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Month: July 2022

A Tribute to Tommy Morgan (1932 – 2022)

July 13, 2022July 16, 2022 Archie 1 Comment Chromatic, Concert, Groups, Tributes

The 1960s was the beginning of the Golden Age of film and TV themes and producers were looking for harmonica players. Tommy Morgan had the skills and would tackle anything. He became the “go-to” man for recording sessions, something he did for decades. Tommy said he had done over 900 film scores and 7000 recording sessions.

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A conversation with Tommy Morgan by Phil Hopkins.

July 9, 2022July 16, 2022 Archie 1 Comment Chromatic, Harmonicas, Interview, Post, Tributes

Phil Hopkins interviewed Tommy Morgan in 2010 about his long career as a mainly chromatic harmonica player who played on hundreds of film scores and thousands of recording dates.

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Pre Harmonica Blues

July 3, 2022July 13, 2022 Archie Blues, Collector, Playlist

when I saw the new box full of second hand records, I resisted buying over 20 recordings including 78rpm discs by Bessie Smith and Mead Lux Lewis but could not resist 4 10″ LPs by King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Josh White and Chris Barber, which were a part of my music education in the mid 1950s.

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