I posted the following in another thread just the other day:
When the Bob Dylan model harp was introduced by Hohner they interviewed him and when asked who his main influences on harp were he said "Wayne Raney, Little Walter, & Jimmy Reed".
http://www.hohnerusa.com/bobdylaninterview.html
Here's the other thread: http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/2774709.htm
Funny, because the player who sounds to me the most like a predecessor to Dylan is Pie Plant Pete. (To say nothing of Woody Guthrie, who was Dylan's direct model in many other ways and a pretty decent harp player in his own right.)
Wayne Raney, his duo partner Lonnie Glosson, and Onie Wheeler all occupied that territory that's country verging on early rock&roll.
To my mind the Raney/Delmores/Glosson series of "hillbilly boogie" records are like a late 1940s pre-rockabilly.
Last Edited by on Jan 20, 2012 1:27 AM
A classic Wayne Raney song is Lost John Boogie. You can find it on youtube. ---------- Wisdom does not always come with old age. Sometimes old age arrives alone.
Anyone have a harp they ordered from Wayne Raney and Lonnie Glosson? Wonder how they were marked. Herb Shriner had a cool looking harp, I do know the ones Lonnie and Wayne sold were Kratts made in the USA. Harmonica Frank was another good country player.
