George "Harmonica" Smith
Biography
George Smith was born on April 22, 1924 in Helena, Arkansas, but was raised in Cairo, Illinois. At age four, he was already taking harp lessons from his mother, a guitar player and a somewhat stern taskmaster: it was a case of get-it-right-or-else. In his early teens, he started hoboing around towns in the South and later joined Early Woods, a country band with Early Woods on fiddle and Curtis Gould on spoons. He also worked with a gospel group in Mississippi called the Jackson Jubilee Singers. Smith moved to Rock Island, Illinois, in 1941 and played with a group that included Francis Clay on drums. There is evidence that he was one of the first to amplify his harp. While working at the Dixie Theater, he took an old 16mm cinema projector, extracted the amplifier/speaker, and began using this on the streets. . George Smith was born on April 22, 1924 in Helena, Arkansas, but was raised in Cairo, Illinois. At age four, he was already taking harp lessons from his mother, a guitar player and a somewhat stern taskmaster: it was a case of get-it-right-or-else. In his early teens, he started hoboing around towns in the South and later joined Early Woods, a country band with Early Woods on fiddle and Curtis Gould on spoons. He also worked with a gospel group in Mississippi called the Jackson Jubilee Singers. Smith moved to Rock Island, Illinois, in 1941 and played with a group that included Francis Clay on drums. There is evidence that he was one of the first to amplify his harp. While working at the Dixie Theater, he took an old 16mm cinema projector, extracted the amplifier/speaker, and began using this on the streets.
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1. | Bad Luck At My Door | King of Harmonica - Single | 4:52 | $0.99 | |
2. | Misty | King of Harmonica - Single | 8:29 | $0.99 | |
3. | Stockholm Swing | King of Harmonica - Single | 4:27 | $0.99 | |
4. | 52 Cards In a Deck (feat. William Cl.. | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 3:23 | $0.99 | |
5. | Don't Be Nobody's Fool (feat.. | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 3:57 | $0.99 | |
6. | Bad Luck At My Door | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 4:52 | $0.99 | |
7. | Misty | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 8:29 | $0.99 | |
8. | Baby Please (feat. Evans Walker) | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 5:24 | $0.99 | |
9. | Think I'll Go Out Drinkin' (.. | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 3:23 | $0.99 | |
10. | Trouble, Trouble (feat. Long Gone Mi.. | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 4:49 | $0.99 | |
11. | Stockholm Swing | Pick Your Choice (Remastere.. | 4:27 | $0.99 | |
12. | Tight Dress | 100 Electric Blues | 2:34 | $0.99 | |
13. | Last Night | Blues! Blast from the Past .. | 4:24 | $0.99 | |
14. | West Helena Woman | Sixties - Lost Songs of the.. | 3:38 | $0.99 | |
15. | Tell Me, Mama | Mother's Day - Greatest.. | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
16. | Too Late | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 3:17 | $0.99 | |
17. | Everything's Gonna Be Alright | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 2:01 | $0.99 | |
18. | Key to the Highway | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 2:33 | $0.99 | |
19. | You Better Watch Yourself | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 2:57 | $0.99 | |
20. | Last Night | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 4:24 | $0.99 | |
21. | Tell Me, Mama | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
22. | West Helena Woman | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 3:38 | $0.99 | |
23. | My Babe | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 3:13 | $0.99 | |
24. | Can't Hold On Much Longer | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 3:07 | $0.99 | |
25. | Mellow Down Easy | Blues With a Feeling - A Tr.. | 2:31 | $0.99 | |