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Title: Bass Harmonica? Post by: Peadar 'Big Dinner' O'Driscoll on July 28, 2008, 03:55:45 PM Dennis used the bass harmonica lots as did Brian on occasions so im just wondering can anyone think of many current bands that use it. I cant say ive heard it much but then i dont always really listen out for these things
Title: Re: Bass Harmonica? Post by: Shane on July 29, 2008, 03:17:00 AM The only other occasion I can think of is the theme song to "Sanford and Son", a GREAT American TV show from the 1970s. Here it is:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1WS_VH-Uk0U&feature=related Title: Re: Bass Harmonica? Post by: Fun Is In on July 30, 2008, 01:31:53 PM It was a great show, but derived from Steptoe and Son across the pond.
Title: Re: Bass Harmonica? Post by: 37!ws on July 30, 2008, 01:32:47 PM I think the bass harmonica was a very '70s thing in pop music (well, unless you count stuff from before the rock'n'roll era, such as Jerry Murad's Harmonicats and Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals) -- which is one reason I think a lot of POB sounds dated -- so I doubt you'll hear it in modern music that much. Yeah, I know, it was in a Grammy-nominated album from 2004, but let's not forget that the producer of that album would include a vat of corn starch in the recording if he could turn it into a musical instrument!
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