List of harmonicists
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This is a list of musicians that are notable for their harmonica playing.
Harmonica bands
Blues players
- Billy Boy Arnold
- Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues
- Carey Bell
- James Belushi
- Norton Buffalo (Steve Miller Band: Chromatic, Diatonic)
- Howlin' Wolf (real name: Chester Burnett)
- Paul Butterfield
- James Cotton
- Jim Conway
- Cyril Davies
- Garrett Dutton (aka G. Love of G. Love & Special Sauce)
- Paul deLay
- Carlos del Junco
- Rick Estrin (Little Charlie & the Nightcats)
- Harmonica Frank
- Jazz Gillum
- Alan Glen (the Barcodes, Yardbirds, Dr Feelgood, Nine Below Zero)
- Marla Glen
- Tony "Little Sun" Glover
- Slim Harpo
- Taylor Hicks
- Bill "Watermelon Slim" Homans
- Big Walter Horton
- Paul Jones (The Blues Band, Manfred Mann)
- Lazy Lester
- Noah Lewis
- Dutch Mason
- John Mayall (Bluesbreakers)
- Delbert McClinton
- Paul Nebenzahl
- Hammie Nixon
- Jean-Jacques Milteau
- Charlie Musselwhite (Diatonic, Chromatic)
- Sam Myers
- Rod Piazza (Chromatic, Diatonic)
- Roly Platt Versatile Blues, R&B, Country player - Canada
- Jerry Portnoy (Diatonic)
- Snooky Pryor
- Annie Raines
- Jimmy Reed
- Jason Ricci
- Curtis Salgado
- George "Harmonica" Smith
- Powell St. John
- Les Stroud, also known as the host of Survivorman, plays harmonica for "protection" from wild animals
- Sugar Blue
- Greg "Fingers" Taylor (Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band)
- Sonny Terry
- Big Mama Thornton
- Captain Beefheart (a.k.a Don Van Vliet)
- Little Walter
- Junior Wells, (Muddy Waters)
- Mark Wenner (The Nighthawks)
- Sonny Boy Williamson I
- Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
- Upendra Laxmeshwar (The Royal Harmonica Club, Pune)
Folk
- Donovan
- Bob Dylan
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Jesse Fuller
- Arlo Guthrie
- Woody Guthrie
- Mel Lyman (Jim Kweskin Jug Band)
- Rory McLeod
- Sonny Terry
- Vikki Thorn (The Waifs)
- Neil Young
- León Gieco
- Hugo Díaz
Rock
- Ryan Adams
- Teddy Andreadis (Live harmonicist for Guns N' Roses during the Use Your Illusion Tour)
- Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
- Gem Archer (Oasis)
- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
- Tim Armstrong (Rancid)
- Beck
- Bono (U2)
- David Bowie
- Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)
- Jack Bruce
- Bertrand Cantat (Noir Désir)
- Gene Clark (The Byrds)
- Alice Cooper
- Sheryl Crow
- Burton Cummings
- Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
- Ray Davies (The Kinks
- Rick Davies (Supertramp)
- Magic Dick (Richard Salwitz of the J. Geils Band)
- Roger Daltrey (The Who)
- Rick Danko (The Band)
- Bob Dylan
- John Entwistle (The Who)
- Melissa Etheridge
- Andrew Farriss (INXS)
- Jon Foreman (Switchfoot)
- Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil)
- Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
- David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
- John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Levon Helm (The Band)
- George Harrison
- Kelly Hoppe (Big Sugar)
- Mick Jagger
- Billy Joel
- Brian Jones (Rolling Stones)
- John Kay (Steppenwolf)
- Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday)
- Arthur Lee (Love)
- John Lennon
- Lemmy (Motörhead)
- Huey Lewis (Huey Lewis and the News)
- Richard Manuel (The Band)
- Johnny Marr
- Matt Mays
- Ron McKernan (Grateful Dead)
- Van Morrison
- Alanis Morissette
- Lee Oskar (War)
- Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
- Tom Petty
- Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
- John Popper (Blues Traveler)
- Keith Relf
- Billy Lee Riley
- Robbie Robertson (The Band)
- Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes)
- Joe Satriani
- John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful)
- Shakira
- Nicky Shane
- Southside Johnny
- Bruce Springsteen
- Chris Squire (Yes)
- Ringo Starr
- Ray Thomas (Moody Blues)
- Scott Thurston (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
- Pete Townshend
- Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
- Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
- Stevie Wonder
- Neil Young
- Pete Yorn
- Warren Zevon
- Peter Stahl (Goatsnake)
Country Music
Irish music
Jazz
- Philip Achille (Chromatic, Saxophonist, Piano and Double bass)
- Larry Adler (Chromatic)
- Carlos del Junco
- Max Geldray (Goon Show)
- Howard Levy (Diatonic)
- Chris Michalek (Diatonic)
- Jean "Toots" Thielemans (Chromatic)
Classical music
- Larry Adler (Chromatic)
- Robert Bonfiglio (Chromatic)
- Angelo Dos Santos (Chromatic)
- Sigmund Groven (Chromatic)
- Tommy Reilly (Chromatic)