: The Modern Masters - Little George Smith
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Track Listing
  1. Rocking
  2. Telephone Blues
  3. Blues in the Dark/Blues Stay Away
  4. Have Myself a Ball
  5. I Found My Baby
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  1. Rocking
  2. Telephone Blues
  3. Blues in the Dark/Blues Stay Away
  4. Have Myself a Ball
  5. I Found My Baby
  6. Oopin' Doopin' Doopin'
  7. California Blues
  8. Down in New Orleans (aka Hey Mr. Porter)
  9. Early One Monday Morning
  10. Rocking
  11. Love Life
  12. Cross Eyed Suzie Lee
  13. You Don't Love Me
  14. I Found My Baby
  15. Oopin' Doopin' Doopin'
  16. California Blues
  17. Down in New Orleans (aka Hey Mr. Porter)
  18. Early One Monday Morning
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Smith cut these sides for Joe Bihari of Modern Records shortly after he left the Muddy Waters Band in the early '50s. He is featured here with a rhythm section framed by horns arranged by the legendary and prolific Maxwell Davis. Smith's innate sense of drive and swing, coupled with his rich and diverse palette of texture and tone, truly place him in the very first rank of modern harp masters. This disc is aptly described by note-writer Ray Topping as "a lasting memorial to one of the last great harp players of the postwar ...

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