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List of harmonicists

Wikimedia list of persons by occupation (P166)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ1107542
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This is a list of musicians that are notable for their harmonica playing skills.

Harmonica bands/groups

Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Rascals

Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang

The Harmonica Gentlemen

Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

Johnny Puleo's Harmonica Gang

King's College Harmonica Band

Sväng

The Three Monarchs

Blues

Bluegrass

Willie P. Bennett

Mike Stevens

Folk

Rock

Country music

Philip Achille

Ryan Adams

DeFord Bailey

Humphrey Bate

Ryan Bingham

Clint Black

Steve Earle

Evan Felker (Turnpike Troubadours)

Buddy Greene

Chris Janson

Ryan Koenig

Kris Kristofferson

Martina McBride

Parker McCollum

Charlie McCoy

Terry McMillan

Heidi Newfield

Mickey Raphael

Bobbejaan Schoepen

Neil Young

Irish music

Bobby Clancy (The Clancy Brothers)

Patrick Clancy (The Clancy Brothers)

James Conway (United States)

Andy Irvine

Brendan Power

Jazz

Rob Paparozzi

Philip Achille

Larry Adler

Sébastien Charlier

Max Geldray

Filip Jers

Carlos del Junco

Charles Leighton

Howard Levy

Grégoire Maret

Chris Michalek

Stefano Olivato

Tollak Ollestad

Lee Oskar

Jason Rosenblatt

Toots Thielemans

Stevie Wonder

Frédéric Yonnet

Classical music

Philip Achille

Jerry Adler

Larry Adler

Robert Bonfiglio

Willi Burger

Angelo Dos Santos

Sigmund Groven

Stan Harper

Tommy Reilly

John Sebastian, Sr.

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